Couch 200: The Bicentennial Couch.

Train a puppy to play fetch and you will be able to tire it out easily. I think there are videos on YouTube of how to do it.

I think I have a sinus infection, and perhaps my ears are infected again (or maybe never got completely better from last time). Perhaps I've had a sinus infection all along, actually. I just wonder about that since my head hurt so much when my ears got really bad last month. My face and jaw hurt a lot right now. I don't really want to go to the doctor. However, I only have through the rest of this month before my insurance resets and I have to start paying a copay plus 20% - and 20% can really add up. So not really sure it would be wise financially to wait. Plus, pain relievers really aren't even helping with the pain so I'd rather get whatever this is cleared up sooner rather than later.

And I'm doing a lot of mouth breathing, which really isn't a good look on anyone.

I acted really weird in my session with the therapist today. Maybe it was because my face hurt. I don't know. I got all weepy talking about my living situation and how awful my roommate is. Felt really strange like I was watching myself. I actually started worrying that the slight weeping might escalate into full blown crying. I felt completely out of control. I required two tissues. I don't feel embarrassed about it really, just confused.

The puppy sort of knows how to fetch. You throw a toy and she'll either bring it back, hide it, or play tug-of-war with another dog trying to play too. Usually the later happens because my oldest dog loves to fetch too, so they both try to get the toy.

I contacted a new emdr T, she sounds ok and willing to meet. The catch? she works literally next door to ex T2. I sort of hesitated when I found out her location and said it was because I had seen ex t 2. she told me she works weekends which ex t 2 does not so let's meet then and avoid me seeing her or being upset. I like her for that alone lol

Hugs, Scarlet, that sucks about your H quitting. Couldn't he at least have given the job a chance first?

I passed neurology with a B! I made three mistakes on the written and didn't know my dermatomes properly which knocked my grade down.

Just one last exam to go.

T2 said he could see me tomorrow at 10.30am,

I find myself doing the same I want the session/don't want it even with him too.

Do you guys think I should go? I contacted him when I was crying like a fruit loop and he replies stupidly fast.

I'm actually okay now. I see R on thursday and friday as normal.

There isn't a set way to do therapy. It's okay to react the way you did.

Lemon - I just want to let you know, it won't let me reply to your PM or post to your profile and I don't know why. Hope today goes well.

Oh thats unfortunate. I swear I haven't blocked you (or anyone).

I'll PM you my email address!

Actually I think PM's are down right now.

I tried to message you and got:

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Does he have a plan when your savings run out? It took him a while to find this one in the first place...

I hope it goes well for you.

unless your in a position where you need decisions in next to real time I wouldn't think twice about saying for example: I only check emails on tuesdays and thursdays between 6-9.

I would go. I think it could help to get a different perspective.

I think this is a “do you two have a plan” situation and not just him.

Yep broke again for me too!

But I just got a PM from you via Tapatalk. Did you get my reply?

Yes. I posted about it in community feedback. My reply to you failed.

I can’t even log in on a browser (same error message lemon gets with PMs)—I have to use Tapatalk.

We have a team outing today at work to a minor league baseball game. I don't want to go. I know this is my depression talking, but I don't feel up to socializing or walking around a ball park to get lunch (which is included in the ticket apparently). I feel like if I just don't show up, nobody will even notice. I have a made-up excuse all ready, but I don't know if I should tell someone or just not show up. The company paid for it, so I don't think anyone will be personally upset about the wasted money. I didn't find the opportunity to discuss this with my therapist yesterday and I really wish I had.

H has disability from birth defects (his mom did drugs when pregnant). He can't stand up all day. This job had no chairs; they had stand up desks. He was able to borrow a chair from a neighboring company, but they only allowed it for yesterday. There were other problems too. They didn't give him any papers to sign in order to work there, they only allowed him to take a 15 min lunch, bathroom breaks are needed to be made up by extra time, etc. Then there was a lot of conflict with his boss. In fact, when H sent in an email telling his boss that he couldn't physically work there full time, but was will to do contract work, the guy went off on him. H said the boss wrote him 16 times in 4 hours. Don't know if that's true. Don't know if any of this is true (he is a compulsive liar). But if it is true, I agree that he shouldn't work there. Especially being forced to stand up. And according to H, they refused to buy him a chair because they didn't have room for one in the office.

Np, i think you want to tell someone. Companies get excited about carp like that. They think you got kidnapped or something. They once told me theyre responsible for knowing where i am during work hours. So yeah been there done that got yelled at for it!

I think you should go too. Like LT said, a different perspective is always good. And see R as normal.

What do you think is behind your ambivalence about going to therapy?

Nope. He says he's trying to find a job though. But who know when he'll find the next one. His boss told him to go work corporate, not small businesses. And my dad thinks he should aim for working in DoD. I agree. Working with military contracts would be a great job for him. He just has to find a way in.