Couch 225: 2+2=5, Sheeple!

Could you cup some cold water/ splash some water onto your face? If you're home maybe an ice pack or a bag of frozen veg on the back of your neck would help? A cold shower might help too. You could try crazy music. :astly I would recommend a hug or a tight self hug. Saw the last one on Grey's.

I know how scary they can be, but this will pass. My friend Ronnie made me call her and she would always tell me to make a cup of hot tea. Is there anyone you can call right now?

Might sound stupid but I listen to this on x1.5 speed.



I also hope you didn't pay for this appointment.

Back at work today. Yesterday the power to the plant and offices were out. Due to some blown breaker. Edison came and fixed it. Found out today that the company is paying us for yesterday even though we couldn't work. I did do some work from home but definitely not 8 hours worth. I went shoe shopping. Got two pairs of sneakers (same shoe one pair navy, one pair black) and my Mom got some Levi's. Then I took a two hour nap. I couldn't really sleep but I did a good job pretending. Since I'm still feeling really fragile and stuff it was good to just chill. I wish the breaker thing wouldn't have happened so soon to when I was just off of work. It would have felt better if it had been at some time when I was needing a break. But since I am feeling fragile, maybe it is good. Today I am transferring all of the stuff I did at home to my computer at work. Putting everything into the accounting software and stuff. Almost done.

Hugs, that sucks... I can definitely see where that would lead to a panic attack. Did he even apologize or admit he was wrong or anything?

He apologized for how he handled it. But he still thinks the topic is relevant.

I did not pay for the appointment when I reviewed his paper about me.

I still feel really bad.

HUGS @chihirochild

Trying to distract myself by picking out a birthday gift for my BFF. Not sure what to get her but I like browsing to find the perfect thing.

I'm definitely feeling fragile and needy today. I feel like I want to lash out at some of my friends (one mostly in particular) and unfairly accuse them of not caring about me. I say unfairly because I know this friend does care about me, I just can't "feel" it right now and the fragile part of me hurts because I don't feel it. And the fragile part of me doesn't want to hurt. This is a big sign to me that I am not feeling that stable and could use some more support. I'm going to text my support people and see how that goes. On the other hand, it's good that I'm not pushing everything inside and holding it in and hurting myself.

I'm not sure whether you can easily find it, but there's a lot of liquid food 'alternatives' now. One is called Huel, another Soylent, Mana is another one. There's more. Basically it's a complete meal, but in liquid form. It should give you all the nutrients you need. My partner has been eating it on and off for years now, it works well to get calories in.

Have you otherwise terminated with him? And I'm glad he didn't charge you, because the paper is for him, not you.

I hope distracting yourself helps...

Hugs, Kit. I'm sorry you're feeling fragile. It's good that you recognize that you realize that you want to lash out because you're feeling insecure. That's a sign of progress. That you're being self-aware like that. I hope reaching out to friends helps. And feel free to post here as much as you want. Do you see your T Saturday?

What are you smoking? Real milkshakes have nothing healthy about them!

Yes, I see T Saturday. There will be quite a lot to talk about. Thanks. I have been told lately by a few people that I am being more self aware. That makes me feel good. Makes me feel like therapy isn't a complete waste of time and money. I did contact my support people and two of the three contacted me back. What they said wasn't particularly helpful but just that they were there and responded helped. I feel more cared about from them responding.

I remember watching the movie The founder about the Macdonald's empire. The other guy fell out with the brothers over the milkshake. They wanted the milkshake to actually contain ice cream not powder mixed with water.

A milkshake sounds good but blended coffee sounded even better today. I'm doing Noom, since like Valentine's day and today I went off plan and had a Starbucks. OMG it was so good! I was worried I would be over plan but my Mom's making homemade chicken noodle soup so I think I will just slide in under plan. The articles are getting a little annoying. They are CBT oriented. But at least they don't take long to read. I don't like CBT. Oh well. Apparently it's supposed to work. So just trust the process right? Right.

Not everybody sees everything in just terms of chocolate and vanilla! Some of us include cherry! (Wouldnt advise strawberry right now - those pesky little seeds!)

A, I hope he didn’t charge you for an appointment to talk about his article. Especially since it could have been done over email.

B, I can only assume the article is on “How to be an Autocratic Asshole of a Therapist and Injure Clients”? Write what you know, after all!

Feel better.


Mint. How could you forget mint, today of all days?

just popping in to say hi and hugs to those who want.

Fridges have changed in the 21 years since i last bought one. This fridge has spot where you use an app to diagnose problems. I cant help feeling i am putting a technician out of a job.

I dont associate mint flavor with shamrocks, i would think a shamrock shake should taste like clover or alfalfa. Just sayin, mcdonalds got it wrong!

Now I'm thinking of some sort of underground therapists' journal. Dr. T could have written: "How to Make Clients Feel Shame about Using Transitional Objects that You Gave Them."

As a wee lass I was given a taste of a mcd’s shamrock shake. I hated it. I don’t think I tried a milkshake again till about 5 years ago.

I know! I tried one for the first time last year. I was not impressed and I love mint ice cream.

Today I learned that when I was 10, my parents I feel kind of let down for being put in that position.

I have never had a shamrock shake. If they had them when I was under 10, I might have tried one. My grandmother would have taken us to try one. She loved trying stuff like that even if she didn't ultimately like it - she enjoyed trying it.

Your grandmother would have loved trying all the new Oreo flavors.