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LonesomeTonight · May 12, 2021 at 12:22 PM

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APA Dictionary of Psychology

Ah, so could maybe refer to brain cells, too, then.

Lemoncake · May 12, 2021 at 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

No, I'd say he is more an expert with mood disorders which Schizoaffective has a mood disorder with it. It's like a mix between Schizophrenia and depression in my case. It can be a mix between Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder but I don't have bipolar disorder.

I'd probably have to go to Los Angeles to get a specialist on Schizoaffective disorder but that's like 2.5 hours away one way, so it's not very practical. I probably need to go to UCLA or USC hospitals or one of those. I can't find any specialists around here. Even my Pdoc had me misdiagnosed for a long time.

Dr. K is a big proponent of CBT. Which is okay but I'm not a huge fan of CBT. He says you can control your thoughts but I'm not so sure. That is my homework for the next couple of weeks. To read something positive or say aloud something positive when I have negative thoughts or the demon has negative thoughts. It sounds hugely stressful and a huge energy drain but I am willing to give it a shot. I'm just not sure that I can have that kind of energy to control my thoughts. To me that sounds more psychotic. After all thoughts can be rather spontaneous. I'm not sure I know what he means. It was a very confusing session. I think more sessions will need to happen before I understand what it is that he is talking about.

Kit

Maybe you could look into the treatment in LA, if you have any extended work leave coming up?

I don't want to say the opposite to dr K, but maybe instead of trying to challenge the thoughts directly by the positive- you could try to acknowledge the presence of the negative thoughts without attaching meaning to them. They're just thoughts and something that is present.

Thich naht Hanh says to shift the focus on just breathing to stop ourselves from thinking and not to try to force it.

atisketatasket · May 12, 2021 at 01:48 PM

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You are becoming very eclectic in your posts! Are you standing on your head again?

I was having to scroll through pages twice as long! Or did you mean electric?

I met a friend for coffee and a museum downtown today. It was like normal except for all the mask wearing.

They had an exhibit case on the 1918 flu with the (pre-covid) placard reading “Could it happen again?”

Why, yes. Yes, I think it could.

Lemoncake · 02:14 PM

I watched the movie Predestination.

Possible trigger:

Whilst I don't think it's personally possible to father a child with the female version of yourself after changing gender

Maybe everything does just loop, 100 years ago the pandemic. Next on the list hyperinflation like Germany? The roaring twenties before the next big crash?

stopdog · May 12, 2021 at 02:18 PM

I have discovered that if I soak pineapple in salt water - I can eat it without it hurting my mouth. I had read about salt neutralizing the bio-glycosides and bromelai but I hadn't tried it. I ended up with a couple of pineapples and so the only way I could use them was if something helped and salt water soak did.

ScarletPimpernel · May 12, 2021 at 02:34 PM

I had a session on my birthday. We changed our schedule so we could. It was a totally relaxed day. We played games and answered questions. One of my better birthdays.

daisydid · May 12, 2021 at 03:28 PM

So if I understand correctly, the salt water neutralizes the acid in the pineapple? I’m wondering if pizza places do that, because I notice that the pineapple on pizza isn’t anywhere nearly as acidic as it is fresh.

Yes, pineapple belongs on pizza. Tomatoes are a fruit so why can’t other fruits accompany? This is a hill I would die on.

unaluna · May 12, 2021 at 03:36 PM

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You're allowed to not like the guy!
I had to google what you meant!
My Pillow Guy" Arrested - The Decline and Fall of America ...

Thanks! I had to wait 30 years for My Pillow Guy to reinvent himself! Now that youve seen him, do you think MAYBE he modeled himself on Bradshaw? All these middle aged square headed white mustachioed guys look the same to me!

unaluna · May 12, 2021 at 03:38 PM

Nerds often return from hawaaian vacations telling everybody to salt their pineapples because it makes them juicier, like they invented it because its science.

unaluna · May 12, 2021 at 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Dr. T just used the term "refractory period" to refer to the time it could take me to go from the mindset of a therapy session back to the real world. Isn't that word generally used to refer to...um...the time to recover from something else? Like for males?

Thats where MY mind went!

I hope he doesnt start talking about your "emotional muscle" next! I still titter at that! Gee i wonder why it never caught on?!

unaluna · May 12, 2021 at 03:43 PM

Boy getting this Moderna vaccine is like the Scarecrow getting a brain!

atisketatasket · May 12, 2021 at 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Boy getting this Moderna vaccine is like the Scarecrow getting a brain!

After the second shot you get courage.

unaluna · May 12, 2021 at 03:53 PM

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After the second shot you get courage.

But i need a heart!!!

SlumberKitty · May 12, 2021 at 03:57 PM

I'm so tired and work is going by too slowly! I am ready for it to be a day and I can go home and chill. Not that, that isn't what I am already doing, but I mean, I could chill in my lazyboy with my Pjs on!

atisketatasket · May 12, 2021 at 04:21 PM

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But i need a heart!!!

Oh, you’ve got multiple hearts—and a different girl in every one of them.

stopdog · May 12, 2021 at 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Nerds often return from hawaaian vacations telling everybody to salt their pineapples because it makes them juicier, like they invented it because its science.

None of my fellow nerds ever told me this.
I am doing it so that I won't immediately break out into sores after eating a piece - so far so good on that front. I am dehydrating the pineapple so I have no idea about juiciness one way or the other.

StressedMess · May 12, 2021 at 05:17 PM

SD thanks for the tip. I love fresh pineapple but it doesn't love me back. I'm going to try it this weekend, will report back.

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SlumberKitty · May 12, 2021 at 05:22 PM

stopdog I have never heard of putting a pineapple in salt water but I am intrigued. I have never been big on pineapple except for this one dish we have at the holidays that has pineapple and whipped cream and all sorts of yummy deliciousness but now I am curious about trying it. I had a Hawaiian boss and he never told me this trick. Hmm. You are a fount of knowledge. You and @@ I always learn new words from @@. Y'all are awesome.

SlumberKitty · May 12, 2021 at 05:23 PM

dehydrated pineapple sounds good too

ArtieTheSequal · May 12, 2021 at 05:30 PM

Whew, today's training done! Once again the day went by really fast because there was SO much material crammed into the 8 hours. We ended the day by taking a 30 question quiz which I passed by only 1 point (we have to score 80% to consider 'passed') this one thankfully I had to take only once. There was one yesterday that I had to retake 3 times before I passed. SO much material. I'm hoping it all starts coming together in the next day or two.

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ScarletPimpernel Wise Elder Member Since Nov 2013 Location: US Posts: 8,428 (SuperPoster!) 10 6,454 hugs given	May 12, 2021 at 02:34 PM #766 I had a session on my birthday. We changed our schedule so we could. It was a totally relaxed day. We played games and answered questions. One of my better birthdays. __________________ "Odium became your opium..." ~Epica

daisydid Member Member Since Oct 2018 Location: the astral plane Posts: 493 5 375 hugs given	May 12, 2021 at 03:28 PM #767 So if I understand correctly, the salt water neutralizes the acid in the pineapple? I’m wondering if pizza places do that, because I notice that the pineapple on pizza isn’t anywhere nearly as acidic as it is fresh. Yes, pineapple belongs on pizza. Tomatoes are a fruit so why can’t other fruits accompany? This is a hill I would die on.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,118 (SuperPoster!) 12 67k hugs given	May 12, 2021 at 03:38 PM #769 Nerds often return from hawaaian vacations telling everybody to salt their pineapples because it makes them juicier, like they invented it because its science.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,118 (SuperPoster!) 12 67k hugs given	May 12, 2021 at 03:43 PM #771 Boy getting this Moderna vaccine is like the Scarecrow getting a brain!

SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	May 12, 2021 at 03:57 PM #774 I'm so tired and work is going by too slowly! I am ready for it to be a day and I can go home and chill. Not that, that isn't what I am already doing, but I mean, I could chill in my lazyboy with my Pjs on! __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA

StressedMess Grand Magnate Member Since Jul 2014 Location: Usa Posts: 3,068 9 589 hugs given	May 12, 2021 at 05:17 PM #777 SD thanks for the tip. I love fresh pineapple but it doesn't love me back. I'm going to try it this weekend, will report back. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	May 12, 2021 at 05:23 PM #779 dehydrated pineapple sounds good too __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA