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ArtieTheSequal
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#721
My cats don't like being picked up. Stormy tolerates it the most, he's so laid-back, but you couldn't really call him a lap cat either. Penelope, we can pick her up only occasionally and even then it's for only a very short time.
I'm thinking about L right now cuz it's 4 weeks ago at this time that we were saying goodbye. I'm missing her less, but still more than I'd hoped by this point. I'm trying to remember that I just have to give myself however much time and grace that it takes. I started working on that writing course again that I got awhile back, the DailyOM "A year of writing to uncover the authentic self". It's a year of weekly writing prompts. Not spending too much time with it just yet since I'm working so much but plan to deep-dive into it once our overtime is done. |
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#722
I love that you are giving yourself time and grace, Artie. Great job being self compassionate and self caring! Way to go, girl!
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Writing my way through...
ArtieTheSequal
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#723
Crocheting more butterflies too. I did a drop of a few of them at the grocery store this morning, in little baggies with a poem attached. It made me feel happy inside, the thought of someone I don't know finding one of them and it brightening their day a little. I'm loving the facebook group, "Random Acts of Crochet Kindness USA" and seeing all the cute little things people make to drop at random places for strangers to find. I'm hooked on the butterflies right now but there's SO many other things I could make people do these curly little "worry worms", and pocket hugs, and smiley-faces, and hearts, all kinds of little things. I'm so happy I stumbled upon the group. Here's my latest butterfly:
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#724
Dealing with some (okay, okay, a lot of) paranoia today.
Not sure if it is my OCD tendencies (I haven't been officially diagnosed with OCD but a couple of therapists have brought it up as a possible diagnosis) as it relates to religion, or if it is my Schizoaffective acting up. I don't know that it matters except I seem to be ruminating in the paranoia. I might write Pastor T and get his advice. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA |
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Writing my way through...
ArtieTheSequal
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Writing my way through...
ArtieTheSequal
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#726
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Hugs, Kit. I'm sorry you're dealing with that. I hope that Pastor T is helpful. |
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#727
My sister had a nail party for a company called Color Street or something like that. I don't do my nails much. (Kind of a tom boy, though I am very much a girl.) I ordered from the party to help my sister out and the lady that sells them but I ordered six for my sister and two (black) for me just in case I ever feel like actually doing my nails! Of course the nail lady contacted me and was all like, oh I see you got your delivery! I hope you love them! I can set up your own party for you! I was like, um, no thanks. I explained a bit like I did here and told her I bought because my sister hosted the party but I can't even think of five friends to ask to come to such a party. So she thanked me for my honesty but I still feel like kind of a crappy customer. Guilt! UGH. Paranoia, guilt, not a great day for me!
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#728
I need to get outside of my own head. Thoughts going round and round. Aftercare last night was on self care. Maybe I can do something from that list and get to feeling better.
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#729
Hugs, Kit. Contacting Pastor T seems like a good idea. And could you ask Julieanne for a session next week, like she offered? Also, no need to feel guilty about the ColorStreet thing. If you're not into doing your nails (I'm not either!), don't feel like you should have a party or buy more products.
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#730
Thanks LT. I'll think about asking Julieanne this weekend. (I'll see how the paranoia and guilt goes.) I know she will fit me in. Thing is I already have work, plus four religious classes (two at night on the workdays and one on Saturday and one on Sunday) plus I have aftercare Thursday night and Spiritual Direction Friday night. So I feel like my week is really full. But I don't want to relapse or panic or spiral or anything like that. I just want to stop ruminating!
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#731
You are worthy of support regardless of your busy schedule, Kit. You deserve to care for yourself first and foremost. HUGS if wanted.
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Writing my way through...
ArtieTheSequal
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#732
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#734
I second this. Color Street is an MLM and you're probably doing this person a favor in the long run by not supporting it.
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I mean, yes, it's their job not to disclose unless it's therapeutic, but we can also stonewall them. It's really just more evidence of wilyness on their part imo. __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
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#736
I just ignored them when they interrupted with stuff about themselves. I wasn't interested in their lives.
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I start noting my birthday a month before. Otherwise it gets away from me. I try to do positive changes. Like maybe start showering this year. |
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Though there have been some really random things, like talking about how he and his wife had made the New Year's resolution to cook something new each week, then mentioning what he'd cooked that week. That was in the context of my talking about the New Year and resolutions, but it still seemed like more of a disclosure than needed? But also not something that would affect me in the way that, say, ex-MC going into detail about times he helped each of his kids work through their anxiety issues (in some cases after he knew I had paternal transference and had struggled with anxiety as a kid). The birthday thing would have been different if I'd initially shared that I always feel depressed around my birthday, I think. I mean, he does know I struggle with my birthday some, but this was shared in the context of me mentioning my birthday and his saying "That's in about two weeks, right?" (I'd just mentioned it recently.) So I'm just trying to be aware of how I'm reacting, both in the moment and later. And if it's starting to affect me in some way, then bring it up. Or if it seems like too much in the moment, putting a stop to it. Even if it's just saying, "So there's this other topic I want to discuss." |
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Writing my way through...
ArtieTheSequal
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#739
Another variegated one.
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Plus I rarely believed the therapist babble was true - I think they make up stuff and pass it off as personal. I think we can all support you in your personal hygiene quest. Perhaps once a month if not weekly? __________________ Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. |
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