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Tweaky Dog
Member Since Aug 2011
Location: England
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#1
Welcome to the couch, old and new! A place to hang out - sometimes you get immediate feedback, sometimes you don't.
Shouting, "Cool Whip" tends to bring others out from between the cushions if you're feeling lonely. This is a chatty thread. All are welcome. We're kind of psychologically oriented, sometimes. We try to be supportive. At times we discuss what that means. It’s a place to plop down on the couch when you come home from work or wherever, or wake up in the middle of the night, or check in at lunch, rant a bit or not, and be among friends. We advise you not to drink or drug and text your therapist ("T") - we speak from experience. Sometimes the thread moves fast and you might get overlooked; sometimes it moves slowly and all you hear are crickets. Sometimes you get hugged or thanked pages later. So if it's a bigger question, you might want to start a new thread. Grab a cushion, a spot on the floor, or an armchair in the corner and make yourselves comfy. Asteroid number 240 is named Vanadis, discovered by A. L. N. Borrelly from Marseille Observatory on 8/27/1884. __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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Child of a lesser god
Member Since Jun 2015
Location: Tartarus
Posts: 19,149
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#2
On Vanadis did Kubla Khan
His stately pleasure Couch decree... __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
ArtieTheSequal, LonesomeTonight, LostOnTheTrail, unaluna, WarmFuzzySocks
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Legendary
Member Since Mar 2018
Location: United States
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#3
Hi couchies! Cool name!
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LostOnTheTrail, unaluna
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Elder Harridan x-hankster
Member Since Jun 2011
Location: Milan/Michigan
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#4
Cool name!!
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downandlonely
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Child of a lesser god
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Location: Tartarus
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#5
In today’s NYT Spelling Bee “acked” is not a word.
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Elder Harridan x-hankster
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Location: Milan/Michigan
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#6
And we wonder why Mars att-acked?!
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downandlonely, LonesomeTonight
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Writing my way through...
Member Since Feb 2020
Location: In the desert
Posts: 7,236
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#7
Morning couch.
Not feeling this work thing today. Woke up with some kind of stomach bug, blech, want to just crawl back in bed and sleep all day. I'm sure I'll feel better soon. Working at home I can just drag myself in here in my pj's and nap at lunch so.... |
downandlonely, LonesomeTonight, ScarletPimpernel, SlumberKitty
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Always in This Twilight
Member Since Feb 2015
Location: US
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#8
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Ugh, I hope you feel better soon, Artie! |
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ArtieTheSequal, downandlonely, unaluna
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Wise Elder
Member Since Nov 2013
Location: US
Posts: 8,409
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#9
I don't really like my new pdoc. She just pushes her own agenda, she doesn't really listen, and she assumes a lot. Like I scored high on a bipolar test. I do not have bipolar. I scored high because of the depression part of it, but I experience no mania. So now she thinks I have bipolar... Or she's really pushing her new group with the religious guy.
I miss my other two Pdocs. __________________ "Odium became your opium..." ~Epica |
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Legendary Wise Elder
Member Since Jul 2018
Location: CA
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#10
My T did a home visit on Saturday night. Her hair is more pink than before/more than it shows up on Zoom. It looks good on her. I got two hugs. A little bit of my psychosis is coming back, not much but a little. We are going to keep an eye on it. I really do enjoy the home visits.
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ArtieTheSequal, LonesomeTonight, LostOnTheTrail, ScarletPimpernel
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#11
Thanks for the new couch, Lost!
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LostOnTheTrail
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Always in This Twilight
Member Since Feb 2015
Location: US
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#12
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Ugh. Is there any way to see a different pdoc? |
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SlumberKitty
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downandlonely, ScarletPimpernel
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Always in This Twilight
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Location: US
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#13
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I'm glad the home visits are helpful. Did she just talk to you this time rather than to your parents? I'm not sure how I'd feel about home visits. I'm sure Dr. T would be uncomfortable in the mess of my house, for one, but I guess it would be an incentive to clean up? |
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Wise Elder
Member Since Nov 2013
Location: US
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#14
There are very few pdocs here accepting new patients where I'm located. I tried a clinic full of pdocs, but they kept insisting I could only see this one NP who my insurance said wasn't covered. Then I tried the last pdoc who was worse than this one. I also tried to contact two others who never contacted me back. I think I can work with this one so long as she doesn't mess with my meds.
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Legendary Wise Elder
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Location: CA
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#15
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Then while my parents sat in the living room, T and I sat in the dining room. Parents were watching TV but if they wanted to they could probably hear what we were talking about but that didn't really bother me. My parents keep the house really clean so that isn't an issue. It might be an issue if we met in my room which is usually kind of messy. Plus there is mostly just the bed in there and a bunch of books and a bureau. I do kind of like the home visits because it is nice to see her in person instead of just her head or part of her head on Zoom. (We are doing Zoom tonight though.) And she gets to see me interact more with what is in the room. I found that eye contact was harder and I was fidgety-maybe a bit nervous seeing her in person but it was still a good session. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA |
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Always in This Twilight
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Location: US
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#16
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I know her office is fairly far away, but would it ever be possible for you to meet her at her office on occasion, like for weekend sessions? That way, you'd get to see her in person without having your family right there. I guess if it doesn't bother you though, then maybe it wouldn't be worth the drive? |
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#17
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LonesomeTonight, ScarletPimpernel
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#18
Meeting her in her office would certainly be a different perspective about her. I have seen her at her kitchen table through Zoom, her bed, through Zoom, and her living room couch through Zoom. And at my house twice. I am intrigued to know what her office looks like.
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LonesomeTonight, ScarletPimpernel
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Writing my way through...
Member Since Feb 2020
Location: In the desert
Posts: 7,236
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#19
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downandlonely, LonesomeTonight, NP_Complete, RTerroni, ScarletPimpernel, SlumberKitty, unaluna, WarmFuzzySocks, Waterbear
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Tweaky Dog
Member Since Aug 2011
Location: England
Posts: 4,796
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#20
All the hugs, Artie.
I hope you are able to show yourself some extra kindness today. __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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