Couch 247: Choose Cheese!

I'm in, Artie.

I think a lot of it is nature - not nurture. My sibling is the people pleaser, apologizing, thinks of himself as highly sensitive etc. If someone wanted empathy -totally he is the one to choose - not me.
I would have guessed therapy was right up his alley -but he hated it as much as I did. Actually, if he didn't look like me and my parents and if I didn't remember being taken to the hospital to see him after he had been born - I would think they brought the wrong baby home because his personality is so completely different than mine.

If I had issues with my parents - I would hope therapy could help with letting it go and moving on. But that doesn't seem to the effect it has.

Thanks, Lost. It went okay. I told her a couple of hard-to-say things. Felt like she kinda didn't really understand the importance of either of them. One she sat there and called an "excuse" and I said no it's not, it's a realization about myself that I'm working on accepting, and saying it out loud helps me do that. How is that an excuse? And she told me I was "flying high" when I came in there. I really wonder what that woman has against me feeling happy. I really do. I went in there feeling good about my poetry stuff, basically, not "flying high"; just in a good mood. Which fairly quickly became pensive and almost sullen.

Meh. Therapy is stupid.

I don't immediately think of flying high as an insult - I say it about myself when I am happy.
Does the therapist use it as a pejorative phrase? Therapists can be so very odd

Definitely pejorative.

Odd as the day is long

I am beginning to see that

What’s a pocket rider?

You ride along in someone's pocket to their therapy appointment. You can bring cookies. Crumbs are okay, but you dont want to spill hot beverages cuz it can be a bumpy ride sometimes.

That sounds like fun, I have a spill proof thermos, and I’m a neat cookie eater

Student excuse: is pre-pneumonia a thing? How can one diagnose pre-pneumonia? Is it like walking pneumonia? Would every cold be pre-pneumonia?

I'm trying my hand at writing anger poems tonight.

it's honestly kinda refreshing.

Its not a thing. It sounds like they are trying for a pre-pardon in case it does not become full pneumonia. If you have rails, you have pn. If you dont, you dont. Rails are so interesting. They are like alive things in your chest that tell you that you need help NOW. But these kids should not be tempting fate. Lying little...! Boy who peed in my oatmeal?!

"Pre-pneumonia" isn't a recognized medical term and not every cold leads to pneumonia.

Someone though might be at risk of developing pneumonia due to an infection or inflammation in the lungs.

Walking pneumonia, is a milder form of pneumonia caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae. People with this are often able to continue with their daily activities,

Diagnosing pneumonia is based on symptoms like such as cough, fever and abnormal lung sounds, Sputum samples plus imaging studies.

I replied to your PM!

I could not sleep very well. Woke up at 11pm then 1.45am. I just got up and cleaned.

My kitchen tap started dripping the day before yesterday. I'm going to message him as soon as it turns 8am then he can hopefully sort it out during the day whilst I am out of the space.

My best friend got a new boyfriend and stopped replying to all of my Whatsapp messages. It's been almost a week. When the conflict in the middle east started and carried on for the past four months. I feel like I did a lot to support her and our conversations became daily. Whilst I do go on about boundaries, I do feel like I over extended myself- I was not used to this messaging pace, when our old usual was a check in every two weeks or so, but I kept up with it until recently because I knew she needed the extra support and her other 3 friends had stopped talking to her.. She was hurt that they did not check in on her. (She is Jewish).

I understand that people's priorities and circumstances change, especially when they enter new relationships. I am not angry, I don't feel disappointed or frustrated. Just aware of her lack of response.

Hugs, Lemon

Thanks Art. I don't feel like its a big deal in the grand scheme of things. I'm grateful I don't have real problems.

I'm having cereal for dinner. What are you all cooking?

I had celery sticks and peanut butter, coffee and mini vanilla cream sandwich cookies for breakfast. Exerbiking now. Probably oatmeal for lunch, salad and idk what else if anything for dinner. Im doing pretty good at having 2 major servings of veg a day (more like 8+ "servings" - just 2 different kinds).

Well done Una. You're making great progress with the exercising.

I stopped the gym when my monthly payment ran out- I just got tired of it but I feel so much hungrier. I bought carrots and granny smith apples for when my mouth got lonely.

Kuchisabishii and Lonely Mouth Syndrome – Alessandra Edwards