Couch 249: The Self Care Couch

ScarletPimpernel · Jul 09, 2024 at 06:50 PM

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LT- I enjoy a little of everything. Hard rock, soft rock, alternative, country, 80’s pop, 80’s-90’s rap (but not rap beyond those years). I also love the Beatles and the one and only Janis Joplin. Really everything. The only thing I really can’t tolerate is heavy scream music.

Then you wouldn't like my favorite band Epica!

stopdog · Jul 09, 2024 at 06:56 PM

I don't know of any reason why you couldn't make any black or herbal or green tea iced.

Jersey 4 · Jul 09, 2024 at 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

I don't know of any reason why you couldn't make any black or herbal or green tea iced.

Just curious if the effects would be the same.

unaluna · 08:16 PM

I make most of my teas with room temp water. The camomile still gives off a lovely aroma.

I am basically a cavewoman with a salad spinner. I love lettuce soooo much.

I love the motown era girl groups. Altho "will you still love me tomorrow" was written by carole king.

stopdog · Jul 09, 2024 at 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jersey 4

Just curious if the effects would be the same.

Ah. I know it's supposed to be calming chamomile – but I've never really felt anything from it and I don't like the taste so I'm always mixing it with something else like mint. I tried one of my persons happy pills to help her anxiety over one of her chemos, her description of it being like whoosh and calm immediately when she put one under her tongue was not what I experienced because I experienced nothing from it. I think it was lorazepam. I am either so chill that I can't get chiller, or I'm so tightly wound that there is no unwinding

unaluna · Jul 09, 2024 at 08:18 PM

Do we get to vote on that?

Ah ha ha.

LadyShadow · Jul 09, 2024 at 08:18 PM

I am so sorry for all the confusion @Lemoncake - I really hope that you find out what happened to the funds. 1000 is still 1000, it just didn't vanish - and you said it all went into one person's bank account. I am glad you were able to speak up, I really hope it gets resolved soon. (((Hugs))

I used to take a shot after every phone call when I worked for TurboTax. Needless to say, I was woozy by hour "two" of my eight-hour shift, lol. I have been sober for a while now, but I remember the stress @ArtieTheSequal - the poopulation seems to be getting more and more embolden to yell customer service reps, although I wasn't really mad at folks that yelled at me for getting charged by TurboTax, the charlatans used to advertise "free, free, free" when they really weren't free at all during that time, lol.

Today was a good day. Put the whip down on myself and shared about it at my AA homegroup this week. Also found a new smoothie place in my area, the heat has just been unbearable. Therapy will be next Tuesday at regular time, but I think things are going to be okay. For once I can WOOSAH, and just breathe today.

unaluna · Jul 09, 2024 at 08:22 PM

stopdog · Jul 09, 2024 at 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

I make most of my teas with room temp water. The camomile still gives off a lovely aroma.

I worry about you

stopdog · Jul 09, 2024 at 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Do we get to vote on that?

Ah ha ha.

I know the chillest would win

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 09, 2024 at 08:57 PM

Well y'all I'm dipping my toes back into therapy briefly, with someone new. My insurance now offers 10 free sessions with an online t, so I signed up and when the t I got matched with contacted me, I explained that basically I'm looking for a little help with letting L go while still holding onto the gains I made during that therapy. I'm not looking for any deep work (I've done enough of that to choke a horse). Anyway it sounds like she understands what I'm looking for. So I'm cautiously optimistic that this will help. I think about L every freaking day, multiple times a day, and still talk to her in my head every night. I want that to go away. My first session with R (new, short-term t) is next week.

Lemoncake · Jul 09, 2024 at 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

Well y'all I'm dipping my toes back into therapy briefly, with someone new. My insurance now offers 10 free sessions with an online t, so I signed up and when the t I got matched with contacted me, I explained that basically I'm looking for a little help with letting L go while still holding onto the gains I made during that therapy. I'm not looking for any deep work (I've done enough of that to choke a horse). Anyway it sounds like she understands what I'm looking for. So I'm cautiously optimistic that this will help. I think about L every freaking day, multiple times a day, and still talk to her in my head every night. I want that to go away. My first session with R (new, short-term t) is next week.

It’s okay Art. Well done for giving it a go with someone new.

I also emailed the same woman from last year asking for a session yesterday.

atisketatasket · Jul 09, 2024 at 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Is that SD being tightly wound?

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Originally Posted by stopdog

I worry about you

That seems like a full time job and a big commitment.

I am making ice cream. By hand. For the first time ever. Vanilla fudge ripple. This could be bad.

stopdog · Jul 10, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Are you using a hand cranked ice cream maker where you use all that ice and rock salt? My brother and I used to love to snag pieces of that salty ice to eat when we made it as a kid. I remember when my family got one with an electric motor - we had ice cream several times that summer - you still had to add the rock salt and ice but the motor turned the crank.

LostOnTheTrail · Jul 10, 2024 at 02:31 AM

Lately I've found solace in the pure energy of a cappella music.

TW for religion.

LadyShadow · Jul 10, 2024 at 04:01 AM

Pulled another all-nighter. 5am-10am seem to be my sleep schedule now. How horrible is that? This is with 25mg of Hydroxyzine and 10 mg of Melatonin for sleep and a CPAP machine. I feel like I need someone to literally come and knock me out every night.

unaluna · Jul 10, 2024 at 04:34 AM

Vanilla fudge ripple is a sleeper flavor, isnt it? Like that one guy who could really dance.

Jersey 4 · Jul 10, 2024 at 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by LadyShadow

Pulled another all-nighter. 5am-10am seem to be my sleep schedule now. How horrible is that? This is with 25mg of Hydroxyzine and 10 mg of Melatonin for sleep and a CPAP machine. I feel like I need someone to literally come and knock me out every night.

I wonder if your medications are just having the opposite effect. It’s possible? Have you tried without the melatonin?

Jersey 4 · Jul 10, 2024 at 06:14 AM

I have to get ready for work. Need to be out the door by 8am. My stomach is freaking killing me today. Hoping it subsides in the next 45 minutes.

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 10, 2024 at 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail

Lately I've found solace in the pure energy of a cappella music.

TW for religion.

Have you ever listened to The Martins? They're a christian a cappella group, siblings Joyce, Jonathan, and Judy. They are just fabulous, I saw them in concert a long time ago. Here is one of my favorites of theirs.

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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,340 (SuperPoster!) 13 67.5k hugs given	Jul 09, 2024 at 07:29 PM #224 I make most of my teas with room temp water. The camomile still gives off a lovely aroma. I am basically a cavewoman with a salad spinner. I love lettuce soooo much. I love the motown era girl groups. Altho "will you still love me tomorrow" was written by carole king. Last edited by unaluna; Jul 09, 2024 at 08:16 PM..
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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,340 (SuperPoster!) 13 67.5k hugs given	Jul 09, 2024 at 08:18 PM #226 Do we get to vote on that? Ah ha ha.
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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,340 (SuperPoster!) 13 67.5k hugs given	Jul 10, 2024 at 04:34 AM #237 Vanilla fudge ripple is a sleeper flavor, isnt it? Like that one guy who could really dance.
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Jersey 4 Poohbah Member Since Feb 2019 Location: NJ Posts: 1,281 5 1,248 hugs given	Jul 10, 2024 at 06:14 AM #239 I have to get ready for work. Need to be out the door by 8am. My stomach is freaking killing me today. Hoping it subsides in the next 45 minutes.
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