Couch 249: The Self Care Couch

ArtieTheSequal · Today at 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

I hope it's helpful, Artie. And it's good she seems to get what you're seeking.

It took me a long time to get past ex-MC, even though I was seeing Dr. T. I think it's normal when the relationship was that long and close. I do feel that I came out on the other side and can see the relationship differently now--more objectively in a way. And to be able to hold onto some of the positive parts instead of having it feel completely tarnished by the end.

So I hope you can get to that place, too--and I trust that you will.

Thanks LT. Sometimes I feel like I'm there, but then she pops back into my head and I start missing her again and I start questioning what I did wrong. I just don't know how to let her go and stop ruminating. R said that 12 years is a long time with one therapist and can become unhealthy. Which of course is what happened with L.

LadyShadow · Today at 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jersey 4

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

That's a good suggestion @Jersey 4 I actually never thought of it that way - I didn't realize that one can affect the other that way. Thanks so much! I will try it without the melatonin tonight and see.

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

I wonder this, too, also with the hydroxyzine. I know Benadryl can have the opposite effect on some people, and I think it's the same drug class. Could try a few nights without melatonin, and if that doesn't help, a few nights without hydroxyzine.

Thanks so much! I will try without the hydroxyzine one alternate night to see if that helps as well @LonesomeTonight - Sometimes with these meds I don't even realize how extra stuff on top can affect them, or if they are even working to begin with.

Really late start today - just a me day. The boyfriend is going to pick up his daughter at the hospital, so I am taking this time to focus on myself. Concerned about how my sleeping has been so I am going to try what you guys suggested and see.

LonesomeTonight · Today at 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by LadyShadow

That's a good suggestion @Jersey 4 I actually never thought of it that way - I didn't realize that one can affect the other that way. Thanks so much! I will try it without the melatonin tonight and see.

Thanks so much! I will try without the hydroxyzine one alternate night to see if that helps as well @LonesomeTonight - Sometimes with these meds I don't even realize how extra stuff on top can affect them, or if they are even working to begin with.

Really late start today - just a me day. The boyfriend is going to pick up his daughter at the hospital, so I am taking this time to focus on myself. Concerned about how my sleeping has been so I am going to try what you guys suggested and see.

Hope you try something that helps with the sleep! I also struggle with insomnia, so I get how difficult it can be.

atisketatasket · Today at 03:54 PM

Today is National Clerihew Day. Don’t know what a clerihew is? It is this:

Stopdog
Couldn’t sleep cause of the grog,
Said she,
“Insomnia’s worse than so-called therapy.”

The ice cream did not turn out well. I have vanilla flavored ice cubes with little frozen bits of chocolate. But it’s edible.

ArtieTheSequal · Today at 04:02 PM

Clerihews are fun to write.

LostOnTheTrail · Today at 04:06 PM

What's the difference between a clerihew and a four line poem?

atisketatasket · Today at 04:27 PM

Clerihews are about a famous person. First line is a name. And you have to work in their biography/what they’re famous for,

Abraham Lincoln
Split the rails of a linden.
Because his wife he adored
Out they went to a theater named Ford.

Jersey 4 · Today at 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Clerihews are about a famous person. First line is a name. And you have to work in their biography/what they’re famous for,

Abraham Lincoln
Split the rails of a linden.
Because his wife he adored
Out they went to a theater named Ford.

I was today years old when I learned this.

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