Saturday, June 28, 2008 8:23 p.m.
My last post was Tuesday morning before IOP and I’ve given myself every excuse for not posting again here recently. I’m tired. I’m busy. I’ll post tomorrow. I think what it comes down to is that I have been avoiding blogging about graduating from IOP.
The actual “graduation” wasn’t bad. It [...]
Archive for June, 2008
I See Gray
Posted in Neuroticism, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, employment, mindfulness, nightmares, PTSD, self-soothe, trauma on June 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Not Alone
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, employment, hope, PTSD, radical acceptance on June 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:41 a.m.
I graduate IOP tomorrow. Granted, I will move onto a DBT group that meets once a week, but I am a bit anxious about not having that daily “fix” of DBT. To help ease this anxiety, I am going to use a DBT workbook that Goddess of Mindfulness had me [...]
HALT
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, DBT coaching call, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, nightmares, PTSD, radical acceptance, sleep, trauma on June 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sunday, June 22, 2008 8:43 p.m.
This post may seem a bit stiff. I’m practicing opposite to emotion and blogging now even though I’d rather do it in the morning. I am trying (in vain, it seems) to get back into a routine and blogging daily is part of that. Part of the reason that it is [...]
Searching for Balance
Posted in Neuroticism, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, PTSD, trauma, willfulness, willingness on June 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 7:26 a.m.
Life has been a bit…um…busy lately. With the addition of a roommate, I find myself occupied almost all of the time. Feeling better doesn’t hurt. I’ve also been reaching out to some other people (my neighbor, a co-worker) and have been just getting out there more and doing things.
There is [...]
Hugging Trees…Literally
Posted in Neuroticism, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, DBT, DBT diary card, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, hope, Klonopin, mindfulness, PTSD, self-soothe, sleep, trauma, willfulness, willingness on June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Friday, June 13, 2008
This whole actually living my life instead of avoiding it is keeping me really busy, hence no daily blog. That and I have totally been out of my morning routine because…GASP…I’m actually sleeping. Sleeping LATE…like 6:30 a.m. or 6:45 a.m. Much better than 5:30 a.m. And being active and actually awake for [...]
Sexy Fat Becomes Social
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, hope, music, PTSD, trauma on June 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sunday, June 8, 2008, 7:22 a.m.
Quite a bit has happened since last Thursday. Some worth mentioning, some not. My mood has been pretty good and I have been staying productive. J stood me up (okay, so she told me the day before) for therapy and I took Thursday off from IOP. I just needed a [...]
Sweating Myself out of a Funk
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, DBT coaching call, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, love, mindfulness, PTSD, trauma, willingness on June 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Thursday, June 5, 2008 8:33 p.m.
Yesterday was a day of pulling myself up out of the shit. I haven’t slept well for the past few days and, although I had a nice chat with Malcom in the morning (part of our new routine), IOP left me unsettled.
What bothered me most was that I couldn’t understand [...]
Doing What I Choose
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distress tolerance, hope, PTSD, self-soothe, trauma, willfulness, willingness on June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 7:24 a.m.
I had a pretty good day yesterday. IOP went well and then I actually…wait for it…wait for it…WENT TO A PUBLIC PLACE WITH A GIRL FROM GROUP. I know, it’s huge. Not only did I interact, but I hung out with another person. And didn’t feel anxious. It felt totally [...]
Survival of the Willing
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, happiness, PTSD, trauma, willfulness, willingness on June 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 7:34 a.m.
So yes, it has been a long time since I have posted and previous it was sporadic at best, and I realize this has caused some anxiety among a few readers as to my well-being. My apologies. But sometimes no news IS good news…although I wrote a post to the [...]
