This was written yesterday…
I have a shit-ton of radical acceptance to practice. I am having a hard time accepting my current activity level. I have to walk a lot (I mean A LOT) at work and at the end of the day, my legs hurt, my feet are swollen and aching, and my back is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘catastrophizing’
Gimme a Break
Posted in Daily, tagged Bipolar, building structure, catastrophizing, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distress tolerance, mindfulness, music, PTSD, radical acceptance, sleep on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
w00t w00t!
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, catastrophizing, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, effectiveness, employment, happiness, Health, love, mindfulness, music, PTSD, radical acceptance, sacred self, self-soothe, weight loss, willingness on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing like a lack of blogging to make one think. Or not think, for that matter. I have spent the last month pretending like my new job is not stressing me out. Part of me thinks that this job can’t possibly be stressful, because that would mean that I am symptomatic. Well, that’s just not [...]
The Thoughts That Weren’t Lost
Posted in Neuroticism, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, Bob Dylan, catastrophizing, conflict, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distress tolerance, legal drugs, love, mixed episode, music, nightmares, PTSD, relationships, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, sleep, trauma on January 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I have a lot to say tonight. So much, that I know I will forget some of it, that I won’t get it down on paper and that thought will be lost until I think it again. All of these tiny thoughts, big thoughts left in the dark. Dead, really, until I can find them [...]
Brain Dump
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, catastrophizing, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, effectiveness, forgiveness, guilt, happiness, hope, independence, joy, love, mindfulness, music, nightmares, PTSD, radical acceptance, relationships, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, self-soothe, sleep, trauma, willfulness, willingness on December 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For the final 118 minutes of today, Saturday, the 27th of December, year of our Lord 2008, I am going to not care about what anyone thinks of me. I have spent far too much time today consumed by it. I am also not going to worry about that which I cannot change, which I [...]
Gotta Do What You’ve Gotta Do
Posted in Health, Neuroticism, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, catastrophizing, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distress tolerance, effectiveness, employment, happiness, hope, independence, joy, Klonopin, legal drugs, love, mindfulness, mixed episode, nightmares, organization, PTSD, radical acceptance, relationships, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, self-soothe, sleep, trauma, willfulness, willingness on December 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m barely able to keep my eyes open this morning, even though I was a good girl and went to bed at a decent time last night and got about 8 hours of sleep. I just have energy. I think it has a lot to do with the cyproheptadine I took last night. My old [...]
The Mother of Avoidance — Denial
Posted in Neuroticism, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, Bob Dylan, building structure, catastrophizing, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, effectiveness, employment, hope, joy, mindfulness, music, organization, PTSD, SAD, self-soothe, sleep, willfulness, willingness on December 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This blog is in a state of serious disrepair and neglect. Am I, in turn, in a state of serious disrepair and neglect?
It feels like all I’ve done in November and December is sleep and work. And really, that’s about the state of it. Am I working too much? Absolutely not. I’m still technically part-time, and [...]
Avoidance
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, catastrophizing, conflict, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, effectiveness, guilt, happiness, hope, independence, joy, mindfulness, PTSD, radical acceptance, self-soothe, trauma, willfulness, willingness on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It has been over two weeks since I have last blogged. Almost three, in fact. And I really haven’t been keeping it up too well since August, even though I see it as a valuable tool. I have been choosing not to use it.
Don’t get me wrong. I get on the computer at least once [...]
Bring on the White Glove Test
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, catastrophizing, creating drama, DBT, DBT diary card, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, love, music, relationships, self-soothe on October 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have always thought of myself as a clean and tidy person. (I have also told Mom on more than one occasion that I am not a complicated person, to which she strongly objects, but that’s another post for another day) That myth has been shattered recently, by not one, but two people. When I first [...]
