Today has been a week of realizing and, eventually, accepting that my general anxiety level has risen to ridiculous levels over the past few weeks. For a little while, around the time that Sondra started getting sick I started having a lot of problems with depression — lack of motivation, feelings of hopelessness, extreme sadness, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘distraction techniques’
Permission to Abort Operation Anxiety
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, conflict, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, effectiveness, forgiveness, irritation, love, meditation, mindfulness, obsession, obsessive thinking, obsessive thoughts, OCD, panic attack, sacred self, self-esteem, willingness on July 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Work and Play
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, employment, finances, home decor, mindfulness, music, plants, PTSD, radical acceptance, relationships, self-soothe, willingness on March 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The weekend has officially started. On Fridays I work such a short day because of over-time earlier in the week that I don’t really count it as a weekday. For example, today I’m going to work 9:30 – 3:30 with 30 minutes for lunch. Can’t beat that with a stick.
I have a co-worker in another [...]
Giving New Meaning to the Phrase “TGIF”
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, conflict, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, diet, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, employment, Health, mindfulness, music, PTSD, radical acceptance, sacred self, self-soothe, willingness on March 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hallelujah, baby…it’s the weekend! And I’m not sure where my cell phone is, and that’s ok. I’m not worried about the stupid things my clients might do, the 2 a.m. crisis calls I might have to field, the irate landlords calling at 6:00 a.m., or the local hospitals blowing up my phone 24/7. I know [...]
The Pieces Fall Together
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, effectiveness, employment, finances, happiness, hope, independence, joy, love, mindfulness, music, organization, PTSD, relationships, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, self-soothe, sleep, willfulness, willingness on January 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have been horrible about blogging, so far out of my past routine that it seems as if that time was in a past life. In a way, it was. Life is totally different now. My outlook, my goals, what I know, what I want and don’t want. There is a clarity to my thoughts [...]
Wowza
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, building structure, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, distress tolerance, effectiveness, employment, finances, happiness, hope, independence, joy, love, music, radical acceptance, relationships, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, self-soothe, willingness on January 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
No worries, Adriana. Your blog award is the very next post which will be typed right after I finish this one. Yours takes more creativity and I have to warm up first.
Okay, a very ridiculously long time has passed since my last post. I find it PREFER-able :) to post more frequently and know [...]
Glorious Day Off
Posted in Daily, tagged building structure, DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, effectiveness, happiness, hope, independence, joy, love, mindfulness, music, organization, relationships, self-soothe, willingness on December 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Today, Matt and I both have the day off. This in itself is fairly rare. To add to the gloriousness of it, we don’t have our day jam-packed with things to do. We are going to be people of leisure. I told him that there would be no housework, no errands to run. I managed [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Reviving Blog After Four Day Vacation
Posted in Neuroticism, tagged Bipolar, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distraction techniques, music, PTSD, self-soothe, trauma on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Okay, so maybe vacation isn’t the right word. If anything, I didn’t need to take a break from my blog…actually, it was one of the worst possible things I could do, because instead of getting it down and off my chest, all of the bullshit stayed inside my head and just repeated [...]
