The beauty of having a full-time, 8-5 job is that the week goes by fast. Like, lightning fast. It doesn’t hurt that I’m busy busy busy trying to dig my way out of the huge hole that was left for me, but it feels like it was just Monday. I don’t know where the time [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dogs’
My Vacation From the Weekend
Posted in Daily, tagged building structure, dogs, effectiveness, willingness on March 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What’s Up, Doc?
Posted in Daily, Health, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, conflict, DBT, depression, diabetes, dialectical behavior therapy, diet, dogs, employment, Klonopin, love, PTSD, relationships, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, sleep, sleep apnea, trauma, weight loss, willingness on February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After three straight days of minimal sleep, I passed out on the couch last night, watching Medium, that we had DVR’d from earlier in the evening. DVR is a beautiful thing. I’m still not used to having a fancy TV or cable, and when I found out that we could set it to automatically record [...]
Kingdom of All Things Gross
Posted in Daily, tagged dogs, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, self-soothe on September 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I say all of the following with the preface that my house is extremely clean and tidy…
Kizzie and I had an interesting night. She caught a few mice…while I was trying to sleep. Picture me sleeping, mouth gaping open, possibly drooling (ok, you get the picture). Then picture Kizz perched on the side of the [...]
The Color of Happiness
Posted in Daily, Neuroticism, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distress tolerance, dogs, happiness, joy, PTSD, self-soothe, trauma, willingness on July 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, July 9th 8:26 a.m.
I’m into another week…week two of being out of IOP, to the date. I am feeling pretty good. I still have my moments (as we all do), but I am able to pull myself out of the shit before it gets intolerable. Using my skills, dontcha know. I didn’t spend two [...]
Reality Check
Posted in Daily, Neuroticism, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, DBT diary card, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, dogs, mindfulness, mixed episode, PTSD, self-soothe, trauma on May 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Saturday, May 10, 2008 2:48 p.m.
Same old shit with a little twist on Friday. Depressed, anxious, self-loathing blah blah blah blah. I did a lot of numbing on Friday. Went to IOP, had a hard time listening and learning, which is, of course, what I am there for. I just couldn’t tune in, the tape [...]
Spinning ‘Round in the Blender
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, dogs, mixed episode, sleep on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thursday, May 8, 2008 7:30 a.m.
Head spinning, chest tightening, walls closing in, and all those DAMN THOUGHTS racing through my mind. 24/7. My upswing has turned into a mixed episode. Not only am I totally revved (and irritable), I also feel like drinking bleach crap. How lovely is that?
Yesterday afternoon went just fine, other than being [...]
Swing, Swing, Swing
Posted in Daily, Neuroticism, tagged anxiety, Bipolar, DBT, depression, dialectical behavior therapy, distress tolerance, dogs, Klonopin, self-soothe, sleep on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This might be annoying, but I am going to start time-stamping my posts. The system that wordpress uses just doesn’t work for me because it isn’t on Central Time and sometimes I can’t figure out when I posted last. So…
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 12:17 p.m.
I had a very up-and-down yesterday. I was really down in [...]
Kizzie Disturbs Sexy Fat’s Sleep
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, dogs, sleep on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thunderstorms + Rain + Neurotic Dog = No rest for the wicked
Must speak with vet about doggie tranquilizers.
UPDATE — The above was written around 3:30 a.m., after Kizzie had been acting very obnoxious scared and having a bit of an anxiety attack due to all of the storming we had in the early evening hours. The anxiety continued [...]
Kizzie + Thunder = Panic Attack
Posted in Daily, tagged anxiety, dogs on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has been raining, or perhaps more appropriately, storming here since yesterday evening. Kizzie does not like the rain. She does not like the thunder. She literally goes into a panic whenever we have even semi-severe weather. Unfortuntely, we live in Kansas, so this happens all Spring.
She did something overnight that she has not done [...]
Smrtie and Kizz — Non-Cute Behavior
Posted in Daily, tagged dogs, employment, sleep on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am feeling particularly uninspired this morning. I just deleted a rather politically incorrect post about how I would rather work with a drug-addicted felon over a person with a developmental disability any day of the week. I decided that would just make me seem like an asshole, and anyone who reads my blog regularly [...]
