Oh, Tom. It sucks, doesn't it? It totally sucks and who in their right mind wants to even DEAL with the rough patches anyway, because it's ugly and messy and might just rip your guts out and then stomp on them.
The rough patches suck, honey, and the worst thing about them is that they HAVE to suck so badly. If they didn't, you wouldn't be making any progress. If they didn't suck so horrifically, that wouldn't be called "therapy," it would be called "denial." Or my favorite, "repression."
But getting through the rough patches is what gets you to a point where you realize, "Hey! I'm not as fucked-up as I used to be!" or possibly "Yeah, I'm fucked-up, but now I know how to deal with it in a manner that involves almost no bloodshed!"
Getting though the rough patches = getting "better."
All I can say is to promise you that it's worth it. It is SO worth every bit of the hell you're going through.
Actually, that's NOT all I can say -- I can say this, too, with 100% certainty: you CAN handle this. You absolutely can. You may not WANT to, which is totally understandable, but I know that you CAN.
baby-having has afflicted me with permanent office-job ennui.
Just call me an overachiever, because I got meself afflicted without having to have a baby.
Damn TurboTax. I don't want to pay for filing my state return. I just want to file federal. I suppose I should just suck it up.
Jilli, I think you especially shouldn't watch the clip.
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Does it make you feel any better to know that when you smiled at me in SF, I wanted to giggle like a freshman?
Tom, I believe in you.
I am not a huge fan of Robot Chicken but I'm curious. Can someone w/f for me why this calvin episode is so disturbing?
Jilli, I think you especially shouldn't watch the clip.
From everyone's various comments about it, I think you're very right.
Jilli might actually enjoy the Peanuts clip, though.
It might Jilli, but it might not. Depends if we have similar views on the value of imaginary playmates.
I love watching Franny and her imaginary playmates. First there was The Guy, now she plays with a little girl named Dada.
but, damn, baby-having has afflicted me with permanent office-job ennui.
That's fairly common, I think. Well except for the parents who respond to baby-having by suddenly becoming workaholic, must-bring-home-the-bacon parents.
Can someone w/f for me why this calvin episode is so disturbing?
The premise is that
Hobbes is indeed imaginary, and Calvin ends up in a padded room because of it.
Depends if we have similar views on the value of imaginary playmates.
You're talking to Clovis's right hand goth.
Like Angel in Provider. *shudder*
The C&H Robot Chicken didn't raise any ire in me. And I'm a huge fan of imaginary playmates. It was sick, yeah. Twisted. But I expect that from Robot Chicken.
