Uggghhhh. Remember my enormous work clusterfuck of last month? There's a new, related, even bigger clusterfuck now. I am just trying to keep my head down and not get blamed for stuff that isn't my fault.
Mal: Cut it out. Job's not done until we're back on Serenity. Zoe: Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to enjoy the moment.
'Ariel'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 29, 2013 5:51:13 am PST #9287 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 29, 2013 5:56:45 am PST #9288 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Group therapy helped me a lot, but it was of the "man, my problems pale in comparison to these screwed-up folks!" variety. Hearing from a bunch of people whose lives were going to be horrible in ways psychiatric treatment couldn't help gave the rational part of my brain ammunition to fight back against the depression.
Zenkitty - Jan 29, 2013 6:03:21 am PST #9289 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Matt makes a point... the only thing I got out of group therapy was the realization that there were people way more fucked-up than I was.
DavidS - Jan 29, 2013 6:18:16 am PST #9290 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Quick JZ update: she slept through the night without coughing at all for the first time since October. Also slept flat on the bed instead of propped up at a 45 degree angle. Yay, drugs! Yay, proper diagnosis!
Jesse - Jan 29, 2013 6:18:30 am PST #9291 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ha! That's exactly what helps me about my support group. (Knock on wood that it keeps being true.)
DavidS - Jan 29, 2013 6:23:24 am PST #9292 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I guess if you're at the other end of the spectrum it helps validate that things really are shitty.
Scrappy - Jan 29, 2013 6:24:31 am PST #9293 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yeah, I think group is good for giving you perspective ("I am the most fucked up person in the world"), but not so much for working on you personal issues. Of course, sometimes not having a perspective IS a personal issue.
Jessica - Jan 29, 2013 6:26:18 am PST #9294 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
JZ update: she slept through the night without coughing at all for the first time since October
Yay drugs!
tommyrot - Jan 29, 2013 6:27:08 am PST #9295 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yay drugs!
Also, yay competent medical care!
§ ita § - Jan 29, 2013 6:45:56 am PST #9296 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We have 1 leftover issue from the weekend, and then we're done. And my manager has asked how I'm doing, so, remarkably, I feel better. I was wondering if anyone thought working 8:00AM Saturday to 10:00AM Sunday was just stuff people did. I'm gonna need to take some of that back in trade before I snap or pass out at the wheel.
Today is business formal, and why can't I ever tie a Windsor knot right the first time? I'm always following instructions, and I always remember "the tail needs to be short--no fixing at the end" and I still always make it too long the first time.
So...matching your tie colour to your shoe colour? Is that allowed? Well, I did, so it better be. I'm draggier today than most, because I'm also wearing a shrunken velvet blazer, but the purple paisley tie is the same shade as the purple shoes, getting worn SECOND WEEK RUNNING. Who am I?
Man, JZ, sometimes you remember how advanced medical science is, and pharmacology, and how many amazing things we know about the human body (and take for granted). It shouldn't be a surprise, but then again, we are taking more health things for granted than, say, 300 years ago, so it is a net win.
But it's frustrating when there are people in the way of knowledge.