One of the reasons I have so much trouble talking about my childhood in therapy is that I start asking myself, "If it really was that bad, then how did I actually get through it all?"
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Tom Scola - Oct 11, 2013 3:47:11 am PDT #8611 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2013 3:51:29 am PDT #8612 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, two things. People get through all kinds of shit. (As we see just on this board!) And it's because they are strong people and figured out how to get through it, with whatever coping mechanisms were necessary.
Sheryl - Oct 11, 2013 3:57:39 am PDT #8613 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
House is cleaned for my parents' visit. We're pretty lazy about stuff like vacuuming, only doing it when we are going to have house guests.
Meanwhile, it's still raining, and probably will do so all weekend. Great.
-t - Oct 11, 2013 4:02:23 am PDT #8614 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sometimes I think the only control we have over our lives is what stories we tell ourselves to make sense of what we do and what happens to us, but we don't exactly have perfect control even over that.
Zenkitty - Oct 11, 2013 4:12:40 am PDT #8615 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I would pay folding money for someone to come clean this pit for me. I'm a slovenly housekeeper at the best of times, but after two weeks of being sick, my house is a sty. I have enough energy to be bothered by it, but not enough to fix it.
Sometimes I think the only control we have over our lives is what stories we tell ourselves
I've thought that too.
Theodosia - Oct 11, 2013 4:24:21 am PDT #8616 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
One thing about dealing with my anxiety with drugs and therapy has taught me: I'm actually very brave, to deal as well as I have with the underlying panic and be a fairly successful adult.
(If I could have stood the taste of alcohol, I could SO have ended up an alcoholic, as self-medication might have led me to be.)
Jesse - Oct 11, 2013 4:33:10 am PDT #8617 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sometimes I think the only control we have over our lives is what stories we tell ourselves to make sense of what we do and what happens to us, but we don't exactly have perfect control even over that.
Yuuup.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2013 4:33:43 am PDT #8618 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would pay folding money for someone to come clean this pit for me.
Yeah, you know that's a thing you can actually do, right?
Jessica - Oct 11, 2013 4:48:06 am PDT #8619 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think if I had a regular cleaning service, I would do more "cleaning for the cleaners" tidying up stuff and my house would be so much less cluttered.
Dana - Oct 11, 2013 4:50:42 am PDT #8620 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We have cleaners once a month and the night before is definitely a clean for the cleaners night. I hate it each time, but it does prevent stuff from accumulating.