I dreamed there was a drug that let you watch a screen that looked like an Asteroids game, and by concentrating on zapping the asteroids, you zapped away pain.

Back when I did real clinical work instead of professor stuff, I used exactly this scenario with a video game fan who had chronic pain. I would hypnotize him, set up the situation, and he would lie back in the recliner zapping his pain with great satisfaction for half an hour.

Unfortunately, he never was able to master self-hypnosis, so the treatment was of no use to him after he left the hospital.

I dreamed there was a drug that let you watch a screen that looked like an Asteroids game, and by concentrating on zapping the asteroids, you zapped away pain.

That sounds familiar, like I read about something like that being developed?

Ugh, Beverly, I hate those kinds of dreams/waking up. I took a nap recently and had one of those sleep paralysis dreams, reminded me why I don't generally take naps (seems to be when that happens the most).

Rick FTW! So, learn how to self-hypnotize and make your dreams come true, Ginger? :)

Thanks for the ~ma, everyone. Hugs, hairpats, coffee and wine to everyone who wants them.

As of way too early this morning, my sister's heart agreed to beat normally again, and she was falling asleep in the hospital room. Her boyfriend is with her. I've heard nothing since, and am assuming no news is good news.

And I got a box of coffee, tea, and hot chocolate from my BFF ass an "unbirthday" present today, along with a letter in her beautiful flowing handwriting on a perfect card she said she's been saving ten years for the right moment to send me. She sure picked the right moment.

Man. I feel like something is telling me to reprioritize my life, and stop letting my work consume all my energy and drain all my joy.

Hooray for normal heartbeats!

shrift, I'm sorry everything is being just too much.

Thanks, Maria.

My manager wants me to set my quarterly goals. My start date in this role was this Monday, so I don't know what my goals should be. We have a meeting later, so I'm going to take a break to clean out my desk and then do some research so I have something prepared.

I feel like something is telling me to reprioritize my life, and stop letting my work consume all my energy and drain all my joy.

Yeah, do that! I'm glad your sister seems to be doing better.

My desk is cleaned out. Next, lunch!

I assumed I knew what my manager wanted re: goals, but it turns out I was wrong and I just have to help with a thing. Totally doable! Ass = me, not u.

I feel like something is telling me to reprioritize my life, and stop letting my work consume all my energy and drain all my joy.

Oh, man. Yeah. Right now I'm totally consumed with this work move, but I'm doing it because I hope the new job will stop my work from being an energy creature. Joy is good. Maybe choose it if you can.

I feel like something is telling me to reprioritize my life, and stop letting my work consume all my energy and drain all my joy.

That's a good plan. I need to do something similar. What I need is a job that doesn't feel so pointless, because I feel like the suckiness of my job, and the lack of enthusiasm I have for it, just leaks into the rest of my life.

Yeah, my job is not really working for me. It's a big thing.