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Goodbye and Good Riddance 2016: We know the world didn't end, because, check it out!

Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Thanksgivukkahmas, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering.

Go away, 2016.

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askye - Dec 08, 2016 10:31:40 am PST #31 of 269

Thrive to spite them

So my year in review -- even though it's not the end of the year...

I have had a rough time adjusting to North Carolina. It's not a bad state but Vermont felt like home in a way Florida never did and even though it wasn't perfect it was a good fit. Plus there are parts of where I live that look a lot like VT so it's weird.

Most of my stuff is health related I guess.

Started seeing an awesome therapist who specialises in PTSD/trauma and am seeing him and in a trauma group he runs. He also diagnosed me with Asperger's..well autism since Asperger's isn't its own thing but on that end of the spectrum... and I've been working on a lot of skills in therapy that have been helpful.

So helpful I have gone off all meds. Except for rarely taking klonopin. This is huge...especially since...

I started working again. Part time and I'md oing morning inventory/stocking work. This isn't fancy and I know it's not huge in the scale of things but this time last year I could barely handle going to the grocery store. Heck in spring of this year I could barely handle the grocery store. And now I'm working and getting up at 3 am some mornings because my shift occasionally starts at 4 am.

There have been a lot of adjustments and change this year and I don't always handle it the best way but I'm handling things better and building.

I also kind of want to start dating again.

lisah - Dec 08, 2016 11:01:29 am PST #32 of 269

Punishingly Intricate

That's some great stuff, askye!!!

Fred Pete - Dec 08, 2016 11:02:24 am PST #33 of 269

Ann, that's a ferret.

Sounds like great progress, askye!

Callaluna - Dec 08, 2016 11:17:13 am PST #34 of 269

Wow, askye! So much progress!!

SailAweigh - Dec 08, 2016 11:32:59 am PST #35 of 269

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

askye, that's all wonderful to hear!

-t - Dec 08, 2016 12:17:20 pm PST #36 of 269

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's so good to read how much progress you've made and are continuing to make, askye!

Cass - Dec 08, 2016 12:43:05 pm PST #37 of 269

Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

There have been a lot of adjustments and change this year and I don't always handle it the best way but I'm handling things better and building.

You are doing wonderfully well. That's a lot of big changes and you are working to handle each one. No one could ask more.

smonster - Dec 08, 2016 3:06:49 pm PST #38 of 269

We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Wonderful, askye. I know it's been tough for you.

Zenkitty - Dec 08, 2016 3:07:11 pm PST #39 of 269

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

That's fantastic, askye!

askye - Dec 08, 2016 4:18:06 pm PST #40 of 269

Thrive to spite them

Thanks,. I really appreciate it. I still struggle with feeling like..everyone is going through so much and what I went through shouldn't have been so hard and I shouldn't be so proud of just working part time. But doing that doesn't help anything and it's important to acknowledge how much progress I've made.

...my therapist would say that is my Inner Adult getting stronger and mediating between my Inner Child and Inner Parent.

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