wishing you grace and howling in the shower and any other non-harmful things you need to get through it.
My primary coping mechanism is Good Omens fanfic, and I am not even kidding.
By noon, I had dropped the cat off at the vet, returned an author galley, washed/dried/put away 3 loads of laundry, changed the sheets, broke down a bunch of boxes for recycling and took them out to the bin, and swept a mountain of leaves off the porch. But I am so fucking tired. Just waiting for the vet to call so I can go pick up the demon cat.
My primary coping mechanism is Good Omens fanfic, and I am not even kidding.
(offers fistbump of GO solidarity)
Is that the "a moving target is harder for the emotions to hit" method of Managing All The Feels? 'Cause I practice that one!
Is that the "a moving target is harder for the emotions to hit" method of Managing All The Feels? 'Cause I practice that one!
Ha! Brain too busy; brain can't stop and process the stress; no time for feels!
We were brought up to fix things, because our parents wouldn't. That instinct is hardwired. Boundaries are NOT us.
This this this THIS.
Yes, be angry with him. You can rage and vent here, and tell him later, when he's through this crisis. BUT THIS IS NOT YOUR CRISIS TO FIX.
You deserve to be taken care of. Please believe that.
Has anyone else seen today's Captain Awkward? The illustration made me spit my tea, say "This seems appropriate!" and start humming the same little song under my breath.
Where would I find that, Amy? I have captain awkward on my feed reader and didn't see it but when I went on the captain awkward site is from a couple days ago—am I looking in the wrong place?
Here you are, meara. Sorry, I should have just linked!
Tep, don't blame you...I go through a lot of emotions with my brother and his Career Crisis, 3.1, and he won't die of that(although that's not the way he tells it...)
This sounds so hard, Steph, but I think you are handling it correctly, and it is great for you to vent here. I know firsthand how much venting and talking things out here helps. I wish there was something tangible we could do for you, but I don't know that there is really anything except sending support.
I think it is great that you are owning your anger. I think a lot of women in our age group are full of rage at always being the person who fixes things. There are several people on this thread. And I think we have to get it out somewhere or we are all going to explode into a mass of peri-menopausal women who start a revolution OR implode.
