Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Putting the funk in dysfunction since 1966

So I'm in therapy now, you know. Working on some things. Given that I am high-strung and pessimistic by nature, we're trying to lower my base level of OH MY GOD WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!1!!1!!11!!! and raise my base level of Everything Is Awesome! <3 kittens !1 rainbows! so that when little disasters hit (my grandpa is in the hospital! my kid is a full week behind on homework!)(these are things I found out today!) I don't go off the deep end and start looking for ways to fake my own death or whatever.

Yeah.

So far? NOT GOING WELL.

I'll keep you posted.

6 comments:

  1. Some things you cannot change such as your grandpa's health and being a week behind in homework is not the end of the world. Are you still exercising? Helps a lot as does walking and meditating to focus on what you can do.

    Love and hugs

    Audrey

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  2. What Audrey said.

    FWIW, my kid is a week behind in her English homework and at her school, this means she could flunk the course. This makes my heart hurt because English is what I do.

    I also agree about the exercise. The last time my kids were making me mental, I dropped my son off at his cello lesson, drove home, did a Jillian, and went back to get him--covered in sweat but much less stressed.

    xxx

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  3. My two adult children are now living with us. I can't believe I'm NOT in therapy.

    I agree with Audrey ^ walking is also good therapy.

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  4. Oh yes I agree too ... go out, walk, exercise, do something ... I am just like you and one of these things ALWAYS help.
    Feel better!

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  5. I ended up in therapy when my daughter (now 12) was 3. Something about the hormonal changes had bumped my normal low-level social anxiety into panic attacks. No amount of self-talk would help. After a couple of severe over-reactions to minor issues, my husband and best friend held an intervention :-) Lexapro has helped me a lot --I can't say all the anxiety is gone, but I don't have actual anxiety attacks anymore.

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  6. Well, faking your own death is better than actually doing it. Good luck with therapy! It's the right thing to do! You have A LOT of stress!

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