What’s on your mind?

[Clix Pix]

I'm anxious. First it was anger about stay at home orders, now it's about the few who should have been fired or sent to jail years ago.

Each night after my husband comes home, I sleep for a few hours to wake up in a cold sweat. Seeing him leave makes me feel dread down in the pit of my stomach.

I will not cry or show him my fear because he needs me to be strong, he can't be worrying about me at times like this.

Septembersrain, are you in therapy? If so, it seems to me that this would be a good time to try and have phone sessions or Skype sessions, whatever, so that you would be able to talk through your anxiety with him or her. If you’re not in therapy, just relying on meds, I really urge you to seriously consider finding a therapist who specializes in working with people with anxiety disorders. Being able to talk with someone can really help, and yes, especially now, which has been a difficult time for just about everyone for one reason or another. For you in particular, not just the whole COVID-19 thing, but the current climate around attitudes toward law enforcement personnel and such.......

 

[Septembersrain]

Septembersrain, are you in therapy? If so, it seems to me that this would be a good time to try and have phone sessions or Skype sessions, whatever, so that you would be able to talk through your anxiety with him or her. If you’re not in therapy, just relying on meds, I really urge you to seriously consider finding a therapist who specializes in working with people with anxiety disorders. Being able to talk with someone can really help, and yes, especially now, which has been a difficult time for just about everyone for one reason or another. For you in particular, not just the whole COVID-19 thing, but the current climate around attitudes toward law enforcement personnel and such.......

I can't afford to see my therapist right now and I'm a month behind on my healthcare premium.

I am relying on medication because it's all I have right now. I tried to find an income based therapist and found only 2. Both have waiting lists spanning into October.

So I'm just here venting. It's my cleaning day again but even this isn't taking my mind off things.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I can't afford to see my therapist right now and I'm a month behind on my healthcare premium.

I am relying on medication because it's all I have right now. I tried to find an income based therapist and found only 2. Both have waiting lists spanning into October.

So I'm just here venting. It's my cleaning day again but even this isn't taking my mind off things.

Vent away. Better out than in. Hang in there. Things will get better. One of my colleagues lives in a tiny flat. No outside space. She’s not been outside since lockdown started. Been on tablets for depression for the last 17 years. Suffering from anxiety and other issues. Her Dr took her off the tablets the other week. Since then her boyfriend has moved back home and she sees no one. Every day I talk to her I try and encourage her to get out and take a walk. But no joy.
Life can be tough. But so can we. Hope you get some decent sleep and the financial stuff improves.

 

[0388631]

Found a few nice stoneware cookie jars online that don't look terrible. Tempted to buy one with olden days lettering.

 

[yaxomoxay]

headache

 

[Scepticalscribe]

headache

My commiserations and sympathy.

Appropriate medical stuff (that you take Ibuprofen, or something similar), try to ensure that you are properly hydrated, - I find that this helps when suffering from headaches - and perhaps, in addition, might I recommend, bed rest in a quiet and darkened room.

 

[yaxomoxay]

My commiserations and sympathy.

Appropriate medical stuff (that you take Ibuprofen, or something similar), try to ensure that you are properly hydrated, - I find that this helps when suffering from headaches - and perhaps, in addition, might I recommend, bed rest in a quiet and darkened room.

Thanks. Yep, Excedrin and water (or maybe Gatorade) will definitely help. As for the dark room... I have to work

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Thanks. Yep, Excedrin and water (or maybe Gatorade) will definitely help. As for the dark room... I have to work

Okay, if work is necessary, fine; but, in my experience, with headaches, there comes a time when you are no longer able to work, even if you are still willing to try (to do so).

Anyway, irrespective of whether willing, able, or capable, I really recommend that you consume generous volumes of water for headaches. (And not just for hangover headachess; I used to suffer from ghastly migraines, and from sinus headaches, and occasionally suffered really vicious and violent headaches that were partly triggered by an infection in one of my two impacted wisdom teeth).

The best of luck.

 

[yaxomoxay]

Okay, if work is necessary, fine; but, in my experience, with headaches, there comes a time when you are no longer able to work, even if you are still willing to try (to do so).

For now I am somewhat ok. I guess that I was dehydrated. Water is really helping; I think I am going for a Gatorade.

Anyway, irrespective of whether willing, able, or capable, I really recommend that you consume generous volumes of water for headaches. (And not just for hangover headachess; I used to suffer from ghastly migraines, and from sinus headaches, and occasionally suffered really vicious and violent headaches that were partly triggered by an infection in one of my two impacted wisdom teeth).
The best of luck.

Absolutely. It's incredible how pain in our noggin can really debilitate us.

On a different note - intended as not political but literary - I am amazed by how many books on Kissinger are being released. I can barely keep up. The one I am (slowly) reading now (I will review it in the appropriate book thread) that I got on release day is by far one of the best, most interesting, and surprising on the subject as it tackles it from a totally different perspective. It's incredible how many things can be said, and analyzed about a single subject.

 

[Huntn]

Dishwasher dish loading.
I usually load the dishwasher, the dishes sit on their edges in their slots and I usually lean them slightly with the dirty side facing down. Today my wife told me I was doing it wrong, that the dishes needed to be perfectly vertical not leaning slightly.
Online, I found a description at Whirlpool that says to place them so the top/dirty side is facing towards the center and the dirty side leaning downwards, so the water jets will hit dirty side, but all of the pictures seem to show the dishes perfectly vertical.

What is your verdict? Leaning, vertical, or it does it make any difference?

 

[Apple fanboy]

Dishwasher dish loading.
I usually load the dishwasher, the dishes sit on their edges in their slots and I usually lean them slightly with the dirty side facing down. Today my wife told me I was doing it wrong, that the dishes needed to be perfectly vertical not leaning slightly.
Online, I found a description at Whirlpool that says to place them so the top/dirty side is facing towards the center and the dirty side leaning downwards, so the water jets will hit dirty side, but all of the pictures seem to show the dishes perfectly vertical.

What is your verdict? Leaning, vertical, or it does it make any difference?

Are the dishes clean when you take them out? If yes, you’re doing it right.
Meanwhile the dishwasher and fridge freezer I paid for in February are still with our kitchen fitter. Going to the garage every time you need something from the fridge is starting to get very old!

 

[S.B.G]

I like walking into a room and finding a cat sitting in a random place.

 

[chown33]

^ I like to include walls and ceilings as possible surfaces for cat placement.

 

[Huntn]

Are the dishes clean when you take them out? If yes, you’re doing it right.
Meanwhile the dishwasher and fridge freezer I paid for in February are still with our kitchen fitter. Going to the garage every time you need something from the fridge is starting to get very old!

The dishes have seemed to come out clean, but after I researched it, the dishes are indeed leaned, but I reversed their orientation and putting them in the front and not back, due to how the slot supports are arranged, and they rest with more even space between them.
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I like walking into a room and finding a cat sitting in a random place.

I loved having 3 cats but now that they have passed on, am not anxious to return to pet owning status. Part of the reason is we had a basement with a bare concrete floor so that the times we had to leave them, we need not need to worry about rebellion turds or urination. For anyone desiring cat companionship, I’d recommend a pair of cats so they don’t get too lonely when they have to be home alone.

 

[S.B.G]

Can we make an amendment to the laws of thermodynamics?

I’m disappointed that I can’t have a perpetual motion machine.

 

[JayMysterio]

How I imagine my time in PRSI.

 

[JayMysterio]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/WealthyImaginaryChicken-mobile.mp4

I'm disturbingly obsessed with this video of a woman taking a face plant.

It's video you've probably seen a dozen times. When it was posted on Facebook though, it was posted with the caption "but why". Which was my exact thoughts.

Why did this happen? Now my brain can't stop trying to figure out why this happened at all.

 

[boswald]

I'm thinking about my eldest dog, Nikki, and her various health issues. She's got two tumors, both of which are growing, and in different places. She's making funny noises when she breathes, and it's getting hard for her to get energy. I'm guessing she's got early stages of cancer, but I can't afford a vet bill at this time. It's really eating away at my depression (that I take medicine and see a therapist for).

Also, I have laser back surgery tomorrow, and that scares the crap out of me. It's supposed to be a small outpatient procedure, but needles and lasers are just... ugh.

EDIT: Just found out from the wife that she's not drinking or pooping properly. Wonderful.

 

[JayMysterio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1272700102373707778

 

[LizKat]

How I imagine my time in PRSI.

Ah yes. I was not long a permanent resident up here before remarking in the general store one morning that the guy who puts the chemicals in the local water system must have half a load on sometimes while doing his job, for all the terrible taste of the water on some occasions, and so no wonder that people including my sister's father-in-law, himself a member of the water board, had advised me to filter it.

Yeah well Mr. Half-A-Load promptly introduced himself to me standing there in the bread aisle three feet away... amid guffaws from nearby shoppers. Oy. Furthermore as life would have it, he was the brother of the late village resident from whose estate I had bought my fixer-upper house. And everyone in the store knew this too.

Oh well. All's well that ends well: we did become friends after my awkward and public apology... and he ended up doing some very skilled plumbing of my place at a very reasonable price, meanwhile passing remarks about his late bro along lines of "Bob was an inventive guy but usually with plumbing that's not what's called for, so it's high time this here was made right."

I still filter the village water though.

 

[D.T.]

I'm thinking about my eldest dog, Nikki, and her various health issues. She's got two tumors, both of which are growing, and in different places. She's making funny noises when she breathes, and it's getting hard for her to get energy. I'm guessing she's got early stages of cancer, but I can't afford a vet bill at this time. It's really eating away at my depression (that I take medicine and see a therapist for).

Also, I have laser back surgery tomorrow, and that scares the crap out of me. It's supposed to be a small outpatient procedure, but needles and lasers are just... ugh.

EDIT: Just found out from the wife that she's not drinking or pooping properly. Wonderful.

FWIW, I've had a close friend and a friend/cousin who had laser back surgery and both came out of it without any complications, and wound up feeling 1000x better after a short recovery

Oh yeah, the pet thing is tough. Hey, if you do wind up needing to pursue "that" option, there are these at home services that are just amazing.

Best of luck!

 

[boswald]

FWIW, I've had a close friend and a friend/cousin who had laser back surgery and both came out of it without any complications, and wound up feeling 1000x better after a short recovery

Oh yeah, the pet thing is tough. Hey, if you do wind up needing to pursue "that" option, there are these at home services that are just amazing.

Best of luck!

Thank you for the helpful suggestion and kind words. Really appreciate it! I will keep my chin up and hope for the best.

 

[kazmac]

Thank you for the helpful suggestion and kind words. Really appreciate it! I will keep my chin up and hope for the best.

Wishing you best of luck with the surgery. Doggie sorry to hear.

I hope everyone is okay (Lagging with this thread).

We’re hanging in, have to capitulate with upgrading the internet here sooner rather than later because our ISP sucks, and our ‘delightful’ neighbors bounce me offline enough to where Work is not happy about that. We are fine considering.

Hugs to everyone.

 

[boswald]

Wishing you best of luck with the surgery. Doggie sorry to hear.

I hope everyone is okay (Lagging with this thread).

We’re hanging in, have to capitulate with upgrading the internet here sooner rather than later because our ISP sucks, and our ‘delightful’ neighbors bounce me offline enough to where Work is not happy about that. We are fine considering.

Hugs to everyone.

Thank you so much. Really appreciate the kindness I’ve found here and truly feel welcome.

 

[kazmac]

Thank you so much. Really appreciate the kindness I’ve found here and truly feel welcome.

This is a wonderful thread full of compassionate, smart, and very silly people. It is a big reason why I am still posting in this forum.🙂 Glad you are here.