Tag: distract
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Fun with GIFs
Do you ever feel all different emotions at once, like this? And you feel like doing this? And people say you’re just So you listen to some music: Then you feel like doing this to your boss: But I wouldn’t advise it, unless you want to get fired. But whatever you do, don’t ever do…
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Difficult Weekend and Week with Our Daughter
I’ve had a very difficult weekend with our daughter. She had a temper tantrum because I wouldn’t give her any money. She did her usual behaviours, which she hasn’t for a while. Things were getting better – so I thought. My nerves were very raw all day. I cried my eyes out that afternoon, and…
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Chemo
My dad had his first round of chemo yesterday. I was so worried when I woke up yesterday. But I kept busy all morning, and half of the afternoon, and mostly forgot about it. Until I met my brother for coffee. But my sister called yesterday evening and said that it went pretty well. Except that…
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My Talk with my Counsellor and my Mother-in-Law
Last Tuesday, I met with my counsellor and my mother-in-law to try to help her understand my BPD. We had a very good talk and I think she’s finally beginning to understand it a bit more. I tried to explain to her how she was unintentionally invalidating me constantly. She told me that she wasn’t…
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Silencing the “Voices” in Your Head
Having BPD is like having a tape recorder (yes, I’m dating myself) playing in your head 24/7, 365 days a year, every year of your life. It’s like a bunch of “voices” all at the same time constantly telling you that you’re not good enough. You can never pause it or stop it or turn…
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Neighbour Incident Aftermath
I was explaining the incident with my parents’ neighbour to my mother-in-law this morning and she asked me if I should see my psychiatrist. I told her that that wouldn’t fix this. She told me that if something like that happens to her, she’s feel bad about it for a couple of days, but then…
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My Parents’ Neighbour and Anxiety
My mom and dad’s neighbour is so nice. She took my sister to the hospital at 2 am a while ago when my dad had to go by ambulance. But something she did on Saturday really got to me BIG TIME. My daughter and I ran into her at the store and got talking to…
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