I am posting this to remind myself, again, that some of the toughest days to get through treatment are the best days of the process. Positive gains, no matter how tiny.
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I’m always getting random bruises. Sometimes I’ll have multiple bruises all on my legs and I’m just thinking… am I in some type of alien time warp and losing time? Because I honestly have no idea where 90% of my bruises come from. Yay anemia!
I am posting this to remind myself, again, that some of the toughest days to get through treatment are the best days of the process. Positive gains, no matter how tiny.
I don’t know if your treatment is related to mental health, but if it is, I absolutely understand.
I know when I started being proactive about my mental health and bettering myself, I was often really overwhelmed. When I was at my absolute worst, it felt like things would never get better or that it would take an impossibly long time. It was discouraging for me to think about how substantial change doesn’t happen overnight and there’s no real time frame on when things will get better when you’re facing an uphill battle with your own brain.
Buuut, I realized all I could do was take it one day at a time and instead of focusing on an unclear future, focusing on what I was doing in the now. Just doing tiny things everyday that was better than the day before, confronting issues as I could when they arose and treating myself with grace and understanding when I did slip.
It’s been a few years now since I started taking my mental health seriously, and I can say that I’m in a much better place than I was. It’s honestly crazy when I look back at the person I was three years ago and how much time has passed between now and then and how far I’ve come.
Not everyday is perfect. I still get depressed. I still get anxious. It’s a part of life that I’ve come to accept. And when I have those rough days, I take pride in the small things. Being able to eat a small meal, having the energy to wash my hair or even being able to concentrate on a movie or tv show and actually enjoy it. Those were things I wasn’t capable of doing at my worst, and it’s the small victories that count and really add up overtime.
Sorry if that’s not what you were talking about, but I figured it might be helpful.
Thank you. You're spot on with a lot of what I've been having to remind myself each morning when I resist the urge to stay in bed. I know the trajectory and that there is, somewhere out there, a goal. But I can't worry about that long-distanced idea. Instead, the little steps are attainable; let's do one more of those today.
I have to keep in mind that I am moving positively and with intent. Even when I have set-backs, like yesterday, I must tell myself that it is for the overall good. Set-backs, to me, just mean there's more work to be done at this moment before the next step can be taken, and that, to me, is still a net positive.
My biggest hurdle right now is releasing my shame. It's such a dirty and toxic spiral...shame for past behaviors that I can't release, ashamed of carrying the shame, unsure why I feel ashamed which only increases my shame... Lots and lots of work to do, and I'm thankful for my therapist, my meds to help moderate my emotional swings enough to focus on the work that I need to do on myself, and my stubborn determination to better myself despite however doomed and reluctant I may feel. I haven't convinced myself yet, but I'm going to put it here in hopes it helps get me there...I am worthy of happiness and good things.
It all fucking sucks, to be quite blunt.
"Better than yesterday" is all I hope for right now. Thank you for your post.
My mental capacity for mult-tasking (aka dividing limited capacity even further) is so terrible today. Even here, I've mis-commented in the wrong threads multiple times. I can't track email conversations at work. I'm having difficulty giving necessary tasks the proper focus because background thoughts continue to break my mental continuity. My dogs are nervous because of thunder. And I'm having physical spasms in my neck and back area, triggering my nerve issues...or vice-versa.
I have a TON of work in front of me, but since I'm not making gains on any of it currently anyways, I think I'm going to disconnect and take a mental health day.
Treat yourselves with respect, forgiveness, and understanding, kids. Don't count on anyone else to do it for you, if you won't do it for yourself.
I have a TON of work in front of me, but since I'm not making gains on any of it currently anyways, I think I'm going to disconnect and take a mental health day.
Treat yourselves with respect, forgiveness, and understanding, kids. Don't count on anyone else to do it for you, if you won't do it for yourself.
I wonder how many guys are totally unaware of how homo-erotic their user names are. Lookin at you Mr. "anita_dickman688"
I live in the UK - a Uni friend from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, just came to stay for a week and has been baffled that the sun rises here right now at 4:30am. He was tired/knackered by like 9pm.
It’s never bothered me; I like to doze. I guess should invest in thicker curtains for the guest room
It’s never bothered me; I like to doze. I guess should invest in thicker curtains for the guest room
I'd just ask if the airline gave out eye shades on the inbound flight.I live in the UK - a Uni friend from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, just came to stay for a week and has been baffled that the sun rises here right now at 4:30am. He was tired/knackered by like 9pm.
It’s never bothered me; I like to doze. I guess should invest in thicker curtains for the guest room
Joking aside, that was always a problem for me growing up in the UK - messes with your body clock. I really don't know how folk who live north of the Arctic circle cope with 6 months of darkness and 6 months without a sunset.
I’ve been re-reading The Mayfair Witches series by Anne Rice and I started playing the Alone in the Dark remake yesterday.
So much old, gothic New Orleans media and it’s making me miss hoooome.
Especially the Anne Rice books. I actually wonder how people who are not familiar with New Orleans view certain aspects of her books, because in my opinion, she would describe New Orleans almost as you would describe it if you were talking to someone who knew the city. Lots of actual street names, restaurants, churches, etc. So for me, I can visualize exactly what she’s describing and it makes me nostalgic. I wonder if I would be enjoying this re-read as much as I have been if I wasn’t already kinda homesick.
So much old, gothic New Orleans media and it’s making me miss hoooome.
Especially the Anne Rice books. I actually wonder how people who are not familiar with New Orleans view certain aspects of her books, because in my opinion, she would describe New Orleans almost as you would describe it if you were talking to someone who knew the city. Lots of actual street names, restaurants, churches, etc. So for me, I can visualize exactly what she’s describing and it makes me nostalgic. I wonder if I would be enjoying this re-read as much as I have been if I wasn’t already kinda homesick.
The Interview with the Vampire series on AMC is fucking amazeballs. The Mayfair Witches series on AMC is garbage and I was greatly disappointed.
This is Lestat:
TMW was and is one of my all time favorite series from Rice and she writes of New Orleans well. I can smell the petrichor and hear the wind in the leaves.
I’ve never watched The Interview with the Vampire AMC series, but I did watch the first two episodes of The Mayfair Witches and I agree, it’s horrible. How can you have a series based on The Mayfair Witches and not have Michael or Aaron?! Michael is a major character and the catalyst for a lot of what happens in the series, so deciding to totally cut his character is such an odd choice. I think they combined the two characters into one, but I don’t know how much of an impact he actually has on the show since I couldn’t bring myself to watch more than two episodes of it.
And, Alexandra Daddario is a bad choice for Rowan. I could get past the fact that she looks absolutely nothing like what Rowan is supposed to look like. But, she’s just not a great actress. I haven’t seen much of her works, but from the little I have seen, she is very monotone and her acting just isn’t believable. I feel like she got cast simply because she is gorgeous.
There’s no way this series would have gotten the green light if Anne Rice was still alive. I remember the first time I read The Witching Hour, about 20 years ago, and I always wanted a movie or tv adaptation of it. There was so much potential there, but AMC decided instead to ruin what is arguably Anne Rice’s best work. Crazy, because some of the best modern tv shows have come from AMC, but they dropped the ball hard on this one.
I feel exactly the same way. So much rich potential. But nope, pick the gorgeous version of Kristen Stewart and to hit hard with the sex right away...that needed a slow roll. Instead it was immediate and quite graphic.
Give IWTV a shot. It's super hot and really sticks to the novels. Sam Reid is the perfect Lestat. Purrrfect.
I feel exactly the same way. So much rich potential. But nope, pick the gorgeous version of Kristen Stewart and to hit hard with the sex right away...that needed a slow roll. Instead it was immediate and quite graphic.
Give IWTV a shot. It's super hot and really sticks to the novels. Sam Reid is the perfect Lestat. Purrrfect.
“The gorgeous version of Kristen Stewart” is so accurate!!! Hahahaha!
I’ll give it a shot eventually! I’m reading Taltos right now and after I want to start on the Vampire Chronicles. I’ve actually only ever read Interview with the Vampire, and that was a long time ago, so I want to read at least the first few books and then start watching the tv series and the og movies.
Still so crazy to me that The Mayfair Witches series was so bad, when AMC usually does top tier shows like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Even The Walking Dead was one of the highest rated shows for its first few seasons. And then… this.
Season 3 doesn't launch until 2026 so you have time.
I watched the first episode of TMW and just about cried at what they had done to such a beautiful world and person. I looked up to Rowan the Novel Version. The show? Meh. Where was the heart and the fear of her powers? Glad I'm not the only one who found it to be awful.
IWTV sticks almost exclusively to the novels and really hammers home that well...vampires aren't always hetero. Wink, wink.
