Drove to Tampa yesterday to go the main VA hospital in my area. It's a 2-hour drive each way. I spent most of the drive there fighting traffic and listening to "Hey, That's My Hummus!" Great podcast from a couple of friends of mine. And so it seems I do, indeed, have a torn ...
Tag Archive: shrink
Apr
19
I’m Giving Her All She’s Got, Captain!
Just got home from Mom's follow-up doctor appointment. Y'know, from the Broken Kneecap Debacle of 2010? Today was her last scheduled day of physical therapy. She's gone from a 65-degree flex on that knee to just over 90 degrees. It's been just over 3 months since this thing started. She's been driving (back roads, since highway ...
Feb
24
Babar is in My Living Room, and He’s a Morose Sonofabitch
Not. Doing. Well. It's all in between my fucking ears, as usual. That's always the problem area with me. I had a good day yesterday. A friend visited and made my day. Hell, my month. So why are these awesome moments so short-lived in my head? I'm back to miserable today. Overwhelmed. Feeling on the verge of...shit, ...
Feb
17
I’d Give Anything Not to Tell You This, But Sometimes Nightmares are Real
Had my first ever videoconference with a shrink today. First ever videoconference, ever, actually. Went pretty well. The Matrix Therapist had sent the doc the list of meds I'd brought in for her to look at...the ones I was taking 10 years ago, the ones that actually were doing something. And the shrink actually looked that ...
Feb
16
That’s Me in the Corner
I'm slacking. I feel it. Losing my momentum is not a feeling I like. The mania has subsided. My brain is much calmer (and dumber), though that's relative. It's still busier than most people's, I get that. But compared to the manic shit? It's like ...
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I’m a writer. A lover, not a fighter. An amateur philosopher who enjoys shaving giraffes and dancing around my living room in my boxers.