Isolated BDSM Blurts - Roosters are Vicious

[Farawyn]

I need to be somewhere at 9:40am.
It's 1:33am now.
I know for a fact I won't get up for hours after that even if you ran a train right next to my head what with this cold/flu/whatever.
Euuuhhh....
Wat do?

Give me your number and I'll give you a wake up call. I did it for NO her first year of nursing school.

 

[Blue]

Give me your number and I'll give you a wake up call. I did it for NO her first year of nursing school.

Sorry, I know that if I do wake up in time I'll feel like the Grim Reaper himself is standing at my bedside, trailing my life essence away into his book of death. So I'm just saying screw it and seeing what happens in the morning.
'Night.
Or is that 'Morning?

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

My friend and her friend should be here any minute. I know this because I am tired anough for a nap right now.

Cart time!! Woohoo!

 

[MeekMe]

They always want to ask in the general group and the answers are always the same: ew! No way!

Meanwhile, I'm over here like: yes, but under the right circumstances.

 

[twister947]

Sleepless in Indian Territory...laundry done, mail sorted, dishes washed. This is the best time to shop Walmart, fellow misanthropes.

 

[cookiecat]

I can't seem to focus.

 

[Blue]

I can't seem to focus.

Adderall is your friend.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I can't seem to focus.

Adderall is your friend.

Actually, a reduction in stress works wonders, cookie

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[cookiecat]

Adderall is your friend.

It is. I'm supposed to be on it but I forget to take it.

Actually, a reduction in stress works wonders, cookie

Im.unsure how to reduce the stress level at this point in time.

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

Do we have a thread for discussing anxiety/depression? (Specifically the treatment or management of)

Does that subject appeal to anyone but me?

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

There is one on talk. I cannot remember the title, sorry.

No problem, thank you!

(Gorgeous AV )

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Im.unsure how to reduce the stress level at this point in time.

I know what you mean. Last night I was thinking... I wonder what it would be like to have nothing to do for one day. Nothing hanging over your head, no problems, no undone tasks, no responsibilities. Not simply doing nothing for one day, but actually having nothing that needs attending. I used to be that way, it's been years...

When my stress levels get too high and I can't overcome the issues, I consciously decide that I can't fix the problems this instant, but I make a plan, be it one small step, and then decide not to worry for an hour, two hours, whatever. And if my head kicks into gear I shut it down until my time is up. It takes practice and works wonders.

Do we have a thread for discussing anxiety/depression? (Specifically the treatment or management of)

Does that subject appeal to anyone but me?

We cover that kind of thing in the Mental Illness thread, in case you haven't found it yet. That's a pretty general thread though. I bet we could fill am entire thread merely with anxiety issues if you cared to start a new one.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I think the term is stress management for what you are doing rather than stress reduction, which is often impossible. Taking time to put hand cream on or have a scented bath doesn't solve the problems but it can make us feel better. Taking excercise doesn't tackle most problems, but it does help the body's reaction to stress. That sort of thing.

For me accepting the meaning behind the terminology can be a useful outlook in itself .

It might be called that, but I know that I feel overall less stress if I take the time to manage it. So, both for me Probably the baby steps I am taking serve to reduce the stress levels. They also help me accept and prepare for inevitables.

 

[Farawyn]

I can't seem to focus.

Adderall is your friend.

Just found out that one of my best friends is taking adderall recreationally. He's fucking 32. Grow the Fuck up.

 

[Blue]

Just found out that one of my best friends is taking adderall recreationally. He's fucking 32. Grow the Fuck up.

All I know about adderall is that Trump probably snorted it for the debates as a perk-up. Why is it bad recreationally as opposed to something like marijuana?

 

[cookiecat]

.... I will hold my tongue about adderal then.

You're welcome to PM me about your thoughts on this magic drug.

 

[cookiecat]

I know what you mean. Last night I was thinking... I wonder what it would be like to have nothing to do for one day. Nothing hanging over your head, no problems, no undone tasks, no responsibilities. Not simply doing nothing for one day, but actually having nothing that needs attending. I used to be that way, it's been years...

When my stress levels get too high and I can't overcome the issues, I consciously decide that I can't fix the problems this instant, but I make a plan, be it one small step, and then decide not to worry for an hour, two hours, whatever. And if my head kicks into gear I shut it down until my time is up. It takes practice and works wonders.



We cover that kind of thing in the Mental Illness thread, in case you haven't found it yet. That's a pretty general thread though. I bet we could fill am entire thread merely with anxiety issues if you cared to start a new one.

This is a great way to address it. Sometimes something seems way way too big to wrap my arms around so I just give the whole thing up rather than attack it in small chunks.

Pre-sick husband, I was pretty good at juggling 100 things. I was stressed but I tended to feed off the stress. Especially at work. At home, Mr. cookie did a good job of managing me

Post-sick husband has been weird. I was given adderall to help me focus and remember things. It got so bad, I'd be driving and forget where I was going. I've done a better job of managing my chaotic brain, mostly because - after mixing up Mr. c's meds - I realized it was critical I got all my fucking ducks in a row. It takes all of my energy to think in a straight line.

 

[Etoile]

It amuses me when people still think I'm a mod here.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

This is a great way to address it. Sometimes something seems way way too big to wrap my arms around so I just give the whole thing up rather than attack it in small chunks.

Pre-sick husband, I was pretty good at juggling 100 things. I was stressed but I tended to feed off the stress. Especially at work. At home, Mr. cookie did a good job of managing me

Post-sick husband has been weird. I was given adderall to help me focus and remember things. It got so bad, I'd be driving and forget where I was going. I've done a better job of managing my chaotic brain, mostly because - after mixing up Mr. c's meds - I realized it was critical I got all my fucking ducks in a row. It takes all of my energy to think in a straight line.

This sounds familiar

Pre stress days I could remember everything, be ahead of every game, not have to actively think about what comes next, decisions weren't a struggle, kept my sense of humour while functioning at a high level, and still be processing shit in the background.

Post stress, I got in the car to go somewhere I had been 100 times before, went the wrong way because I wasn't paying attention to what I was actively doing, then had a panic attack because I couldn't think of how to get to where I needed to go from where I was and ended up pulled over to the side of the road crying. Aaarghhh...

I thought I had lost my mind, but "luckily" I was just stressed out. I was afraid I would never get back to the "old me", which stressedw me out even more. I definitely lost a part of me through all that process, it changed me in a not very positive manner, but my brain came back as the stress cleared away.

And you're right, it's very important to have your ducks in a row when you are caring for someone else. Especially medication. And it doesn't help that you can check and recheck and think everything is fine only to find it fucked up later, and somehow you just didn't realize it. But that's all stress as well.

Hmmmm... maybe this should be in Honey's thread. Did Honey make a thread?

*wanders off to look*

 

[Gwanji16]

It might be called that, but I know that I feel overall less stress if I take the time to manage it. So, both for me Probably the baby steps I am taking serve to reduce the stress levels. They also help me accept and prepare for inevitables.

I have always lived by "control events before they control you." That could be one direction to explore.