| Things I Am NOT Allowed To Do |
 Things I Am NOT Allowed To Do
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Jun. 16th, 2009 @ 12:15 pm 
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Hookey-doke. Teeny backstory goes here: I was having an anxiety attack on Sunday night. I was super sick yesterday as a result. My tummy still hurts (awww). Meditation is helping, medication is hindering (pukeyness), but what I really need is a whole lot of happy and to avoid the bad.
So. After yesterday, these are things that I am NOT allowed to do. EVER.
#1 - Check Auto's email. No. No no no no no. I knew this before, and I have his password for legitimate reasons, but checking his email is BAD. Even if I don't read them. NO. Also, does not improve stress levels. I will only check for those legitimate reasons with express permission EVERY SINGLE TIME, even if it drives him insane with repetitiveness. (Is that a word? I'm thinking not. EDIT: Just checked. It is.)
#2 - Read Ravelry Rubberneckers forum. I just can't. It's slowly killing me with teh dramaz. Is funny dramaz, but dramaz is owie.
#3 - Sit politely with people whose situations and choices are making me want to assplode. I cannot pretend that I don't care. I'm sorry. I will, from now on, get up and leave the room with the explanation, "Your situation is beginning to affect me personally. I have to leave now."
#4 - Read more than one article a day that infuriates me. I will care about one thing that I cannot do a damn thing about PER DAY. NO MORE THAN THAT.
#5 - Read celebrity gossip. It's lame, and no matter what angle I try to use to defend it, it REMAINS lame.
#6 - Leave the computer on while having a panic attack. No good will come of this.
#7 - Read anything written by or concerning Mark Steyn.
Things I Am NOT Allowed To Do While Having An Anxiety/Panic Attack. EVER.
#1 - Go on the internet. This is addressed in #6 above, and partially in #1 above, but bears restating. No.
#2 - Try to solve any problems that do not affect my/my kids' immediate needs. Immediate needs include, and ARE LIMITED TO: food, clean water, minimum maintenance of shelter (not renos), administering of medication, seeing a doctor, and cuddles. Anything happening tomorrow or later is not included.
#3 - See anyone who may contribute to the stress. This includes social vampires whom I am obligated to interact with on other occasions. Hopefully this will preclude the need for acting on #3 above.
I am printing off this list.feels like:  anxious |
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June 16th, 2009 08:52 pm (UTC) |
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"#7 - Read anything written by or concerning Mark Steyn."
he is quite the idiot, no? my grandparents give me a subscription to macleans every year ("have you heard of adbusters, nana? no? shit.") and that man is halfway to giving me a stomach ulcer. i don't read him anymore - just skip right to feschuk and the comedy. in a pinch, however, steyn's articles make for good toilet paper.
perhaps stroking some yarn will help? feel better!
cheers,
comradekate.
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June 17th, 2009 01:55 am (UTC) |
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#4 - Read more than one article a day that infuriates me. I will care about one thing that I cannot do a damn thing about PER DAY. NO MORE THAN THAT.
about a year a half (or 2 years.. or something) I was pretty stressed out, and Cass had to forbid me from reading any article that had ANYTHING to do with Ann Coulter.
It's the same reason I don't read the comments on potentially controversial news items or blog entries. The original article/blog entry is ok, but the comments usually make my brain a-splode.
*huggle*
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