An open thread for personal stuff, continuing from here.
As usual for these threads: no trolls, no MRAs, no I’m-not-really-an-MRA-buts, don’t be mean.
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We Hunted The Mammoth
It shouldn’t leave you drowsy, it’s just the food source your body uses to make serotonin. It’s the substance in turkey that’s supposed to give you a post-turkey nap, but that’s pretty much been debunked, and the nap really only happens with people who just overeat.
Topping up the barrel of hugs, kittens, puppies and cute critters generally.
bunnybunny, I’m so sorry about your friend.
emilygoddess, thanks, though I’ve yet to decide whether I’ll do the course. I’ve a 14 day trial, and tbh all the “be the most amazing entrepreneur evah” wharble with the modules has me rolling my eyes so hard. I just sat through the condensed version of that at certificate level, and it’s not relevant to anything I’d ever want to do. I hate marketing with a passion and would never want to run my own business. There’s so much wankery in this stuff.
Unimaginative:
The Dental Patient’s Revenge! Muahahahaha!
@ bunnybunny – I’m so sorry for your losses. Internet hugs, if you want them.
@ LBT – a damp hole is better than bubbling paint. Really hope it gets repaired properly!
@ mildlymagnificent – Thanks for the suggestions. Much appreciated!
I just love this
https://www.facebook.com/davidtennantcom/photos/pcb.10154770748620389/10154770747630389/?type=1
Well, I tried some liquorice tea just now. Not bad, but I’ll have to revive my totally crystalised jar of honey to sweeten it.
I bought some chamomile apple spice tea as well, so we’ll see if I end up thinking “chamomile, nice!” or “erk, boiled grass” or something in between. 🙂
I think the apple spice might counter the chamomile
That Dalek tee is excellent! I got a Russian gas mask from the surplus science folks for Halloween. Are you my mummy?
gilshalos – you mean flavour-wise or its effects? I worried that apple spice might be a bad idea for the reflux, but couldn’t find any info about it.
Oh, hang on – the spices are cinnamon and cardamom, both of which are supposed to be good for reflux. Well, fingers crossed.
I was meaning flavour-wise.
Mixing it with other things tends to mask the wierd flavor that some people don’t like. It blends well with fruity flavors.
I’ll be able to report soon, after my cheese and toast.
nomnomnom
Ginger’s good for a sore throat, btw, so if it doesn’t work for the reflux save it for that.
I had a cup of ginger and lemon tea last night, but rather wished I hadn’t. It was a bit burny in the throat.
There’s a little ginger in the liquorice tea I had before, but not enough to make itself really noticeable.
I just found a pic of a guy lying on a bed and cuddling a tuxedo kitty. It’s just begging to be remade into a pic of Louis cuddling Mimsie. 🙂
[TW: Suicidal ideation]
Hey guys,
There’s a character in my novel who I think has suicidal ideation and I was wondering if anyone wanted to talk with me about it so I could get a better sense of how to write it. You can email me or tweet me @gwenckatz if you don’t want to post here.
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2013/03/24/game-of-thrones-characters-as-cats-pics/
Katz, sorry I can’t help. i was always too depressed to be suicidal, if that makes sense.
I vividly remember looking down a stairwell, considering throwing myself down, but thinking, “Nope, I’d break my back and end up paralysed from the neck down. That WOULD be worse than now”
Gishalos, it’s an oddly effective method of self-preservation, isn’t it? I had similar thoughts when I occasionally thought about throwing myself in front of a truck: what if I just end up disfigured or paralyzed? Plus I’d have to explain to my loved ones what I was trying to do.
Nice that it’s not just me. I never knew anyone meatside who had similar thoughts. The one who talked in chorus with me when we were talking about cutting /was/ truly suicidaL.
PS Oddle effective is a brilliant phrase to use for it.
That’s pretty much the reason I’ve never had suicidal ideation. However, that does occasionally lead me to self-harm ideation since suicide has never been a serious option. I 100% get the ideation part of it though katz, if you have any questions about that… I know that the only reason I get out of bed and work some (a lot of) days is because I don’t want to fuck up my life in the future and have to deal with that too, which kinda helps to keep shit on track.
I have had suicidal ideation many times. MAJOR trigger warning for this.
It is not rational. There may or may not be an external trigger, but even with an external trigger it is not rational. However, that was not apparent at all to me the first couple of times. I thought I was being completely level-headed when I made a pro/con list that included cons like “it will make the cat sad” and pros like “I won’t have to outlive the cat.” I hope you can see the lack of logic there.
Hang on, let me mourn my cat for a few minutes. RIP baby. You were the best friend I ever had.
Nowadays I can see the irrationality in it, and even when I feel suicidal I’m not in any actual danger of suicide. I don’t know if that makes sense? I sort of want to, for all those Reasons, but because I know my brain is lying to me I am not at any risk of carrying through.
Suicidal ideation comes in many flavors. Sometimes I would fantasize about my family finding my dead body, and that’s when I was most at risk of doing it. Other times I just wanted someone to give a shit, and that’s when I would call a hotline. “Cry for help” or “cry for attention” is a thing: give people some fucking attention. Someone who wants attention might carry through if they don’t get it, and there is exactly zero wrong with wanting attention. But sometimes I didn’t want attention prior to death. That’s the kind of attitude that causes people to just go off and do it without any warning.
I have never had suicidal ideation, but I have thought about it in the sense of “What if I need to eventually” – because of illness, for instance. The thing I mainly think of is that the surest thing around here would be jumping in front of a train, but the big NO for that is what it would probably do to the driver.
OMG, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is about to start on PBS! That hair! The singing and dancing! The whole, fucked up premise! I love this movie.