My depression and unhelpful thinking is much more subtle than house flies.I’m sitting on the porch, enjoying my first cup of coffee. Then I notice something tickling my leg. Just below my knee is a house fly. It looks up at me with all its eyes as if to say “what?” Then I sweep my hand down near it and if flies off.Before I can grab my coffee cup, another has landed on the same … [Read more...] about These Flies Won’t Quit Pestering Me This Morning – Are They Triggers?
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Is this a new trigger signaling a relapse or am I just messy?
I have never seen it so cluttered.A pile here, a stack there, each item placed in its final resting place with intention. This is not the work of a vandal “tossing the place looking for anything of value,” this is the work of someone with a plan. A plan with the best of intentions, but with no deadline or action component built into the plan.So basically, it’s a dream or a … [Read more...] about Is this a new trigger signaling a relapse or am I just messy?
It wasn’t me this time – Road Rage Part IIII
The car was close behind me for a while.In front of me was a tractor trailer. The road is two-lane, but it has a center line to alert drivers when it is ok to pass and when drivers should refrain from passing. For the past few miles, the road has been wiggly and there has been oncoming traffic. Then the oncoming traffic eased, and a short section of passing opened on our … [Read more...] about It wasn’t me this time – Road Rage Part IIII