Sounds like it will be beautiful!

Isn't it great how quickly a day can go from "this is pretty good" to "I wish I had died yesterday"?

I don't know what it is about my brain that turns every minor hiccup into a world-ending disaster. I wish I could get rid of it.

I also wish Tiny Highness would stop asking for caffeinated tea an hour before bedtime.

I am probably going to keep updating this post and ranting at myself all night because my brain is Like That right now. It's not healthy, I know, but it's healthier than some of the things I used to do when I felt Like This in the past.

My brain is awful and I wish I could trade it in on a working model. Also, did you know that certain symptoms of chronic PTSD are literally part of the diagnostic criteria for both autism and ADHD? I should probably mention this to my therapist at some point.

"Stop ranting already. No one cares and you're making everyone's day worse." Thanks, brain. Knew I could count on you.

I'm just angry at my brain right now. I really am. Not that it helps, but at least it's not what my brain is telling me to feel, which is a mild improvement.

Demyx

Isn't it great how quickly a day can go from "this is pretty good" to "I wish I had died yesterday"?

"Great" is not the word I'd use

Demyx

I don't know what it is about my brain that turns every minor hiccup into a world-ending disaster. I wish I could get rid of it.

I know that feeling too well. I usually have that effect on days when the depression is kicking in harder than on other days. Brain going into Blame Yourself Overdrive!

Demyx

I am probably going to keep updating this post and ranting at myself all night because my brain is Like That right now.

Ayup. Sounds familiar. Luckily, this forum doesn't display "last changed" timestamps

Demyx

My brain is awful and I wish I could trade it in on a working model. Also, did you know that certain symptoms of chronic PTSD are literally part of the diagnostic criteria for both autism and ADHD? I should probably mention this to my therapist at some point.

Yeah, psychology isn't really an exact science, it seems. No easy boxes to place people into. I'm pretty sure I don't have autism of any sort, but when I did some online tests, I placed solidly into the autism spectrum. Well okay, online tests aren't really science either I hope your therapist can think outside of boxes and help you

Whose brain would you trade for, if you could?

Good question. Probably a certain former coworker's. With most of the people I know in real life, the choices are at least one of "troubled", "self-absorbed", and "stupid"; she's one of the few people I know who managed to avoid ticking any of those boxes. She's also one of what seems like very few Christians in the US who actually follow the teachings of Christ instead of climbing aboard the "flag- wavin' gun-totin' super-conservative hypocrite" wagon.

But then she'd have my problems, and I wouldn't necessarily wish them on my worst enemy, so there we are.

Rant all you want hon. I wish I had good advice. I'm a good listener though. So go ahead and let it all out.

Happy Monday Faenarians! Has anyone been called back to work after the Stay at Home order?

haha nope. pretty sure my work is tryna get me to quit

Oh no, that's so unfair!! I do hope things work out for you sweetheart!

either that or we're still not allowed to have more than 3 receptionists on at once.

oof yeah, I definitely started a journal entry with "this brain is broken I'd like a different one please". Sorry about the rough it's your fault spiral (even though I am late to that conversation).

Hopefully you're able to keep your job Lila this is so stressfull.

My workplace is officially planning to plan to reopen. So I'm still work from home for the forseeable future. I'm actually starting to enjoy my simulation project so I'm not as cranky about that as I was last month.

starlitmeadows

My workplace is officially planning to plan to reopen. So I'm still work from home for the forseeable future. I'm actually starting to enjoy my simulation project so I'm not as cranky about that as I was last month.

Whatever happens, please stay safe!!

From what information we do have the "opening" will involve masks lots of hand sanitizer and careful scheduling to minimize exposure to other humans I'm still a bit worried about it though because many of those measures are reliant on other people doing what they ought to. Also I'm not entirely convinced that masks are really as protective as we might like, (I can barely not touch my face for a couple hours at the grocery store, lasting an entire workday without readjusting a mask is going to be a problem for me, I saw people at the grocery store the other day happily wearing masks only over their mouths which serves no purpose at all etc...). Statistically I'm unlikely to have serious complications (ex young no particular preexisting conditions) but that's certainly not a guarantee but I'm mostly just trying to remind myself that all of these plans/my concern levels need to be adjusted based on data that doesn't exist yet so I may as well relax and not worry about it yet. I hope you and your family are also staying safe.

I saw a woman in scrubs with a mask on...pulled down to her chin. As a medical professional I'm sure she's got enough work on her hands, no matter what field she's in, but why even wear a mask if you're not going to wear it properly?

Also went to a grocery store where the marks on the floor were about 4 feet apart—someone didn't use a measuring tape!

I'm sure you can adjust your mask during the day as long as you wash your hands thoroughly afterwards, starlit!

my friend said he saw someone take off their mask... to touch up their lipstick...

SeaCrest

I'm sure you can adjust your mask during the day as long as you wash your hands thoroughly afterwards, starlit!

And before. You don't want your hands to transmit germs from whatever they touched to your face mask.

My roommate and I wear masks and gloves whenever we go out anywhere. And I have a tiny bottle of hand sanitizer that we use too!

I really want to make a new avatar but I'm feeling really uninspired.

You could make an Avatar of a "person with writer's block" (even though it would be a "styler's block" in your case)

I'm really kind of stuck on coordinating colors.

Could just try to purposely clash. Or match a random object blanket or something in your house? Or try to use one item of every color? (Though the overly layered rainbow eyesore seems like more of a me behavior )