I’m also an Old who has toggled between anxiety and depression all my life. Thank you for putting into words one of the things I’ve sensed as I’ve aged. One of my own blessings, though, and one I wish for anyone in this same boat, is the edges around both have softened. I’m a lot less disabled by these phenomena and…

They understand technology, but they don’t want to take the time to learn psychology.

I have never understood the point of that message. Tell me what it is or just tell me when you can talk or when I answer the phone. I had to turn off my voice mail because people leave a message saying, “I need to talk to you. Call me back” like, why leave a message saying that? Either leave a message telling me what…

Some of that has to do with the shifting rules of technology etiquette. Five years ago, calling a friend out of the blue wasn’t viewed as strange.

Now, you usually have to text/IM to talk to someone. However, you usually give a hint about what you want to talk about (e.g Hey, can we chat for 5 about your visit in…

I actually disagree. I went to a therapist once who told me anxiety was normal, and I felt so un-heard and minimized that I never went back and didn’t get treatment for my anxiety for another 4 years or so.

I never suffered from anxiety or any other mental health issues until the last 18 months or so, when—for a variety of reasons—that shit hit like crazy. There have been days when my anxiety is so bad I can literally barely function. I have gone days at a time without being able to eat or sleep...it’s debilitating. I…

I empathize totally with this. I try to check myself, but often fail. It’s like anxious is my default setting most of the time.

Good read! Over here singing ”you are not alone” in my MJ voice. My parents AND my bae know not to beat around the bush with important news or call at weird times for the same exact reason. I get freaked the fuck out! I just know something is wrong and it can own me at times. But ya know...that’s what weed is for…

Always relevant

I realized it’s not so easy.

And he’s dumb. Dumb dumb dumb dumb-dy dumb dumb. He’s DUMB dumb. So dumb he had to have North Korea explained to him by another world leader.

I am so sick of media sycophants drooling when McMaster, Vice President Q-Tip, Tillerson, and Nikki fuckin Haley (I have a rant about her in another post later) go out and say something reasonable. It doesn’t fucking matter. The buck stops with Our Orange Overlord sitting on the toilet tweeting between cartoons. He is…

Viscount? Pfft! Always aim for a Duke or at the very least a Marquess. Most of the better royal privileges without the duty work.

“Terrorism” is a helpful word because it puts to bed the lie that domestic violence victims can “just leave.” So many times we put the onus on the victim to leave the relationship, when the reality is that ending the relationship doesn’t always end the abuse.

JFC, men have been terrorizing women for tens of thousands of years. Not sure how much more clear a situation can be.

Part of an abuser’s motivation is to make sure women know our place (as subordinate to and controlled by men) so it is political. This is exactly what is meant by “the personal is political.” Abuser:victim :: Patriarchy:women.