i have to keep reminding myself to breathe. today has been kind of rough. some anxiety. my coping skills are low today. i'm a bit worried about a friend ( Read more... )

"When it rains, it pours ( Read more... )

my mood is horrible today. i'm stressed and anxious and still sick. my tolerance level is extremely low. i don't give a damn about school and everyone's expectations of me -rather, i do, and i'm pissed off about it. i claim i don't care to counteract how much i do care but don't want to. ugh. i do not feel like dealing with anything.

it snowed again today. but -heheh- i got to enjoy it from inside ( Read more... )

ugh. i'm sick. the miserable kind of sick where, even though i've been able to stay in all day , blanketed, while it's snowy and cold outside, it's impossible to feel comfortable. and i have that gross, sluggish feeling from laying around too long. i can't sleep because i can't get comfortable, but i can hardly keep my eyes open to move around or ( Read more... )

i heard the phrase "confronting demons" recently. it's an interesting phrase. i often find myself thinking about others' situations and stories. they're inspiring. i don't often look at my own. it's plain...to me. i think it's also difficult for me to confront my "demons" because it's much more personal than others' demons are to me in some ways. i ( Read more... )

Dodger and I just spent the last five hours cleaning out and updating our space. We have a dresser and a real end-table now. Of course, that involved putting them together. And then reorganizing. What an improvement! The room, though small, is definitely comfortably inhabitable for the time being. and it's cleeann. I couldn't help imagining that we ( Read more... )

My day started out with Vicki asking me if I felt alright--I looked paler than normal, tired--And I was feeling a bit tired, a little off. Several nights in a row having nightmares, waking up with anxiety attacks..ugh. It takes its toll. Then it was obvious I was furiously taking notes during a video on science and racism (race is a concept that ( Read more... )

::The latest blurb by Calvin Trillin featured in The Nation ( Read more... )

"Freedom, especially freedom for women, is more than the absence of oppression" - Laura Bush

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