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Trying to stay on the lighter side of life

pepperfan87
pepperfan87

i decided about five minutes ago that between now and spring I will give a firm but pleasant "fuck you" to every overly negative thought that runs through my mind. So far so good.


In other news I haven't missed my meds in over a year. That helps. Lithium, Latuda, and Wellbutrin. Saved my life I'm pretty sure.


My gall bladder was removed last week after I went to the er with cramps. Pretty fucked up. I had no idea. 


What else? 


Daylight savings time, am I right? Eh?


well that's enough of that. This online therapy really helps if you pretend it does. And I do.


yup


arfie
arfie
Hi Pepper. Welcome to the forum.

I am not quite sure what to think of your "fuck you" plan. Think I need to chew on that one a while, but if it works for you, that is all that matters. Perhaps you can let us know how it goes? Healing mojo can come from the most surprising of sources.

Meanwhile, this is an excellent place to sort through the possibilities. Welcome aboard.
pepperfan87
pepperfan87
So far so good Arfie, though I have found it useful to be more nuanced than brazen in my delivery. It might not be good psychology in the long run, but right now it makes me feel more in touch with reality. I'll probably ditch the atitude right before I grow into a hateful jerk lord or when I plateau and find something else to do. I'll give it another few minutes at best.
arfie
arfie
Over the course of navigating my own mental weirds, I really do find healing mojo in the most surprising of places. I don't like to keep my mind so open that my brain falls out, but an open, receptive mind really does help me through.

I have known quite allot of people who get quite allot from using standard cuss words for venting. I have seen them use cuss jars/cans/buckets/boxes in many clever and creative ways. I am a child sex trafficking survivor. By my conditioning, "Thank you, anyway" is far more defiant than "fuck off, dumbshit." The standard cuss words bore me to sleep. Yea, yea, wake me when it's over.

But countering negative thoughts with positive thoughts is a balancing tool respected world wide, in many languages, by many names, including, "Just chill, asshole."
toralovely13
toralovely13
I find the "fuck you" think helpful as long as I don't say that to other people lol.
MayB
MayB
I'm with you Pepper I hate the time change as well and all the mood change it brings with it! Negative thoughts are a real problem, identifying them and talking back to them is helpful if you can stay on top of it. They tend to be slippery little worms that wriggle out of your control when you least want them to....

Welcome aboard this is a great place to give and get support!
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