The director of my agency forwarded this email from the local sheriff to all the employees just so we'll understand what we're dealing with. Our fiscal year starts in July and we've already almost used up the entire year's budget for hospital stays - we just can't keep up with the need. I, for one, feel the crunch.

Officials Fear Financial Crisis ( Read more... )

This morning I woke up w/ that feeling that my headache would never go away. I wanted to call in sick and then I went through the routine of remembering what appointments I have for the day and calculating whether it would be a big deal to cancel them. That mental task almost always ends up with me talking myself into going to work. Today was no ( Read more... )

Today I saw the first snowflakes of the year.  It felt momentous.

Why? Snow doesn't normally make me happy. Usually I'm sad when winter rolls around. It's that seasonal depression that gets to me. But the miracle is, It doesn't feel like winter. I'm not crying yet. In fact, I'm smiling a lot lately. Sometimes I wake up with a smile on my face ( Read more... )

Sometimes I hate myself and want to die. I can be miserable for a while until I realize that eventually I am going to die. It is only a matter of time. I can reassure myself that it will happen and that the world will go on without me. This is therapeutic for me. I feel better after I remember this. I call this "death therapy" which is different ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: You may not want to read this. It's kind of gross and not pleasant.

I was researching approaches for handling  compulsive scratching, hair pulling, skin-picking behaviors for a client and found this web page:

http://grossbart.com/sd/Skin_Deep9.html

I think it explains a bit about why someone w/ a history of childhood eczema might believe ( Read more... )

What is motivation ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I posted anything. Things have been happening, but I just haven't been online much. So now, of course, I can't remember what I've been doing and time has flown by. That's why I chose the title I chose ( Read more... )