Category: My Noodle
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Everyone’s Sane…But Me
I come from a hard background. Like many people, my parents were divorced, and Dad didn’t hold up to his responsibilities. Mom had to do it on her own, and she was not capable. Maybe it was the schizophrenia. She drank too many rum and cokes, took too many prescription pills, and chased too many…
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Running Towards Fear
Today, I am afraid. I’m deathly afraid and I’m afraid all the time. Trying to sort through the fear in any sort of meaningful way, seeing it as a whole, flummoxes me. I have an appointment with another health care worker and that makes it worse. I have a history of being fired by therapists,…
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The Girl is Back in Town
I’m back! Yes, I know it’s the most exciting thing you’ve heard in a long time. I mean, where did I go? What did I do? What was I doing for the last eight years? Why should you even care? I really recommend not caring. At least too much. For crying out loud, there are…
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A Random Life
I play a series of games on a website called Lumosity.com. They specialize in brain training games and those of you who know me well probably realize that my brain needs lots of training. The games are not like the video games that our beloved obsessive gamer friends know and love. Games like Donkey Kong…
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The Hell of Self-Help
I had downloaded an excerpt of a self-help book to my Kindle to see if I wanted to buy it or now when I noticed what was already on my Kindle. There, staring at me in the face, was a “pile” of other half-read self-help books that I’d purchased previously. If it isn’t bad enough…
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Repeat…
“I am done with drama! I ask you, with complete compassion and understanding, to quit yapping in my ear about this!” The voice inside of me nods her head, smiles gently, and then belts out, If I Could…Make a Deal with God…. It’s been three days! Three days with that song rummaging around inside my…
WildEyed Loon 