tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076712181904223864.post3753996771563278387..comments2023-11-05T11:47:49.272+01:00Comments on The Green Stone Woman: When are we getting started?Irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076712181904223864.post-13539316449820697632009-07-06T22:18:25.988+02:002009-07-06T22:18:25.988+02:00It is good that you no longer need that sign "...It is good that you no longer need that sign "sleep!"...<br /><br />I love to take naps, but sometimes I wake up in time for dinner with no appetite at all.<br /><br />Glad to hear you have found a balance to your therapies; too much is too much!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797167028822330935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076712181904223864.post-8611466514032405302009-07-04T18:28:28.104+02:002009-07-04T18:28:28.104+02:00Well, I think your therapist was right the other d...Well, I think your therapist was right the other day - you are indeed an intelligent, talented and creative woman. As most of us know, talented and creative people often teeter on the knife-edge of high highs and low lows. So for you to suffer from this disease as well is a double whammy. I, as you know, admire you enormously for the intelligent and courageous way you deal with this vicious 'black-dog' as William Styron calls it.<br /><br />I can't put my finger on a pattern precisely because I can't work out if your sleepiness is a sign of a down or an indication of a high to come. Sometimes your therapy sessions seem to make you loose your equilibrium a little perhaps?Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233122532137654099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076712181904223864.post-47697559669914668602009-07-04T15:22:16.656+02:002009-07-04T15:22:16.656+02:00I have no answers but I tend to be sleepy when eve...I have no answers but I tend to be sleepy when everything is so overwhelming. All these things I must do and no time and no way I can get them done...I must remember to eat the elephant one bite at a time and remember from whence we began.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076712181904223864.post-39133021726281809632009-07-04T13:51:37.877+02:002009-07-04T13:51:37.877+02:00Irene, I am so glad that you sound so relaxed and ...Irene, I am so glad that you sound so relaxed and calm.<br /><br />I'm trying to think of patterns I've noticed in your writing. After one of your very tired periods, I believe a clue to your moving toward manic is a desire to buy things and change things, like blog design and painting furniture. My guess is that we are trying to exert control over the environment. I saw this pattern while reading your old blog and noted it as a behavior I also exhibit.<br /><br />I must add here that, of course as you already know, I am not a professional and I am only noting patterns I've noticed from following your moods as you document them.<br /><br />I'm so glad that you are not required to attend so many sessions, although all of them sound nice. I think that a person needs a certain amount of thinking/leisure time in order to stay in touch with themselves. And we definitely must stay in touch with ourselves, because no one can do it for us.<br /><br />I am trying to embrace the UP times as a period in which to accomplish many things I'm otherwise too tired to contemplate, but I can get out of hand sometimes and make poor decisions.<br /><br />I have been meaning to mention also that I have read some of your six sentence stories and they are wonderful. The idea of reducing a story to its essence in just six sentences really appeals to my need to keep things small and neat and under control.<br /><br />I hope I'm not babbling. I'm UP, as I'm sure you have noticed.paperbattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508747697664669671noreply@blogger.com