Comments on: No words no sleep no sanity, take eleventy billion

By: Musings on mental health, in-patient therapy, and ableism: or, why isn’t there a “Hooha Behavioral Center”? « Raising My Boychick

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:08:03 +0000

[...] No words no sleep no sanity, take eleventy billion [...]

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:14:02 +0000

Yep: There’s just me, exhausted, face salty from sweat and tears, wrung out, done — yet knowing I have to get up in the morning, to the chirp of “Where’s my dad?” and answer “He’s at work again, little one, but I’m here with you again” alone with you again, make it through the day, no time to break down, no time to stop, no time to be and be drained and be done and have that be enough. There’s just me, thinking this will have to do — not enough writing, not enough sleep, but if I make do with this, I can get just enough sleep to make it through.

Took the words right out of my mouth. Can’t wait to meet you in a couple of days!

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The things I haven’t been telling you « Raising My Boychick — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:12:48 +0000

[...] No words no sleep no sanity, take eleventy billion [...]

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:49:30 +0000

Everyone — thank you. (I have a Thing against responding to each individual comment, I don’t know why. Probably not wanting to artificially drive up comment count. Y’all knew I was crazy… But I mean this to each of you nonetheless.) Thank you for commenting, thank you for reading, thank you for the hugs, thank you for the commiseration, thank you for the suggestions, and thank you for sticking around. It really does mean so much to me, as cliched as that sounds. It’s still true.

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:46:35 +0000

maria — I keep trying to write the response this comment deserves, but all I can think is “but I don’t wanna wait until he’s grown!!!” Heh.

Thank you.

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:45:15 +0000

Rosemary Cottage — Oh yes. I both love and sometimes dread feedback. It’s not that I don’t welcome disagreement (I do!), it’s just that if I’m not in a very secure space it can send me reeling sometimes. Which I usually try not to let on to, because I really don’t want to discourage honest disagreement and discourse, nor make someone hesitate or decide not to comment if it’s not all agreement, but it’s true nonetheless.

I still find it worth it, though.

And thank you.

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:37:07 +0000

Bonnie — Thank you for reminding me once again that I do this in part because no matter how seemingly-unique my situation, I am not alone. And neither are you.

I am lucky in that I can do long hand (and prefer it for some things), but that still requires time — not just the time to scribble those words, but the time to give in to the many more they (usually) trigger. To have that interrupted is in some ways worse than skipping it altogether for me.

This: “It’s like peeing. I either let it out, or I spend the day in discomfort from holding it in.” So much yes.

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:34:09 +0000

Hel — I’ve used voice recording before, but it doesn’t work particularly well for me. I do so much right-after-I-type-the-word editing, and so cannot deal with the sound of my recorded voice, that I find it of minimal utility. LJ or Google transcribing is a new, and good, idea, and I might look into that, thank you.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:57:43 +0000

Martyrdom Not Required: Attachment Parenting for the Real World, as written by you, would be lovely to read.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:21:04 +0000

As a somewhat long-time lurker, let me say that to me, your posts are thought-provoking, beautifully written, penetratingly human, privilege-checking (or would that be privilege-check-causing? I’m working to excise “X is crazy!” from my lexicon, largely inspired by you), but never, ever boring. And I would not only read that book, I would buy it for everyone I know.

Wishing you hugs, strength, and balance, in whatever quantities you need…