What made you unhappy today? v2.0

[Shantel]

I am apprehensive about talking to my therapist today. She hasn't sent the letter like she told me she would and last time I talked to her she was very rude, aggressive, and didn't listen to me at all.

It may be time to stand up and lean down with both hands on her desk in an intimidating fashion and tell her that she's not living up to your expectations. It has always worked for me! 

[Jayne]

My mum came round to see me today, my brother has had health problems for the last couple of years & they've just diagnosed the problem, he's got Wilsons disease which causes copper to build up in the body.
The two main effects of this are liver disease & brain damage, he's already showing signs of brain damage. The doctors have told him that the life expectancy of someone suffering from this is 40 & he's 43.

I have an appointment with my GP next week to speak about getting tested as I exibit some of the neurological symptoms such as depression, anxiety & apathy, I also suffer from hand tremors but have always been told by doctors that this is common amongst people suffering severe eczema like myself.
I've spent the day telling myself that my depression is just due to being trans & the anxiety & apathy are part & parcel of the depression but it's going to be a big worry until i've been tested.

[Jayne]

I was massively triggered the other day by a thread here and it's made me question whether it's worth my while continuing, because my life is always going to have lots of 'buts' in it. As in: yes, I really am a guy and I always have been for as long as I can remember... but I don't have the private parts you want so you probably won't want me, or you'll think of me as being really a girl. This 'female' thing that I was born with is always going to follow me around; I can't see how I can ever be 100% rid of it. And I desperately, desperately need to be 100% rid of it.

Life's tough enough when you're trans. Boy, is it tough. But when you're also autistic, it's pretty much impossible.

A short answer to your question, yes it is worth while continuing.
A longer answer is that no matter what path we take in life there will always be "buts" it's just a part of life. Life is precious & we have no guarantee of another chance of life so reach out & grab every chance of inner peace & happiness.

[big kim]

Thanks Julie,Cocodamol has eased the pain and I can walk properly again

[Renee]

Whole flocks of deer flies attacking me while I was mowing. And summer coming to us with a vengeance, like its trying to make up for lost time.

[Shantel]

I'd suggest you add the Alleve into the mix as well.  Cocodamol is great for relieving the pain (We call it Vicodin here) but it does nothing for any swelling or inflamation.  Alleve is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory.  Likely it's the inflammation that is maintaining pressure in a bad spot.  You may have the beginnings of arthritis.

Good point Julie! I prefer to follow up with a visit to a licensed massage therapist who will get the blood flowing around the traumatized area setting the stage for quicker healing.

[King Malachite]

So many dishes to do....

[Renee]

So many dishes to do....

You can do mine next if you like. 

[V M]

Insomnia... again    Really bugs me out, I feel tired so I go lay down, but I can't get to sleep or I sleep for an hour or so and wake up and can't get back to sleep

So then I get up and find something to do for awhile then try again    So then when I finally get to sleep it's time to get up and get going... Arrrrgh!!!

[Shantel]

Insomnia... again    Really bugs me out, I feel tired so I go lay down, but I can't get to sleep or I sleep for an hour or so and wake up and can't get back to sleep

So then I get up and find something to do for awhile then try again    So then when I finally get to sleep it's time to get up and get going... Arrrrgh!!!

What's causing that Virginia?

[Jam]

I have reached a stage in my transtion where I am very much starting to be at peace with myself.
This has brought unexpected urges with it though, urges to find a partner.
I came very close to having a girlfriend, she was interested in me, we clicked instantly. She is practically pro everything, even has a friend who is MTF and she has supported her the whole way. But despite her assurance she sees me as the man I am, when I told her i was FTM that attraction seemed to ebb away. Now we are just good friends and she is dating someone else.

I can't begin to tell you how lonely I feel because of it and how hopeless dating seems.

[vegie271]

I got a check from a short sale for a house of mine but I don't get to cash it  and I could really use the money.

the check has to be in mine and my deceased wife's name, the only way to get it in my name only it to probate her death, going to court and doing probate would cost $500 AND I am certain the wife of my father-in-law  would come and contest it and insist she get most of the check. Leaving me with nothing from the check and the bill for the probate. 

[Shantel]

I got a check from a short sale for a house of mine but I don't get to cash it  and I could really use the money.

the check has to be in mine and my deceased wife's name, the only way to get it in my name only it to probate her death, going to court and doing probate would cost $500 AND I am certain the wife of my father-in-law  would come and contest it and insist she get most of the check. Leaving me with nothing from the check and the bill for the probate. 

That's kind of an unfortunate situation, perhaps you need legal counsel?

[V M]

What's causing that Virginia?

A variety of things, everything and nothing at the same time, sometimes I'm not sure

Oh well, the things about this world that suck just makes me appreciate the good things that happen that much more

[big kim]

Seeing a pair of skinhead dirtbags swaggering down the street wearing white pride t shirts and having to explain to a beautiful young coloured girl that we're not all like that and to wait inside til they went past

[vegie271]

That's kind of an unfortunate situation, perhaps you need legal counsel?

The chack is only $1000, I checked with the free and low cost places I don't qualify, a lawyer would cost too much, take all of the check them selves, I pretty much can never win in any situation I have ever found myself in  my life

you would not believe how many times I have been ripped off or taken by people

[Adam (birkin)]

I have reached a stage in my transtion where I am very much starting to be at peace with myself.
This has brought unexpected urges with it though, urges to find a partner.
I came very close to having a girlfriend, she was interested in me, we clicked instantly. She is practically pro everything, even has a friend who is MTF and she has supported her the whole way. But despite her assurance she sees me as the man I am, when I told her i was FTM that attraction seemed to ebb away. Now we are just good friends and she is dating someone else.

I can't begin to tell you how lonely I feel because of it and how hopeless dating seems.

Hi Jam! (it's Caleb with another name change in case you didn't know, lol)

I'm unhappy because I got called ma'am while picking up my passport. but, I was called "Mr" at the store, and I pass enough now so that being called ma'am made me make a "wtf" face instead of a "WHY BODY WHY" face.

[King Malachite]

You can do mine next if you like. 

Lol no thanks

[StellaB]

Setting off an alarm in a public lavatory..

I was caught short while out in Central London and so went to one of those public lavatories you put 20p in, you know? Like a Tardis.

So I'm there not long and I'm looking for toilet paper but can't find any, and I'm prodding and poking around and I hit this button thinking it will produce some toilet paper.

That's when the lights went out. Then without any warning this red light comes on, a very loud alarm starts to sound and the door starts to open, and there's me sitting there on the john, long dress hitched up, underwear and tights round my ankles..

Just as I'm realizing that maybe I should have got up the moment I first noticed the door moving I also notice all these tourists and rush hour commuters out in the street looking at me.

Then just I'm thinking 'this can't get any worse' my nerves get the better of me and I fart.. and it's a real Louis Armstrong type which gets amplified by the bowl I'm sitting on.

I kick off my shoes and take the tights off, pick up my shoes and leave the rest behind as I try to walk out the wailing public loo as if thing sort of thing happens to me all the time.

Fortunately at the bus stop there's this group of American tourists I hide behind so I can put my shoes on (got to love Americans).

Then when I get on the bus I realize that I left my shopping in the public loo.

[Adam (birkin)]

Oh Stella, lol. That's crappy (no pun intended). *big hug*