The Drop in Centre

[Fae Briona]

8 hours ago, rickproehl said:

Excuse me Good Sirs and DiC friends.

Just wanted to stop in and share this.

Have a Great Night and Sunday

That actually brought to mind a completely different meaning than most I think. It reminded me of "The Saddest Song I've Got" by Annie Lennox:

Now you're no longer talking
And I'm no longing hearing
There's nothing left to say
Said it anyway

[Mikiesboy]

Have a great week ... i'm going to make one of these: Emergency Mental Health Kit

[Kitt]

12 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Have a great week ... i'm going to make one of these: Emergency Mental Health Kit

I really could have used this over the past 3 days.

[Reader1810]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

Have a great week ... i'm going to make one of these: Emergency Mental Health Kit

Brilliant idea, tim.  

[Reader1810]

1 hour ago, Kitt said:

I really could have used this over the past 3 days.

It’s never too late to build one, Kitt. Who knows the mere construction of said kit could be therapeutic.  

[rickproehl]

3 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Have a great week ... i'm going to make one of these: Emergency Mental Health Kit

tim Nice Share will look into making one

[Wayne Gray]

3 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Have a great week ... i'm going to make one of these: Emergency Mental Health Kit

you know, we drill on physical emergencies for a reason. Fires, code blues (a patient stopped breathing), active shooters, earthquake drills ... We drill so it's automatic. Our response just clicks into place because of muscle memory. "The thing is happening. Okay, do the thing in response."

I don't know why it wouldn't be the same for mental health emergencies. A crisis is a crisis, no matter its origin.

I really like this article. Thanks for sharing, tim. 🙂

[Mikiesboy]

5 hours ago, Wayne Gray said:

you know, we drill on physical emergencies for a reason. Fires, code blues (a patient stopped breathing), active shooters, earthquake drills ... We drill so it's automatic. Our response just clicks into place because of muscle memory. "The thing is happening. Okay, do the thing in response."

I don't know why it wouldn't be the same for mental health emergencies. A crisis is a crisis, no matter its origin.

I really like this article. Thanks for sharing, tim. 🙂

i think it could help.. if you're focusing on your Plan, you're thinking about where your head is at. It may not stop it, but it could reduce how bad it gets or how long it lasts.

i find that with Sanvello, it makes me think and do positive things to help myself.

Edited August 16, 2021 by Mikiesboy

[mollyhousemouse]

Sanvello has been really helpful. we need to start valuing mental health as much as we do physical. we all see our doctor & dentist regularly, but what about a therapist? people are afraid to talk openly about it. if that were to happen... 

sorry  stepping off my soapbox

[Reader1810]

9 minutes ago, mollyhousemouse said:

Sanvello has been really helpful. we need to start valuing mental health as much as we do physical. we all see our doctor & dentist regularly, but what about a therapist? people are afraid to talk openly about it. if that were to happen... 

sorry  stepping off my soapbox

No need to be sorry molly for making sense.  

[kbois]

I took a stab at another poem and posted it on the Poetry topic thread here in the DiC that @Mikiesboystarted last year. 

Still not very comfortable in that world, but I'm willing to try and to learn. 

@mollyhousemouse Stay on your soapbox. One's mental health is just as important as one's physical health.

Having a mental health kit is a great idea. Lately I've had a lot of ups and downs, mostly related to struggling with my physical health. Still working on it. 

But anyhooooo... if you're bored and want to read something mediocre, I could use some feedback on the Poetry attempt.

Hope everyone has a good night!

 

[Mikiesboy]

12 hours ago, mollyhousemouse said:

Sanvello has been really helpful. we need to start valuing mental health as much as we do physical. we all see our doctor & dentist regularly, but what about a therapist? people are afraid to talk openly about it. if that were to happen... 

sorry  stepping off my soapbox

therapy is great .. and painful.

[Ryan Jones]

22 hours ago, Wayne Gray said:

you know, we drill on physical emergencies for a reason. Fires, code blues (a patient stopped breathing), active shooters, earthquake drills ... We drill so it's automatic. Our response just clicks into place because of muscle memory. "The thing is happening. Okay, do the thing in response."

I don't know why it wouldn't be the same for mental health emergencies. A crisis is a crisis, no matter its origin.

I really like this article. Thanks for sharing, tim. 🙂

Most of you are, I suspect, younger than me. Whenever I see people talk about drills I can't help but think back to elementary school. We had weekly atomic bomb drills, if the warnings came we were supposed to get under our desks and put our heads down. Now, the desks were those individual desks with the 4 legs and no sides, all our classrooms had a wall of windows and we were less than 4 miles direct line from the White House.

How much good do you suppose it would have done if there had been a war? The only thing it did was confuse those of us far enough ahead that we knew what the outcome would be. I don't think the "regular" kids had any idea what would happen, to them it was a game.

We had built a fallout shelter in our basement, it was all paid for by my mother's petty cash fund at work. It remained up to date and fully stocked until the mid 1960s. I wore glasses and after watching the Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough At Last" I made sure I had 4 spare pairs stored inside the fallout shelter. You can tell my priorities, even then, were reading!

Now, the drills of today might have more usefulness than those but still, my mind always goes back to those times.

[mollyhousemouse]

24 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

therapy is great .. and painful.

yes... there are parts of the process that are painful

xo

[Kitt]

1 hour ago, Ryan Jones said:

you know, we drill on physical emergencies for a reason

And for first responders and the like it is important. I take the yearly 1st Responder level CPR/AED recertification every year, to the point that if I know the instructor scheduled I get tasked with coaching less adept students.

The one and only time I needed to do CPR on a real person, training kicked in and I did not need to think about hand placement, rate, or anything else, just did what needed doing. Damned if my very first instructor wasn't tight too. He told us if you don't break a rib, you are not doing it right. I broke 2. The man survived, and complained, saying he hates me. I told him I hoped it was a long and happy hate!

[mollyhousemouse]

have a good day everyone

[Ryan Jones]

Okay. Not the most pleasant of mornings.

I'm pretty healthy for age 70. All the conditions I have are completely controlled by a pill each. Like a lot of older men though I have to get up during the night to urinate and since I only am in bed 4-5 hours, it seems to split the time. So I decided to get checked out and see if there's anything that can be done to fix this issue.

Went to the urologists office for a cystoscopy this morning. That's where they stick a camera down your urethra and look all around and into your bladder. I hadn't really considered the entire "camera down the urethra" thing until it all started. I think I even thought about those fetishists who stick glass rods down there, supposedly for some type of pleasurable sensation. I can assure you this was NOT one of those pleasurable sensations! lol

Then had to go get prostate ultrasound, that involved a probe in the ass. Now, had they done that one first I might have kind of enjoyed it, the probe wasn't exactly dick sized and the guy doing the exam kept moving it around and pressing on the prostate.

Anyway, at least that part is out of the way. Now in a couple of weeks I'll go back for a consultation about what they can potentially do for me. I'm not having any type of surgical procedure that could lead to sexual issues or possible incontinence. I'll just keep on getting up at night. They do have some other procedure called Urolift that I'd be willing to try if I was a candidate.

Hope everyone's morning is good! Now I'm just watching out for the remnants of Fred which are heading up the Appalachian mountains. In the DC area we could get the occasional heavy rain, possible small tornado. Most of the rain however will be north and west of DC.

[mollyhousemouse]

@Ryan Jones glad you saw the doctor. it's always best to get on top of these things.

my day turned into an angsty teen drama. but i turned it around by 3:30-ish

Phil's going to grill some nice looking pork chops & i'm doing the somewhat famous (around these parts anyway) Instant Pot risotto

hope to see y'all later

[spyke]

8 hours ago, Ryan Jones said:

Okay. Not the most pleasant of mornings.

I'm pretty healthy for age 70. All the conditions I have are completely controlled by a pill each. Like a lot of older men though I have to get up during the night to urinate and since I only am in bed 4-5 hours, it seems to split the time. So I decided to get checked out and see if there's anything that can be done to fix this issue.

Went to the urologists office for a cystoscopy this morning. That's where they stick a camera down your urethra and look all around and into your bladder. I hadn't really considered the entire "camera down the urethra" thing until it all started. I think I even thought about those fetishists who stick glass rods down there, supposedly for some type of pleasurable sensation. I can assure you this was NOT one of those pleasurable sensations! lol

Then had to go get prostate ultrasound, that involved a probe in the ass. Now, had they done that one first I might have kind of enjoyed it, the probe wasn't exactly dick sized and the guy doing the exam kept moving it around and pressing on the prostate.

Anyway, at least that part is out of the way. Now in a couple of weeks I'll go back for a consultation about what they can potentially do for me. I'm not having any type of surgical procedure that could lead to sexual issues or possible incontinence. I'll just keep on getting up at night. They do have some other procedure called Urolift that I'd be willing to try if I was a candidate.

Hope everyone's morning is good! Now I'm just watching out for the remnants of Fred which are heading up the Appalachian mountains. In the DC area we could get the occasional heavy rain, possible small tornado. Most of the rain however will be north and west of DC.

Hate that you had to go through all of that today. Definitely not fun. Ask about tamsulosin (Flomax) before you consider any surgery. It relaxes the muscles and helps you empty get your bladder more completely. Side effect is that it'll probably make you congested. Complain about it (the congestion) and say you want generic Cialis in a low dose.  It will do the same thing and then some. Your husband to be will be happy. 😉

[kbois]

Today must’ve been 'Annoying Dr. Visit Day'

I had an eye Dr appointment at 1130. I left work at 1110, didn't get back until 210. Geesh..... they were short staffed and it was lunchtime. 

But.... eyes are okay, new glasses are ordered and I'm trying out a new kind of contact lens. 

Oh, and my pupils have returned to normal. No more owl eyes after having them dilated. I can see the blue iris again!

While I was in the waiting area an old guy was leaving and told this joke: ( @mollyhousemouse, Phil might like this one 🤭)

Spoiler

Two cannibals were walking down the street and saw a funeral home. One says to the other "Hey, what do say we stop in for a cold one?" 🤣🤣

 

 

[mollyhousemouse]

4 minutes ago, kbois said:

While I was in the waiting area an old guy was leaving and told this joke: ( @mollyhousemouse, Phil might like this one 🤭)

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Two cannibals were walking down the street and saw a funeral home. One says to the other "Hey, what do say we stop in for a cold one?" 🤣🤣

 

 

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[Fae Briona]

it's been a long day. We have scattered small showers today and storms moving in tomorrow morning so I hurt.

Then I get home  to find SP's [censored] neighbor -- the one who complained about him trying to trim a tree that's 90%+ clearly on his property line -- made an "anonymous" complaint to code enforcement about the state of his house. It's not hard to figure out who made the complaint as it's been in its current condition for some time and any of the other neighbors would have already said something. So we now have 60-days to "fix" things.   [the tree is a fruiting mulberry; a great tree to have AWAY from your house when it's small, but not a good one to have when it's huge and right next too it.  I hope he's enjoying the purple bird poop all over his back yard.]

I will grant that it is not in the best of condition, but we have been trying to line up someone to do repairs.  COVID -- and the $$ increase on many things -- has made that difficult.

[kbois]

Good morning all!

Sarasota County, in all its infinite wisdom has started a major rotary/round about/traffic circle construction project at one of the biggest intersections downtown right before the start of snowbird season. They're projecting it to take 10 months (which really means 12+). 

It started Tuesday and let's just say I have never seen suck an incredible clusterf#@! in my life. Tuesday they closed the northbound side, which caused a minor detour for me. Yesterday northbound was opened but someone decided that rerouting the traffic heading north, to going west over the bridge, then u-turning back, crisscrossing lanes (twice) before getting back on track, was a brilliant idea. It was like being a rat in a maze and the only prize was making it thru alive. 

I have now completely changed my route to get to/from work. 

Have a good day!

[Kitt]

I HATE rotary/roundabout/traffic circles, no matter what you call them. In Jersey some I've right of way to those in the circle, others to those entering, with no indication which till you are at the entry. All it takes is one nervous Nelly to back traffic up irreparably at rush hour.

[spyke]

15 minutes ago, kbois said:

Sarasota County, in all its infinite wisdom has started a major rotary/round about/traffic circle construction project 

 

 

Worst. Idea. Ever.

I don't know why planners think these things work, because they don't.  I'll take a traffic light or a 4 way stop any day of the week.  Sorry about the inconvenience @kbois, but kudos on finding a different way to work.