thou shalt always kill (your television)

[the_siobhan]

It always astonishes me how much not being able to breathe impacts my mental health. Well, OK, it doesn't. Astonish is the wrong word. How about it's always a revelation how much the minor panic attacks go away when I suddenly have access to oxygen.

I may have found a doctor I like. We'll see. It could be the head rush talking.

In other news; the main drawback to biodegradable garbage bags is that they bio-degrade. Sometimes when you are holding them.

And an avacado pit can make it a surprising distance when it's making a concerted break for freedom.

Comments

[greylock.livejournal.com]

Great, now I have Ned's Atomic Dustbin in my head.
(Thank goodness for YouTube).

ow about it's always a revelation how much the minor panic attacks go away when I suddenly have access to oxygen.
Is this the 'breathe into a paper bag thing'? Or have you started carrying around an oxygen tank? Because that would make a handy weapon.

Sometimes when you are holding them.
I'm certain they're not supposed to do that.
Well, fairly certain. I wonder if they have been left in the sun somewhere between manufacturing and the great Canadian Bin Bag Disaster of 2009?
(I specify Canada, because I have lost count of the number of times I have had a bag break or tear. A bag full of cat litter.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I have a new inhaler. It's making a world of difference.

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

Nearly spherical and covered in lube? What's to slow it down?

[sloot.livejournal.com]

That's what SHE said.

[serpentstar.livejournal.com]

Ha-ha, Bridie was complaining only yesterday about how all our biodegradable binbags appeared to have turned to dust in their container...

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

I'd wondered that about the garbage bags, today, actually, as I was dealing with some trash that I REALLY would not have wanted to escape, and which was itself biodegrading pretty well.

And yeah, an avocado pit is just an unevolved greased pig.

[disastrid.livejournal.com]

I wish you would write a million books, because so much of what you write is dripping with humour, wit and truth and not enough books have much of any of those.

[tristam08.livejournal.com]

That would be great!
We just need someone to pay her to stay in & drunk-type.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I'm accepting donations.

[tristam08.livejournal.com]

You need that laptop to bring to the pub.
I can contribute some pints.

[tamago23.livejournal.com]

How about it's always a revelation how much the minor panic attacks go away when I suddenly have access to oxygen.

Oh goodness, I hear you. I have asthma as well as anxiety, and my chest will be feeling tight and I'll be struggling to breathe and thinking, Is this real? Is this an asthma attack for which I should take my medication? Or is this anxiety masquerading as an asthma attack? and the not-knowing freaks me out even more and makes it worse. And sometimes I give in and use the inhaler* and then usually the breathing eases within a couple minutes, and suddenly I'm no longer anxious, I'm actually giddy with relief and joy that holy fuck, I can breathe again!

* Usually after several hours of struggling to breathe.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

Hunger vs. depression - failure to distinguish between the two gets me every time.