Posted by Roo on August 7, 2002, at 9:47:07
In reply to Re: Triggers, posted by fiona on August 6, 2002, at 21:40:11
triggers for happiness:
the smell of garlic sauteeing for a good meal and some
good music on the stereo
some funky old james brown song coming on the radio after
them playing a string of dud songs, it's like "YES!!!!" and
turn the volume WAY up.
someone complimenting me
my cat coming to cuddle with me
learning that a crush is mutual, having someone flirt with me
getting really creatively inspired by something.
suddenly noticing the sunset when i've been in a miserable funk all
day and the misery stopping for just that one moment to be in awe of the sunsetunhappy triggers:
critism about work performance
a friend being mad at me
getting dumped by my lover
feeling completely uninspired
feeling like I didn't do a good job...I was slack...at something
that's important to me (like writing these monthly columns I do for a local paper)
Most of them have to do with relationships and feeling rejected or
abandoned....I experienced that music thing too when going off an SSRI...the
music sounded so damn good...like I felt it in my SOUL...and I crave
to hear certain songs really bad, to the point where i'll run out to the
store to get the CD just so I can listen to it. I had that experience with
a Tom Waits song...I kept wanting to hear "Jersey Girl"...by the time I
finally bought the CD, I was back on drugs again and it was kind of anticlimatic.Ugh! Why do these damn drugs have to steal part of your soul? The part that
gets totally and primally immersed in music or sex? But then the catch 22--the
depression steals your soul too and just makes you want to be dead, so I guess there's not
much of a choice...
poster:Roo
thread:28180
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