Posts by Lilith __
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Hard News: How do you sleep?, in reply to Stephen Judd,
which I know is quite obnoxious and I’m very sorry.
Obnoxious? It’s a SUPERPOWER.
It sure is a superpower! I have CFS and have particularly bad troubles with sleep. I've been through all the usual "sleep hygiene" stuff and it makes no difference to my sleeplessness at all except to make me more irritable because I'm so bored. :-)
Conversely, I am able to sleep at virtually any time during the day if fatigued. I can go to sleep at 10am in bright sunlight and sleep soundly until 1 or 2pm.
Without medication I can lie in bed until 5 or 6 in the morning in a calm but entirely wakeful state. Zopiclone is great but needs to be used intermittently to remain effective. So I have periodic "holidays" where I take a low dose of quetiapine at bedtime. It makes me feel very peculiar, but I get to sleep.
Exercise and a sense of having achieved something in the daytime are somewhat helpful for me. But I think my sleeping mechanism is just broken.
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Capture: Two Tone, in reply to Jos,
Soundtrack for you. :-)
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
What Craig said, times a million.
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to BenWilson,
Ben, at least some of the girls concerned were semi-conscious. At any age, this is a condition in which it's not possible to consent.
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to Lisa_J,
Lisa, I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I can totally understand why survivors choose not to put themselves through such a horrendous experience. It's beyond heroic.
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Thanks for the great post, Rachel and Stephen!
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These are not quite black-and white photos. But almost! Beach in Otago.
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to BenWilson,
It was a long time ago, but what about what happened to Louise Nicholas?
Yes, but that was actually police doing the crime.
And refusing to take her complaint seriously, or to do anything!
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Here is the incomparable Scuba Nurse on great constructive things we can do with our anger .
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to BenWilson,
I can’t think of any time I’ve heard of a cop being told about a moral crime, and then getting a warrant to go kicking in a door and searching around someone’s private stuff for evidence, that they wouldn’t relish the opportunity.
It was a long time ago, but what about what happened to Louise Nicholas?
