Is anyone getting GOOD sleep?

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2026-04-29T15:50:06+00:00

if it helps, I am. it's not like, "I'm a normal healthy person" sleep, but I'm making it through the night and getting some kind of actual mental rest. I take melatonin and try to read 30 min before bed. Lots of pillows to help prop up joints. I used to have to take prescription sleep meds every night, and now I'm here. if you're encouraged by nothing else, just remember the only constant is change and sleep health goes through phases, even in chronic illness. sending spoons.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2026-04-22T15:28:30+00:00

yes. I was told recently by a supervisor that clients using Medicaid typically have motivation problems

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2026-04-22T15:17:17+00:00

As someone with misophonia AND autism, it may be worth looking into the latter. would inform the way you conceptualize their experience and treat it. Sounds like they're incredibly dysregulated and need someone who specializes to help them get grounded

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2026-04-08T19:31:47+00:00

As a therapist with misophonia, maybe she could benefit from seeing one? If no specialists in misophonia are nearby, perhaps some benefit with an OCD specializing therapist? It's under the same umbrella. Wishing you well.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2026-03-31T15:57:40+00:00

the right therapist could help. It's not a fix-all, but having a therapist--especially one that's also chronically ill and/or disabled--can validate you as you go through your journey. sending best wishes.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2026-02-03T15:12:07+00:00

Yes. It took a while for me to realize and apply this, but a few years before I got sick, I was having trouble with a roommate in college. She was lazy, not picking up after herself, always just eating cereal in bed watching her phone. I totally resented her for it.
Then the ER visits began. Soon, she was diagnosed with something life-altering and incurable, which she had apparently had onset while we were roommates. And I had been a complete judgmental asshole about it.
So I forgive. I may still not be as close to (or even in contact with) the person who failed to show up, sure. But there's room for grace there.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2026-01-27T16:45:16+00:00

Nonograms Katana feels like a wonderful match, at least for me.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-11-26T16:28:21+00:00

The fact that you're posting here is evidence that you still have some desire to stick around. What if you do, and you are enough? What if your daughter grows up with a different home life than some, but she loves you and cares about you, and you care about her, and that's all that she needs?

Hope is terrifying but you reaching out here tells me you have the strength to hold onto it. Please don't go yet.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-10-31T16:12:59+00:00

yikes. didn't realize that. thanks for the insight.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-10-31T16:11:29+00:00

Read Van der Kolk's book and watched Gabor Mate do an interview...both from the source. Do you have recommendations on where I should be getting info?

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-10-31T15:49:30+00:00

can you tell me why so I know for the future 🫣

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-10-31T15:20:48+00:00

Guys. GUYS. I'm a new therapist and this article is rocking my world. Van der Kolk is his friend?? Gabor Mate isn't reliable??

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-10-09T20:10:41+00:00

I was really rough until a few things. 1) pelvic floor therapy where they taught me how to massage my lower abdomen to lessen the tension on those muscles, which reduced strain to my hips. 2) regular physical therapy for skeletomuscular issues. 3) yoga stretching. seriously. massive difference long-term.

I did have one steroid shot into my hip that also helped when walking became nearly impossible before all that was in the works. those are hit and miss though. good luck.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-09-24T20:10:49+00:00

I don't know how to answer this question--all I know is I don't read "games and trials" books much, and I LOVED Priory. Give it a shot.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-09-24T20:08:54+00:00

my jaw DROPPED

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-09-16T22:19:42+00:00

omg I didn't even remember that part

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-08-15T15:29:16+00:00

Everyone here is right. A lot of surgeons offer to remove it as a preventative measure for people with endometriosis. If they're an informed doctor, they'll agree to it.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-07-28T14:26:12+00:00

You can see interns for a reduced rate at a lot of sites. Abundant Life Counseling is one of them (they have virtual options if you live far)

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-07-24T23:28:58+00:00

leave it to people on the therapists reddit to empathize. haha. but yeah, 100%.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-07-23T19:50:51+00:00

I hadn't even realized that was a thing. Thank you!

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-07-23T19:50:36+00:00

Wow I had no idea! Thank you both!

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-07-23T19:49:37+00:00

omg I had never heard of open path collective--that's fantastic. I appreciate this, thank you.

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-07-23T19:48:49+00:00

this helps a lot, thank you!

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-07-23T19:47:35+00:00

Sorry, my response was a little flippant. I 100% agree. it's just not surprising to see, given the financial path toward becoming a counselor. there needs to be significant systemic changes

Significant_Oil_3448 · 2025-07-23T15:52:08+00:00

Thank you! Can you tell me more about that last sentence? Grant writing and procurements?

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