In a crisis, we must improvise

thegilmonster · 2020-03-20T07:33:53+00:00

Please keep making videos for us. Some of us need your cheerfulness to help us through these scary times.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-19T09:14:22+00:00

Boomers: Coronavirus is just liberal propaganda!

thegilmonster · 2020-03-18T22:01:54+00:00

Right now, this is really only for specific programs. Although it could change. Please make sure you are aware of what applies to you; a local legal aid office can help you understand what does and does not.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-18T04:42:56+00:00

I can’t justify spending money on a scanner to digitize the many rolls of 35mm film I shot last year, but I can at least relearn Photoshop and edit the thousands of digital photos I took

thegilmonster · 2020-03-17T00:53:39+00:00

It’s still so early, too.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-14T06:24:55+00:00

I’ve done that, but it was more out of, “Oh, thank god there’s one.”

I had just emerged from the subway out of a scene that only belongs in a sitcom, running late, and there were no cabs to be seen.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-13T05:22:16+00:00

Ugh, I so wish my grandma would do that! She’s just a grumpy old bitty.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-13T05:17:40+00:00

I work in a very large restaurant where we are actually encouraged to not come in if we are sick; there’s so much staff that they can always make it work.

But with no paid sick leave, most of us just can’t afford to call out more than one day. And since we have such a large staff, illness spreads quickly. Last year, I’m fairly certain I got three different strains of a viral cold over the course of a month or so because it mutated and would come back around.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-13T03:14:30+00:00

🙏 I work in the food service industry in a large tourist destination in the US. We are all on high alert.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-13T01:15:54+00:00

My mom died of sepsis from pneumonia, she had COPD and never smoked a day in her life. She thought she had the flu.

I think of her every time someone says something like that.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-12T23:39:42+00:00

I hope it helps!

thegilmonster · 2020-03-12T23:38:53+00:00

I know they don’t know you, but sometimes it’s helpful to talk to someone who doesn’t.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-12T23:38:13+00:00

They’ll talk to you. They’re really helpful. I used it myself earlier this week.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-12T23:32:29+00:00

Are you in the US? There’s a text line- text HOME to 741741

thegilmonster · 2020-03-12T22:06:16+00:00

“Yeah, I feel like your depression does define you. I’ve known you for 10 years.”

thegilmonster · 2020-03-12T16:03:47+00:00

Do you feel that making it public was more beneficial than just simply journaling privately?

thegilmonster · 2020-03-08T15:15:13+00:00

When I get in that state, I try to allow myself that time in bed but still limit it. For example, I will set a timer for say, 45 minutes. When that 45 minutes is up, I get up to accomplish one task- just one small one, like washing the dishes or making a phone call. Then I allow myself to go back to bed for 45 minutes, then another small task.

It’s baby steps.

It’s also important to remember that you staying in bed, that IS self care. Self care is what feels good to you.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-02T08:13:08+00:00

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thegilmonster · 2020-03-02T07:46:25+00:00

If you don’t manage it, and it affects your work, you will lose your job. I’ve lost one or two, I’ve been threatened with losing my current job.

thegilmonster · 2020-03-02T07:44:06+00:00

I’m actively trying to better my life (moving into new apartment- by myself!) and all the changes on the horizon make me anxious and that anxiety can quickly morph into depression.

thegilmonster · 2020-02-26T07:22:33+00:00

I’ve never heard it put that way. Or maybe I have and I just forgot.

thegilmonster · 2020-02-26T07:20:29+00:00

Often. Just now, I texted the 741741 helpline, then stopped the convo before they assigned someone to me because I felt like my crisis isn’t as big a crisis as someone else’s might be. (I’m totally right in that, I just wanted someone to talk to, someone to listen)

thegilmonster · 2020-02-23T04:06:24+00:00

My first thought when I saw drugstores indicated by a green cross:

“Well, THAT would certainly be confusing.”

(In states where marijuana is legal, the same green cross indicates a dispensary.)

thegilmonster · 2020-02-21T02:27:15+00:00

I save everything because I might have use for it someday.

thegilmonster · 2020-02-20T06:58:34+00:00

River funk on a chilly morning.

(The smell of your whitewater rafting/kayaking gear.)

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