Last night actually wasn’t that bad. Had a four hour conversation with someone I’ve slowly been getting closer to over the past few months. We ended up spending some time talking about my depression and he went through something similar last year. He spit out this word gem and I’m like… astounded at how well it sums up how I feel right now:
“It is such a constant and personal kind of pain that you sometimes need to do different things to deal; sometimes you want to tough it out with some people to help distract you, sometimes you want talk it out with someone, sometimes you want to be with other people for a different reason, and sometimes you just need to be left alone to cope and it may come across as moody because a lot of the time youre struggling with yourself and even you aren’t entirely sure what you’re going to be up agaisnt next.”
I kind of just went :O and copied and pasted furiously so I wouldn’t lose this gem. Then we discussed social justice projects and watched a transgenderism documentary together via IM. Twas a pretty good night… And today’s been an okay day. I finally got an appointment with a psychiatrist for next Thursday. So, yeah. Hopefully that will be good.
I think I’ve decided on either Veterans rights or Don’t Ask Don’t Tell for my SJ project. DADT is in the midst of getting repealed, but I’d probably focus on the DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) aspect, that partners through civil unions don’t receive the same (or any…) of the same benefits as “traditional” wives/husbands of servicemen.
So far this month…
documentaries watched: 1
boxes packed: 3
