tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post7043476102772499979..comments2024-03-28T10:15:30.340-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: I deserve worse.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-10089766338807629342023-02-24T20:06:05.021-08:002023-02-24T20:06:05.021-08:00Wisdom of the aged, my friend. When I start compla...Wisdom of the aged, my friend. When I start complaining about the stupid work and the stupid people at this stupid job, remind me to re-read your comment from today.<br /><br />> Try to have fun and there's a chance that you actually will.<br /><br />I'm going to insist on it.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161166858125831348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-48518377359081040462023-02-24T20:03:06.047-08:002023-02-24T20:03:06.047-08:00Arden, it sucks what you've had to go through,...Arden, it sucks what you've had to go through, but I'm glad you found a reason to live. Your existence makes this world less bland and more musical. <br /><br />Listen to your body, is what someone smart once told me. Your body told you to stay off the pot, and you listened. Me, I took two puffs on a tobacco cigarette when I was 8, felt immediately sick and never tried another. "You&Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161166858125831348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-14037948112447179862023-02-24T17:32:25.075-08:002023-02-24T17:32:25.075-08:00Thank you for sharing your story, John. I've b...Thank you for sharing your story, John. I've been fortunate. After the first few hellacious years, my anxiety has remained mostly in check. I have some old Xanax pills kicking around for times when I need a reset. I barely touch them. They definitely help when I'm unsettled but they also knock me out for up to two days at a time. if I take a full .5 dose, forget it. Even if I split it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-22544999137564375072023-02-24T14:55:41.855-08:002023-02-24T14:55:41.855-08:00Dougles, congrats on the job. I've had good jo...Dougles, congrats on the job. I've had good jobs and crappy jobs, and if I've learned anything (a doubtful proposition) it's that most jobs can be made into tolerable and even good jobs when you pack the right attitude in your lunchbox. I don't mean those little bottles of liquor: I mean the idea of treating fellow workers like brothers and sisters, no matter how they treat you, johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-27230297337942657592023-02-24T14:44:58.194-08:002023-02-24T14:44:58.194-08:00Mr Arden, I've had generalized anxiety disorde...Mr Arden, I've had generalized anxiety disorder for most of my life. It wasn't diagnosed until I was about 45 in the mid-90s, which didn't matter because there was no widely-prescribed targeted pharmaceutical treatment for most of the previous 40 years. I knew I was the nervous type and that I had social anxiety -- it's pretty obvious when you have the symptoms, but I didn't johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-70127430054757044622023-02-24T12:51:57.884-08:002023-02-24T12:51:57.884-08:00when you're infected with a virus and your bod...when you're infected with a virus and your body is fighting it, any number of emotional responses is possible. for example, I've experienced horrific anxiety/panic attacks ever since I was 16-1/2. My first one was brought on by the pot. I smoked one joint with two friends and while they were fine I got insanely paranoid and completely panicked. I'd smoked before and either felt Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com