sensible post for year-end personal inventory

I just got round to reading and replying to all recent commenters. Now for a look ahead.

Just for a change, I thought it might be helpful to attempt a sensible post. I came across an item at the Nottingham Therapy blog, where they have a list of common problems that people disclose in their therapy and coaching sessions.

So I'm inviting people to prepare for 2010, using the list to work out their own insanity inventory. I used to have the full score, but when I moved to New South Caledonia and caught a dose of Retention Deficit Disorder, everything started to balance out. Now like normal people I only have about half the symptoms.

Anxieties

• General anxiety (GAD)


• Obsessions or Compulsions


• Anxieties about health, wellbeing or safety


• Post trauma


• Discomfort in social situations (or ruminations afterwards) - or Social phobia


• Panic attacks


• Specific phobia (e.g. fear of cats)


• Fear of flying


• Fear of public speaking

Symptoms

• Blushing or sweating


• Sleep problems


• Shaking or Palpitations


• Headaches


• Feeling dizzy, or ‘charged up’


• Mind constantly whirring, or constant chatter in head


• Weeping / tearfulness


• Lethargy/ fatigue


• Aches and Pains


• Gastro Intestinal disturbances, digestive problems

Depressions

• General


• Recurring


• Situational


• Life-stage


• Mood swings, or feeling up and down


• Background feeling of fed up or down


• Feeling numb, or ‘flat’

Behaviour

• Lack of motivation


• Bad or stuck habits


• Addictions (or being over-focussed on something)


• Doing risky or reckless things


• Having affairs or flirting inappropriately or compulsively


• Acting out anger


• Overeating


• Undereating


• Teeth Grinding or lip chomping or suckling


• Picking, scratching, or biting oneself (e.g. fingers)

Feelings

• Feeling lost, hurt, or betrayed


• Guilt


• Shame


• Anger


• Bereavement


• Frustration


• Deep sadness


• Feeling frightened, or scared

Relationships

• Infidelity


• Jealousy


• Abuse


• Miscommunication


• Lost spark


• Hostility


• Disrespectfulness


• Parenting issues


• Family problems


• Power dynamics


• Living arrangements

Self

• Understanding myself


• Being Defended


• Aggression


• Passivity or submissiveness


• Finding direction

Work

• Bullying


• Harassment


• Change management


• Stress


• Working relationships


• Understanding organisations


• Understanding others


• Good work ethic


• Time management


• Creating a compelling future


• Goal setting and achieving

What's your score?

get out the rowing boat

Two dreams last night of Scots women.

In the first dream, I was on a date with the Domestic Blister, who turned out to be interested in watching me urinate while she threw sharp objects at my willy. What a crazy woman! I had a lucky escape there. In real life I think she's a willy surgeon. It all balances out.

In the second dream, I met up with Denny again. It was very easygoing, but I had to agree to travel with her and her mates to some funeral or other. We were on a ferry, and I offered to buy the first round. I had some trepidation, because in real life demure Doctor Denny turned into Mrs Hyde whenever she drank. So at the bar, I ordered her drink first (a pint of heavy), and I drink half of it while the other drinks (pints of special) were poured.

The bar seemed to have only one tap, and I got to wondering whether heavy and special were perhaps two names for the same thing. Can anyone in the blog community enlighten me?

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Very soon there's to be three generations of inlaws and outlaws staying here interminably. They all happen to be feminists but to be honest that's a red herring, almost any gender or persuasion would be insufferable. Already the murderous urges are approaching the top end of the scale. Dearie fungin me!

Note to self - ask the buddhist fundamentalist if the cave on the other side of the island will be free.

holidays

The overseas trip was a great success.

Santa brought me a dodgy back.

The house-sitter broke the dishwasher.

And I brought back some friends with me, to keep me company in bed. This is a picture of one of them.





Thank goodness for bliss pills, and New Year fireworks in Nouvelle-Calédonie.