Tag: health
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Look At All The Pretty Colors!! !
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Forty Three] To get an idea of where I am these days, when I woke up in the night with pain behind my eye, before it blossomed into a full blown migraine and after inhaling 1000 mg paracetamol, I thought, “Damnit, is this another level of psychological resistance?” I…
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Rain and the Fear of Failure
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Forty Two] Psychological resistance is the phenomenon often encountered in clinical practice in which patients either directly or indirectly exhibit paradoxical opposing behaviours in presumably a clinically initiated push and pull of a change process. While I’m not currently actively involved in a clinical practice, I *AM* working with a…
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And Then I Spent The ENTIRE Day In Bed
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Forty One] Oke, but seriously, I spent ALL of Sunday in bed and I have no idea why except maybe it’s because of the hormones and that only makes sense if you attribute the All The Time Anger to the hormones similar to when we were teenagers and then…
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But Why Does It Hurt So Bad?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Thirty Nine] I’ve ripped myself out of bed at five for the past two mornings and while it used to be something that I thoroughly enjoyed – even RELISHED – now I just feel like throwing up. For two days now. Not Cool, Leander. But first the news: Amsterdam…
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Not Anger Management, But Anger Acceptance
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Thirty Eight] I have had some very intense conversations over the past four days – two yesterday – about how angry I’ve been and I’d just like to thank my boss, my personal trainer, my life coach and my boss very much. Because I think I’ve figured this shit…
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And Now For A Moment Of Zen
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Thirty Six] I don’t know why this post seemed impossible on Tuesday night and seems like nothing today, but here we are. But first the news: Dairy giant FrieslandCampina to cut 1,000 jobs in NL, Belgium and Germany De Jonge: No new coronavirus measures for now; Lockdown relaxation in…
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Damnit, Underlying Anger, Fuck OFF
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Thirty Five] It’s four minutes until my bedtime and I just found out from the news that St. Martin’s holiday is off because of the partial lockdown. #FuckingFUCK But first the news: First large-scale rapid coronavirus test facility opens in Groningen New coronavirus cases plunge below 5,000, regional curfew…
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It’s Times Like These You Learn to Live Again
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Does It Spark Joy?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Thirty Two] Yes, I voted weeks ago via absentee ballot. Yes, I confirmed the ballot was accepted. Yes, we should throw out the electoral college. But first the news: New coronavirus cases rise slightly, but hospital admissions fall again Twenty large coronavirus test centers announced; Amsterdam to get 5…
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Who Else Is Ready To Puke?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Thirty One] It was super easy to wake up this morning as well. As a matter of fact, I woke up at five, consciously decided to go back to sleep, and COULD NOT. And I’ve spent the last hour or so staring at CNN and the Associated Press observing…
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How’re We Doing, Warriors?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Thirty] I’m up at a few minutes before 0500, easily ripped out of bed to see results and, yeah, I see lots of undecideds, which, yeah, is totally understandable and predictable and still disappointing. But first the DUTCH COVID news: Tougher coronavirus rules for two weeks, and Rotterdam may…
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So. Much. Phlegm.
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Twenty Nine] Yesterday P and I woke up and he whimpered and I did almost all of the morning rush hour myself and then we drove the kids to school / daycare and I made him get a COVID test and the q-tip made him bleed. Today P and…