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Sharing Your Pain – The Dumping Circles

July 24, 2015RoryCoping Skills, Daily Update, DeathCoping Mechanism, Coping Skills, Death, Dumping Circles, George, Grief, Loss, Meme, Pain

I’ve long since learned, and try to live by a simple rule. When in pain, grief, fear, or frailty, there are only a couple of rules for being a good human. I call it the Dumping Circles Rule. When someone has died, for example, there is an order of who gets to dump sadness on whom.

Coping Skill: Minecraft

June 29, 2015RoryCoping Skills, Mental IllnessCoping Mechanism, Coping Skills, Coping Tool, Migraine, Minecraft2 Comments

Yesterday was just hell for me. My kids are on vacation, thankfully, so I was allowed to be a pitiful mess all day without worrying them. My migraine lasted well into the morning. When I finally slept, it was up against the shower, near the toilet with a pillow, a teddy bear, and a blanket. (Thanks, Jenny!)