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hummingwolf) wrote2011-03-09 10:37 pm
hummingwolf) wrote2011-03-09 10:37 pm
One of these days...
... I will get back to reading people's posts on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal, but that day is not this day. I keep coming back to read a few entries on a few semi-randomly-selected journals, but then I realize I've managed to tire myself out too much to read any more; so if you've seen me leave a comment in one place that seemed disconnected from everything else you'd have expected me to see, that's why. Briefly, I've been tiring myself out by:
(A) following online drama elsewhere (for those who know Slacktivist: I've been reading comments on both the new site and the old site, and yes, that is only possible because I have no life)
(B) continuing to be sick. Not coughing nearly as much as I was, but the bronchitis is still with me to a certain extent. I went outside and walked a reasonable amount on Monday & Tuesday and took a very short walk today (Wednesday), so I'm not just sitting here like a bump in a bed anymore. My rib cage is hurting a lot now, though, so when I do cough it is even more unpleasant than it was before.
(C) reading things written by adult children of alcoholics about their family life and doing some comparing & contrasting with growing up with a chronically ill parent. The differences are obvious, but in retrospect it seems to me that some of the similarities should have been obvious to me before now. I may share some of my thoughts on this topic later, but I'd advise you all not to hold your breath--mostly because somebody should be getting enough oxygen and I'm not sure it's going to be me.
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Tomorrow we're supposed to get some heavy rain. Sounds like a good excuse to stay home and rest some more.
(A) following online drama elsewhere (for those who know Slacktivist: I've been reading comments on both the new site and the old site, and yes, that is only possible because I have no life)
(B) continuing to be sick. Not coughing nearly as much as I was, but the bronchitis is still with me to a certain extent. I went outside and walked a reasonable amount on Monday & Tuesday and took a very short walk today (Wednesday), so I'm not just sitting here like a bump in a bed anymore. My rib cage is hurting a lot now, though, so when I do cough it is even more unpleasant than it was before.
(C) reading things written by adult children of alcoholics about their family life and doing some comparing & contrasting with growing up with a chronically ill parent. The differences are obvious, but in retrospect it seems to me that some of the similarities should have been obvious to me before now. I may share some of my thoughts on this topic later, but I'd advise you all not to hold your breath--mostly because somebody should be getting enough oxygen and I'm not sure it's going to be me.
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Tomorrow we're supposed to get some heavy rain. Sounds like a good excuse to stay home and rest some more.
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Yes, I think other families than ones with addictions share some of the problems of not enough parental attention to go around, forcing children to be prematurely responsible, a parent with labile moods-- My family had some of that, due to four children, an irresponsible/depressed father, a somewhat narcissistic mother, and effects of a very unhappy parental marriage. My father probably also was a secret drinker, even alcoholic, but I don't think that's necessary; the others can present an adult-children-of-alcoholics situation on their own. (I'm not that much a classic ACoA, but my older sister was, and all four of us share some traits.)
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Yeah, with my mother there was physical unavailability, general uncertainty, mood swings and cognitive issues caused by the combination of pain and medications--all sorts of things which are confusing enough for an adult, but even more confusing for a small child.