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Some peoples' kids, I swear.

I wonder if fire cupping would help make my pain go away. Or maybe blood cupping. Or acupuncture.
I think I might see a massage therapist this month. Or a chiro. I gotta try something. My meds aren't working and the THC gummies make me weirder than normal. How much weirder you ask... I start typing on my phone and it starts normal and then I start saying things that sound like Shakespeare era stuff.
I am gonna conduct an experiment... I am gonna eat half of the biggest gummy I've got and I'm gonna either write poetry or sculpt something with my air dry terra cotta clay. It's just an experiment. I think it's going to be fun. Maybe next weekend.
My neighbor who has cancer came over cuz we were under a tornado warning and she got scared. She came into our unit and we talked about how she's falling down a lot and she hurt her knees. Eventually the warning subsided and Pauley walked her out...
She thought I couldn't hear her when she whispered to Pauley "I need your help as my caregiver." Pauley can hardly take care of me and herself. I'm not ok with it. But our neighbor was high and drunk when she got here.
I'm exhaustipated.
#ArtTherapy #FemoralAcetabularImpingement
#MentalHealth

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Strength is not avoiding pain.

Pain is something everyone experiences, but how you respond to it shapes the kind of person you become. It’s easy to let pain turn into anger, resentment, or distance from others. But it’s much harder, and much more powerful, to process that pain and choose not to pass it on. That choice is what builds emotional strength and creates better relationships and a healthier mindset.

Do you feel like pain has made you more guarded or more compassionate?

Also, if you're going through a tough time right now, I want you to know that I post daily mental health videos about how to deal with painful thoughts. So if you or anyone you know is struggling and wants help, click on one of the links below or write me if you have any questions you want me to answer:

www.instagram.com/thomas_of_copenhagen

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~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

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Honoring my friend

I lost a dear friend to cancer this month. He was 62. Too young to leave, but old enough to pick up cynicism, skepticism, jadedness and scorn. It’s as easy as gathering cat hair on a black skirt. But he didn’t. This isn’t hagiography. He was truly sweet, caring about others even in his darkest times.

To honor him, I’ve resolved to be kinder. This song has been inspiring me.

Kind Word by Terry Scott Taylor

Kind word
Looking for a kind word in a dark world
Under a mean spell
The golden rule is you get what you give
So I’ll wish you well, make sure you have heard
A kind word
Kind word

I know it isn’t much, but a blade of grass can crack the pavement
And if enough of us would go against the grain
In time we’d be a green field, dressed in God’s own finest raiment
Soaking up the sunshine and laughing in the rain

(Chorus)

I see the cardboard boxes, the fragile houses of the lost
I see the endless line of crosses carved by hands of hate and war
I see the broken children fists of blinding rage have tossed us
Can we start with just this little thing that can lead to something more?

(Chorus)

They say a single prayer can move a mountain
And I know a little faith can turn the tide
Our need to love and be loved can soon become a fountain
That forms a river flowing deep and wide

(Chorus)

What will it take to free us from distant hearts and downcast eyes?
To see the face of Jesus in the stranger on the street?
Who will water seeds of holiness in someone we’ve despised
Will Heaven tell ours were the words that washed His hands and feet?

A kind word
Looking for a kind word in a dark world
Under a mean spell
The golden rule is you get what you give
So I’ll wish you well, make sure you have heard
A kind word
Kind word

#Bipolar #Depression #GAD #OCD #PTSD

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