Lisa Wallace

I'm addressing the lack of interaction and instead just feeding me to her followers. There was no right/wrong about that, nor did I attack her black & Jewish womanhood.

But if it matters, I do say stop stirring up hysteria for no "strong" reason, as I don't see a glaring substack nazi issue.

I'm mostly on X now, again, whatever.
I actually get interaction there.
Bluesky is sweet and all, but maybe too much performative goodness from some?
Don't know, but I'll check in here occasionally.

You could've interacted with me constructively on this, but instead you did a QT to sick your followers on me. That's a big show of immaturity. It doesn't matter how many of your thousands pat you on the back about it. I learned more about you than I wanted to.
Imagine that.

I'm sick of social media.

I go out in the real world and nobody knows who most of these bigass supposedly influencer accounts people are, and most won't engage but might sick their following on you.

It's empty.

I'll miss some of you, but I'm out. I'll be better for it.

There could just be a phone app for that. ChapApp.

alt text: purple and gold drawing of a person and foxlike creature with spirals for eyes and dizziness stars all around

Sometimes my meds cause my blood pressure to drop and I'm dizzy for a period of time. This doesn't happen often. To me, it's a tolerable adverse effect. It's tolerable because my other choice is plunging back down into depression.

I wonder what others find to be tolerable adverse effects.

cat sits in the sun at the window

cat reaches up for the sun at the window

the lovely sun

Once again psychology papers and articles making huge leaps. There’s no causality here but it doesn’t stop the authors actively suggesting it. Many psych illnesses are associated with poor sleep and conspiratorial beliefs. It doesn’t mean one causes the other. This conclusion is totally unsupported.

broccoli, cherry tomatoes, and peppers on the counter, on a cutting board, and in the sink in a collander

time to cook

photo of tabby cat with green eyes and an intense stare

fabulous Audrey Jane

I've found a great outpatient psychiatrist & therapist. Yet, if I need inpatient care, I don't know what I'll get. One hospital is excellent, but if beds aren't available, the other half a dozen choices are awful.
It's shameful to be put where you're made worse & we know better & can do better.

Magnificent paintings by Tatyana Chernykh, filled with light and vital energy (32 photos) » Pictures, artists, photographers on Nevsepic Tatiana Chernykh is Russian, born in Moscow, but draws inspiration from nature and Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. And the artist’s genes are in her blood - her father was a painter. It is not surprising...

Here's a link (Pot of Wildflowers is toward the bottom of the page), and thanks actually for introducing me to a new artist.

nevsepic.com.ua/en/painting/...

I find posts about taking on tRmp & EElon & billionaire influencers in general that are like 'prove them wrong, and show that people power can beat big money, by electing thus & such' so tiring because elected politicians don't do shit. (Just a bit disillusioned here is all.)

This, and, as the posted article discusses, while inclusion of PMDD was an important first step, the majority of people with clinically significant effects of their cycle on mental health are excluded from that dx. This needs to be a much broader part of psychiatry/psychology training and practice.

This is Monet's signature.

It's pretty but I don't think it's a Monet.

photo of tabby cat sitting in the sun streaming in on the balcony with a look of bliss on her face

Audrey's appreciating the nice sun.

photo of tabby cat sticking her face up to the camera so much so that only one eye and her nose are showing

Oh! Hi, Audrey.

photo of tabby cat between pillows and the sofa arm about to leap out

photo of the same tabby cat outside on the balcony looking in on a very sunny afternoon

Jumping around the sofa and out the door - busy afternoon for Audrey

The sketches did their part in getting me going. Then I spent a lot of time in details and colors. Then I was done.
4/4

When I stalled for a long, long, long time, I switched over to sketches based on the painting so far. This was to get myself going again.
3/4

I started with a primed canvas and some quick sketching with burnt sienna on a brush. Little did I know how much I'd stay with my initial design.
2/4

Hard Stories to Tell
(38"x 30" acrylic painting)

I just finished this painting, a piece I started way back during pandemic quarantine. I've worked on it sporadically, then much more consistently in recent weeks until I said stop, it's done.

🧵of start to finish, if you're interested.
1/4

photo of tabby cat sitting on brown packing papers with a sun strip illuminating one eye

late day sun

photo of tabby cat laying in stripe shadows on the balcony

shadow cat

photo of tabby cat with a gentle expression laying in her bed

sweet baby Audrey Jane

This painting is getting near completion.

Reassurance is Poison in OCD Reassurance Seeking Compulsions lead to problems in therapy.

I agree, @owenmuir.bsky.social

Reassurance is Poison in OCD open.substack.com/pub/thefront...

3 photos of the same tabby cat here and in this first one, she’s standing in front of the open balcony door

second photo shows tabby cat out on the balcony in the sun looking up

third photo shows tabby cat moving on in the door past me with her head distorted bigger than the rest of her body

Do you want out, Audrey?
Do you like being out?
Do you want to come in?