Posted by floatingbridge on July 21, 2011, at 23:03:41
In reply to Re: Why I came off Xanax :-/ » floatingbridge, posted by Phillipa on July 21, 2011, at 22:28:49
> Horray!!!! just home gone all day and been thinking of you seriously. You are getting better? Driving yet? Love Phillipa
Thanks Phillia.
I drove yesterday. :-). Slowly, but it feels good not to have an absolute start if a seagull flies overhead.
I am mending, but not at a metoric rate. I still stutter, but it's now in the normal range. I don't have to turn my back on anyone standing in line waiting, say, for a
prescription at the pharmacy. My husband made me laugh.
Years ago there was some movie with Sojourney Weaver. She's a serial killer profiler who is phobic and housebound (if I recall). He quoted her as
saying in her full glory, "you know what's the beauty of having
a nervous breakdown? I really don't have to give a f*ck
anymore."So when I'm tired or talking about painful stuff, the stutter becomes wicked. If I am talking to someone on the street (yesterday) I stutter a little. But I never held it against anyone for stuttering. So I'm back to either assuming the best about others and if proven otherwise, found a very comforting f*ck you inner voice (inner is key here).
So limited driving and public interface is o.k.
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