Posted by White Rabbit on February 1, 2002, at 2:09:56
In reply to Another screen name now?, posted by Shar on January 31, 2002, at 23:06:54
Shar-
He won't read any posts without the name of Gracie on it, because he's just not that interested, unless someone posts about the Bruins.
"White Rabbit" won't mean anything to him. (Incidentally, I chose the name because I'm always late.) It feels like a sneaky thing to do but my God, he got so angry and he wouldn't even tell me why! Again, I thought about giving up PB altogether, but would he give up going to sports bars with his friends to watch "the game of the year" (somehow, there are quite a few "games of the year") because it irritates me? He drops quite a bit of money at these things and stays out very late. I might want him to stop going to these bars, but people in Hell also want ice water.Besides, I am seeing a psychiatrist again and I'm back on medication. PB has been an invaluable source of information for me and over the last couple of years I've learned so much about my diagnosis and treatment. When I was first treated by a psychiatrist, I knew nothing about the drugs I was taking or the effect they might have. How ignorant!! (Or "ignert" as we say here in Missouri.) I feel like I was the girl on Hee-Haw with the blond ponytails and the painted-on freckles. I would take my new prescription with a big stupid grin and say, "Oookaay!" (I realize that I'm dating myself here, but I was VERY young.) Anyway, no more of that, boy. If my husband can drink from his longneck and watch a bunch of men killing each other on a big-screen TV, I should be allowed to discuss my emotional problems (it's official now - bipolar) and medication with others that have similiar experiences. It might not be the kind of "bonding" he does with his friends, but it helps you feel that you're not alone and crazy.
So here I still am, incognito.
W.R.
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