Love Personality Test Results

My test results (yes, I am bored today). Take this and other tests on Blogthings: Your Love Type: INFP The Idealist In love, you crave a long term, harmonious relationship.For you, sex doesn’t come quickly – it takes time for you to open up. Overall, you are supportive, nurturing, and expressive.However, you tend to be… Continue reading Love Personality Test Results

Mental Health Parity Call-in Day 12/07/2007

I love the USA and am proud to be an American, but mental health care here sucks. As far as health insurance goes, even though psychiatry is a medical specialty, benefits pertaining to mental health are in a separate section of the policy and are NOT the same as those pertaining to other medical specialties.… Continue reading Mental Health Parity Call-in Day 12/07/2007

Stoic Poet

I want to stop the tearsTurn off the water spoutWish I could reach into my chestand rip my heart right outMy bane, such painit’s driving me insaneSomeone whack me with a caneand release me from the strainI don’t want to cry anymoreI am drowning deep within my coreMuscles are tight and soreLife is too much… Continue reading Stoic Poet

Piles

I’m finally getting through Michele Novotni‘s book What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don’t?: Social Skills Help for Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In her chapter on disorganization, she relates a story about a woman who was getting a divorce. Now, this woman knew that the marriage was over, but she was hesitant about… Continue reading Piles

“Your destiny can’t be ruined by the decisions of others.”

I have been known to blast the radio when I am in the driver’s seat of a car. When driving alone, I will belt out Life After Love right along with Cher. But I don’t always listen to music. I often switch to talk radio, just to change things up a bit. Thursday, September 27,… Continue reading “Your destiny can’t be ruined by the decisions of others.”

A Man’s Apology

(published with permission from the author) A Man’s ApologyAaron C. Peavy So many years have gone by,Lost, burnt, utterly destroyed.Through all of the argumentsWith half of a mind I toyed.As I look back over the years,My fogged and hazy brain clears,I see life without the tears.Hard for me to view my wrongs,To say you might… Continue reading A Man’s Apology

“Ask your doctor if [insert drug name here] is right for you”

I REALLY HATE television ads for prescription drugs. Not only do they undermind the doctor-patient relationship (if such a thing still exists under managed health care), but they mislead the public into thinking that they can demand whatever medication that they think they need. These ads can open communication between doctors and their patients, but… Continue reading “Ask your doctor if [insert drug name here] is right for you”