Phew, what a week!
There comes a time in every mental’s life when they are asked about their sex life by their psychiatrist.
That day was Wednesday, two days ago. Usually that sort of thing doesn’t embarrass me, especially not where doctors are concerned, but I was tricked, I tell you. First I get this nifty diagram to explain how brain chemistry works, and what antidepressants do to brains which lack the chemicals that keep you…normal.
It’s very well-known that many antidepressants decrease a person’s libido, and delay or just plain banish one’s capacity to reach sexual climax. I was so embarrassed that the answer wouldn’t even form in my mind and I talked but somehow didn’t manage to say anything. It was a very unusual phenomenon. To make things worse, I got a parking ticket because my shrink was running late and I’d not put enough money in the meter. Grr! I should make him bloody pay, he earns enough. Hmph.
At the beginning of the week, my mother shouted so loudly, I went into slight shock and had to take some Valium to calm down. Again - purely the brain chemistry. It seemed so surreal to have my body reacting as if frightened by something long after she’d screamed, and we’re not talking startled, it was that fear that actually makes it hard to breathe. But in an hour or so, I was back to normal but very pissed off at my cat jumping onto the kitchen bench and angering my mother so. Hm.
Then today, the cherry on top - Firefox crashed and corrupted my profile thus deleting all my bookmarks, toolbar shortcuts etc. and thanks to my dear admin for giving me a link to the help info I needed (but of course myself being a big fat thicko), two hours later, it’s all back. I quite hated Firefox for a while though, a very unnatural feeling!
All is well though. I got to see NMD and we played a bit of Magic, he even bought me some cards and protective sleeves. Today, before the almighty Firefox crash, I organised two free tickets to a concert next week which I’ll be reviewing for Blogcritics. Yea, I get to take a friend! It’s going to be great fun.
Now to have a relaxing weekend, ah…
