Just needed to be heard for a little while

pipkin71

Waves_and_Smiles wrote: »

Aw, how adorable, pipkin! I have never heard of a dog with vomit phobia before, poor Dylan! Sorry to hear that you have been nauseous, too, I hope it passes quickly.

Mollie sounds like she is coping fine without her eyesight, I always think it is wonderful how well animals adapt. My teacher friend had a cat who badly broke her front leg and it had to be amputated. It never bothered her at all and she continued to terrorise the other cats and kept them in their place. Animals never cease to surprise me with their resilience.

She really does manage fantastically, apart from walkies, but that isn't really an issue as she has the garden and will run after Dylan. I can imagine your friend's cat keeping others in their place

Dylan is so funny with his phobia. I have been nauseous for weeks and was actually vomiting to begin with but it's now just heaving as I feel that I am going to be sick but don't. As soon as it starts, he runs :rotfl: It's not just me, if anyone is sick, or Mollie is sick because she ate too quickly, he's off

pipkin71

whitewing wrote: »

I think furr-apy can help with vomit phobia in dogs!

:rotfl:

That made me chuckle

Waves_and_Smiles

Awww, he really is scared! Do you have any idea why Dylan hates it so much or is just a little quirk? It is so sweet that he comes back to check on you, though. His love for you overcomes his fear!

pipkin71

Waves_and_Smiles wrote: »

Awww, he really is scared! Do you have any idea why Dylan hates it so much or is just a little quirk? It is so sweet that he comes back to check on you, though. His love for you overcomes his fear!

I don't know, he's done it since we had him.

He does keep coming back though once he thinks it's safe to do so :rotfl:

Waves_and_Smiles

That really is so sweet, he doesn't want to be away for long.

I used to have a cat that I just couldn't cry in front of. Everytime I did she would frantically paw my face and cry with me, she absolutely hated it and became very distressed. I was in the odd position of showing a stiff upper lip for the cat!

Waves_and_Smiles

Does anyone else over-compensate terribly when they are suffering or is it just me? Today I am being Miss Bubbly with Wasp when really I am an anxious wreck after yesterday but it seems the worse I feel the more bouncy I get and I can't stop myself doing it! Psychiatrists have mentioned this for years, I am the one laying in a hospital bed with a massive grin on my face and chatting away like I don't have a care in the world when actually I feel completely dreadful and have just been sectioned. They have told me to stop doing it and that there are so many tears behind my smile but I simply can't, it is my default position for when I am having a hard time-the harder the time the more I bubble. To get an idea how bad it is my favourite psychiatrist once told me that I give the impression of being vivacious, it is very rare that I show anyone how I really feel and I don't know how. I can say the words but telling someone that I am extremely depressed with a huge smile and then changing the subject to how their life is going doesn't give the correct impression!

It can also backfire dreadfully because I can be very ill but acting as if I have just won the lottery or something and people don't actually realise how bad I feel so I don't always get the help I need. I even did it as a teenager, in therapy back then I cried once in 9 years, the rest of the time I had a frozen grin plastered on my face. I annoy myself sometimes...

whitewing

This is gorgeous:




http://www.handpickedcollection.com/cyril-sloth.html

Waves_and_Smiles

Oh, that is adorable! I want one! It is so cuddly!

jobbingmusician

If I'm miserable, I'm just miserable, I'm afraid. But I know there are other people who cover it up really well and maybe even over-compensate. I remember how shocked I was when a friend (who was an air hostess. I think that is relevant is she definitely had a professional, glossy, happy, 'front') suddenly collapsed in tears when she had been very bubbly the moment before.

I suspect it's what was rewarded when people were brought up. I wish I'd been taught to cover things up better, in some ways!

So sorry you are feeling bad, though. Have some hugs ((((())))).

Forgot to say how lovely LiR's clouds are. I have bathroom tiles like that. Mr JM hates them but I love them. He would like big, modern, neutral tiles. Well, so would I, in a way, but I still love my cloud tiles.

So you think they'd do a big disount if we ordered a whole slothery?

Waves_and_Smiles

That's a thought, JM. It probably comes from my childhood with the whole "Don't reveal anything to strangers and keep everything secret" mantra. It used to work very well for me professionally and socially, it just isn't quite so great when I could do with some help or even a bit of tea and sympathy and I am bouncing around the room cracking jokes and full of laughter.

I am naturally quite optimistic anyway, I just don't seem to have an off-switch for it no matter how bad I feel. The other problem with this is when I crash I really crash because I spend so much time acting as if nothing is wrong...

We all need a sloth! Bulk buying time!