Heat and hyper

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I know a lot of us are sitting through a heat wave…

The lack of sleep is making my brain jump around… the extended day light is very energizing…

The heat is making the body tired… but my brain is making me feel hyper and I’ve been fighting down some of the old sneaky brained thinking…

but the hyper lack of focus and the hyper sexuality… and everything else that is hyper… it’s getting really… hard to concentrate.

I’ve had to leave this post and get up… walk the house and come back a few times already… can’t sit still… but can’t get going on anything productive…

I hope you all manage to stay cool… maybe a cold shower will cool the brain down.

Right now it feels like dribble… just sloshing around up there.

Good luck to us all and how are you beating the heat…

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Where I live - the North Eastern side of the country - its been kind of cooler and wet, especially in the mornings - no heat wave for us.

I hope that you can remain cool - I know that I do not function so well in the heat, I prefer to remain indoors when we are experiencing a heat wave

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Maybe time to just say stuff it and hit the waves. Burn off that manic energy and keep cool at the same time.

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That’s were our Seattle weather went. I hope our weather decided to come back soon.

I’ve been thinking about that… I’m going to fight down this paranoid / catastrophic spike… and get out the house and hit the water.

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I’ve been getting all flipped out about all the people around and it’s been setting me off… I’ve been getting really frustrated with all the foot traffic and it’s been keeping me in…

I’ve been pretty agitated these past few days…

I have to tell myself that no one is going to break into the yard and burn down the garden or the building… no one is going to break in for any reason…

the people passing the foot path just want to go to the beach… I just have to let it go… trust some karma… and go hit the water…

Just talking myself down a bit…

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I was worried on that. Was going to add maybe not go alone. As probably best to find a beach a lot more secluded then the more popular beaches. Which of course would be better if you were more familiar with the beach. I’m not familiar with your beaches so gets hard to help.

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My sis will be home from the Early Morning Lap Swim shift at the pool in about an hour… (she’s a lifeguard) I called her… she’ll go with me…

She loves paddling around as well… there’s no wind… so no wave… but getting out and just bobbing around getting off shore enough to enjoy the silence…

That will help a lot.

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There’s huge traffic on the street where I live, maybe keep the curtains closed so you don’t see them.

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That’s a good idea too… Just shut the blinds… don’t obsess on the people walking by.

Thank you for that… I was letting in the breeze… but the breeze is gone now…

It’s been a pretty big fight between the brain and the mind this morning.

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You’ve been through worse, and you are well aware of what’s going on; you said it’s a fight between the mind and the brain.

Which brings me to the conclusion that you will be fine. You always come through.

I’m taking a few days off before another summer class and getting back to my research. Apparently I have to write an “analytic plan” which is a section on how I will mathematically analyze my experiment. Got hit with that yesterday when I ran into my lab manager in the gym. He said to take this weekend off. He’s cool. It’s the 4th of July weekend, he pointed out. I’m just working out and being idle this weekend.

You know, people like you are why I am trying to give my life to mental health services. People like you deserve the best treatment. I was given the best treatment, which means I owe my life to the field. And oh am I doing my time. Signing up for selling my soul to become a clinical shrink. Working out like I’m in prison just to keep the image of schizophrenia literally strong. Anything less than perfect in the classroom is shameful for me.

It’s worth it, looking at the pasts of you and me, and looking at where we are now. I was told by the guy who evaluated me that if I overcame this, I could become an incredible shrink. That’s my end. By all means.

This ■■■■ is not fun. Winning against odds is.

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I know your part of the country is getting the heat.
Splurge on a small air-conditioner-a window unit. they are not that expensive. Some of those light blocking curtains help me. I work second shift and when the am sun comes through, it wakes me up. The curtains really work, and will also keep your room cool.