Author: theapostateturtle

Still inpatient. It’s been a bit rocky. I thought I had someone to clean my turtle’s tank and then the person forgot that she had said she’d do it, so I had to find a last minute pet sitter who could go in and do it today. However, this meant that I couldn’t spend the…

About a year ago, someone shared a video in a Facebook support group I’m in that was so good that I went back to find it. And I did find it: Tragically, when I clicked the link, I got the dreaded: In good news, your girl the Apostate Turtle memorized the transcription. The delivery won’t…

So. There was an episode at work and I don’t want to go back and look at how much I’ve written about it on here. Suffice it to say, I’m trying to define “flashback.” So I found this video: This was my reply: Thank you for this! I have a diagnosis of PTSD (technically severe…

The latest unlisted YouTube video, just for my faithful readers

So, we’re supposed to do “weekly updates” for the college class that I’m in that I’ve had a grade of Incomplete in since eternity ago. I emailed my professor and tried to keep it “professional” as usual, which in my life means being as vague as is emotionally possible. So this was me: Well. It…

I’m trying to avoid making all my blog entries be variants of “It’s going well” or “It’s going badly.” So instead, I’m going to attach a copy of the complaint form that I just mailed in to DMH. So. Here is what happened. First, it was September 11, so every millennial in the country was…

Well, I’ve made some progress on my apartment. However, my to-do lists keep getting longer and longer, which is not usually a good thing in my life. Currently, I need to: This doesn’t even include normal day-to-day tasks like meal prep. Now, I do have an app that has been helpful. It’s this one: You…

…and, surprisingly, the same woefully-underfunded state program that ran the group home had a lot to do with that. They really came through for me in a big way. Being out of the bougie day program is also helping a lot. Plus, there is now a new support group for people who were born or…

Well, I flunked out of the bougie trauma program. My only coping skills lately is not thinking about bad things that happened. We weren’t allowed to talk about trauma except in vague generalities in order to avoid triggering other people, but the stupid program materials sure used a lot of “vague generalities” such as “sexual…

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8F2RYXT/ Well, I made my first-ever TikTok video. My turtle said we should get a job as influencers and then maybe we wouldn’t be totally destitute all the time. I feel like this might be an example of his naturally robust self-confidence getting the better of him. In other news, things are calming down. This…