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I am so confused.

Posted on September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 by theapostateturtle
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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…

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Thankfully, We Have Civil Rights Now

Posted on September 16, 2023September 16, 2023 by theapostateturtle
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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…

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Progress on the Apartment

Posted on August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 by theapostateturtle
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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…

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Well, I’m not dead.

Posted on August 26, 2023August 26, 2023 by theapostateturtle
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…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…

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Running Away

Posted on August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 by theapostateturtle
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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…

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Grocery Prices in 2023

Posted on August 20, 2023August 20, 2023 by theapostateturtle
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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…

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What it looks like to not be able to afford food in North America

Posted on August 17, 2023August 17, 2023 by theapostateturtle
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And I don’t understand why I can’t get it together, because I already had that miraculous intervention and spent 14 months in treatment despite not being able to afford a residential treatment facility. The very last time I saw Dr. X, he pointedly said that he had decided to help me because he thought I’d…

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Setback

Posted on July 29, 2023July 29, 2023 by theapostateturtle
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Whelp. One thing led to another and here I am, back in the psych hospital. I’m disappointed in myself, since my last admission was in September and I thought I was past this. In retrospect, I may have been overconfident. In my defense, I knew for weeks that I was headed toward crisis, and there…

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Insert Scream

Posted on July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 by theapostateturtle
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Well. I had been crawling along to my procedure tomorrow when they were supposed to do lithotripsy and remove the stent. I had communicated that I just absolutely did not have a friend who could hang out with me all day after the procedure, and my case worker was trying to get them to keep…

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The Gallon Challenge

Posted on July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 by theapostateturtle
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Well, I’m not dead and things are not as bad as I’d thought. I spent the night in the ER last night, and they discharged me this morning. This is how it went down: As background information, I got the ureteral stent put in under general anesthesia. I did not understand why the surgeon didn’t…

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