December Back'acha'

Back to saying thanks to people who have linked over here over in December. If I forgot you, give me a shout and assuming you're nice and have a relatively clean blog, or a blog about clean relatives, I'll get you next month.

Doing this also allows me to find out if anyone's got a grudge against me (we'll be talking about grudges next post) and I can try to make peace, apologize, rectify the situation. You can't let people hold grudges against you if it's at all possible to make peace, you know. Bad karma.

Off to the posts last month. Between burning the cookies you wrote:

An important post about going off medication abruptly. I told Dr. Deb that doing that can really screw up your "vacation." If you're taking medicine, always work out that vacation with your doctor before deciding it's time to go off of them, or "forgetting" to take the meds for a couple of days.

And just to remind you about why people do this, read Just Me a master of irony, who bemoans (rightly so) the weight that the psychotropics usually puts on.

Dr. Mori has a nice carnival on eating disorders, primarily blaming eating issues on body image issues. She included my nap post. It's probably time for me (or go ahead, someone else) to write the family therapy take on this, right? (Surprise, it has something to do with wanting to (a) please the parents or (b) please the parents).


Joel linked here to our last post about the check out in his Insert a Metaphor carnival. You know how I love metaphors. Look for sex posts on this blog for more on that.


For more on metaphors and a little practical advice, check out Mixed Metaphor.net . MM is hosting a carnival of family life.


Living in Stigma is hosting Mental Illness carnivals (no clowning around here, friends). Bloggers are blogging, and the host lists a bunch of resources.


Family Village hosts the SAHMS, Stay at Home Moms, also seriously resourceful.

And Observations from Missy's Window features movie reviews by other bloggers, always a good idea to check those out before you shell out ten bucks.


Here's one, a psychantenna feed. You know how we like to be fed. And another by a budding play therapist, AnnD. Surely that's got to be one of the better gigs, no?

Mass defective tells me that Post Secret cut off half of the secret on his post card in the posting, which changed the substance of the secret. This is why bloggers should be bound to certain ethics. We need a code for this profession.

A nursing student (you know I love you nurses, always a hats off) presents a list of rounds and kvetches. Check out Brain Scramble.


You can find thoughts about marriage, prison, and Asia at My Faith although he does not exactly equate the three. And Katy Murr is a poet. She'll make you think.

Resonant Enigma says we should talk less, draw more. Can't I just write more? Do I have to draw? Or how about other creative pursuits? Check out A.D.'s sketches.

And there's a focus on patience at, where else, having patience.com.

I don't think I have an art therapy resource on this blog, but we do now. Check out Resting Place for ideas.

MondoReb at 1000 Paper-Cuts is a hero, and he interviewed Dr. Joel Haber who has a new book on bullies. The interview included me, strangely enough, so all kinds of bloggers who cut and paste from it have linked over here at ENT. INCLUDING:

A super-vigilant blog basically about cyberbullies and cyberpaths. It scares me just thinking about it, but take a look and you'll see that indeed, cyberspace is no different than real space, meaning the relationships you have on-line can parallel those off-line. That's my take, at least. I love the banner at the top, btw. Blogger News Network also cut and paste that bullies interview. Now I feel like an expert.

Kevin over at Change Your Family Tree might have something there. What's the point of therapy if not to interrupt some seriously dysfunctional transgenerational relating? Positive and Successful Lifestyle tips might sound like a scam, after all, can you really get anything out of the personal development/coaching bloggers. Oh, my, yes, with very little psychobabble, all common sense, all too uncommon these days.

Kimmee Sook's pretty outrageous, see Me Sook for Dummies. And coffee yogurt is looking for intelligent blogs with frank talk about sex. Hi CY.

If you want the rabbi's spin on things, try Rabbi Without a Cause. James Dean, he's . . .not? He is?

If you're looking for a Kosher cooking carnival, check out Me-Ander. No, you won't find any of mine, sorry.

Blogger Living in Stigma posted a mental health carnival. Seems she's not going to be blogging there much longer, so get it while it's hot. And Mind The Health is mostly about happiness. Who can blame her? E3 Success Systems linked over here to the pornography post, thanks E3.

Therese Borchard at Beyond Blue shot me some interview questions. Therese's blog is always worth a look, even if my answers weren't standard fare for her readers.

Enough, enough. Let's get out there and seize the day, or be seized by the day, whichever it is. We'll handle it.

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