under the milky way tonight

June 3, 2007

in music

Last night shane's band played at a hippie commune. I really have trouble believing that those words have come out of my mouth in relation to me.
Despite the icky feeling those words give me, it was a ton of fun.
Fun, until, my social anxiety mixed with one too many yummy beers and i found myself laying in the grass wishing for someone to reach down from the sky and dropkick me home to bed. The biggest problem i have in times of distress is that i start jabbering on to shane about suicidal ideation, depression and general unhappiness. He, being the kind and gentle man he is, freaks out. Spins the car around, ready to drop me off on the fourth floor again.
Then, in the morning, i feel this giant sense of relief. I made it through the night. I am still alive. I talked about my feelings. And usually, we have come up with a new or tweaked plan for my mental health care.
Shane, on the other hand, is left a hand-wringing, acid stomached puddle of worry.
I am a hard woman to love.

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gwendomama June 3, 2007 at 10:09 pm

wow. icky feeling the words hippie commune give you?
learn something old every day.
hey. i am glad you got to express yourself and get through the night without a nurse.
the man you love?
the one who loves you?
he’s a good one.

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blackbird June 4, 2007 at 4:40 am

hmmm, I should probably talk to him…I am very much a hand-wringing acid stomached puddle of worry.

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Liz June 4, 2007 at 6:51 am

Hold him close. Sometimes it is the fear of talking that makes the mental battle even worse, more impending, than the words themselves. Keep working…

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Yayagirl June 4, 2007 at 2:53 pm

chuck and shane should start a support group for men like them. we are hard to love.

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TB June 4, 2007 at 2:56 pm

Shane sounds like a true partner. How lucky you are.
And what’s wrong with hippies anyway ;o)

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Angi June 5, 2007 at 12:10 am

Did I miss why hippie communes ick you?
Shane finding a support group is not a bad idea. Someone needs to support him while he’s supporting you.

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