tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490591351917330431.post7500923664122458685..comments2016-05-02T04:28:40.392+01:00Comments on Diary of Mr Goldfish: The God of SleepStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331328830331475628noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490591351917330431.post-1326325952573973682015-05-03T09:18:31.725+01:002015-05-03T09:18:31.725+01:00Hard-working being the biggest lie? oh yes. I have...Hard-working being the biggest lie? oh yes. I have a mantra for my studies - work smarter, not harder. It's something I arrived at a long time ago, when I realised that it was simply impossible to read every book that was on the bibliographies handed out with modules. I already knew I wanted a first, so I tried to find a balance - key word there for you too - that worked for me. Treated my studies like a full time job, and I worked hard, but I didn't drive myself into the ground. And it largely worked - and still works.<br /><br />I've actually got a really sore ear at the moment - this sounds gross, but there are several spots in there and since inside the ear canal, when they swell, they press against the surrounding bone and have nowhere to go. It throbs. It itches. and every so often I get a real stab of pain down my ear. I've not been able to wear a hearing aid for days. Am I tranked up on painkillers - damn straight I am! Probably taking far more than is good for me, both ibuprofen and paracetamol. And if that doesn't work we have cocodamol in the house too. [and yes, I have an appointment to see a doc on Weds, but in the meantime, there's that thar essay wot needs doin'.... you know, the one with the snoopp dogg references ;)] I think the key difference for you and me is that I have no compunction about taking them because I don't have to take them all the time. It really buys into ideas about "deserving" illness, and "nondeserving" illness. which is still a load of .... [just as it is about the deserving/nondeserving disabled, or poor, where it was first levelled] but its interesting, the underlying ideaology and assumptions that we all have with regards to painrelief. For THIS, I quite happily pop pills to get through it, so I can do my essay. For my periods, I really struggle with it - I would rather curl up on the sofa with a hottie and suffer through it (although that may be more linked to martyrdom...!). Maybe, too, the idea of deserving/undeserving pain - when it's temporary, like period pain, is linked to whether I've got stuff WotHazToBeDone. Its easier to pop the pills when I need to function. Not so easy when I don't - and when a sofa actually looks very nice thankyouverymuch. hmmm. <br /><br />The psychology of pills - fascinating. Thank you. You've made me think - a nice way to wake up :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490591351917330431.post-30919068593818814722015-05-01T15:58:23.022+01:002015-05-01T15:58:23.022+01:00Oh my gosh, this is so good. I'm going to be ...Oh my gosh, this is so good. I'm going to be sharing that bit about "No one writes books about people who sensibly take a few tablets and have a lie down." forever, because it's true and amazing and non-chronically pained people will GET IT. Which is half the battle. But so well said, and I can't thank you and Mrs. Fishy enough for all of your BADD work this, and every, year. Never That Easyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008749218695113192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490591351917330431.post-21973548991459874202015-05-01T08:26:49.989+01:002015-05-01T08:26:49.989+01:00I couldn't agree with this more, it is so temp...I couldn't agree with this more, it is so tempting to resist painkillers because we've been fed this idea that taking them is weak, that taking them is the easy option, and somehow the easy option is a bad thing. When everything else is so damn hard why shouldn't we make things easier on ourselves?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11802532419592756949noreply@blogger.com