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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Things More Boring Than an Infertile Girl:

Alan Greenspan and Larry King having an oratorical showdown! Yep, that's all of I've got. I'm sure there are other things (maybe), but none come to mind. I'm sure my friends would agree that listening to their once entertaining friend discuss the nuances of her monthly cycle in every conversation is right up there in boringness with Alan Greenspan discussing ANYTHING...even wild orgies! Eeewww, bad images! Anyway, I have fabulous friends, but I feel like some of them are avoiding me and I know why....I AM A BORING, PSYCHO, HOT-MESS right now! I can't think about anything outside of my pelvic cavity. I don't blame them; hell I bore myself sometimes. Morning temps, ovulation, and periods aren't exactly the most titillating conversation topics. I know that my fabulous friends sympathize with me, but they don't empathize with me (except for Dewey, but I probably bore her too!) It just sucks! I want to be a normal person who thinks about normal things! I want my life back; it may not have been much of one, but it was mine it wasn't ruled by my ovaries! ARGHHHHHHH! I have gone back to therapy in hopes of having a place where I can 'get the crazy out'! My therapist is great we're doing cognitive behavioral therapy to treat my OCD and anxiety. Oh yeah, did I mention I have OCD. I'm not a counter, washer, etc. My OCD manifests itself in obsessive thoughts and feelings. My thoughts are like a record that gets stuck. So being infertile and having OCD is a real picnic. I literally can't think about anything else. I feel like such a freak. The things that other people dismiss get lodged in my head and grow like cancer. There's no escape, there's no end just a continuous play back: you will never have children, your life will be empty, you will feel like this forever, you'll never ovulate, your husband will leave you, your friends will abandon you, your family will shun you, you deserve this, you are a failure, you will always see negative pregnancy tests, you're a bad person, you can't have kids because you are unfit, you're crazy, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children, you will never have children. Then after you repeat it enough you actually start to believe it. Then I become convinced that it is true. OCD is vicious. It has robbed me of a normal life. I can't think about anything besides not being able to have a baby, and other disasters at every turn. I want to be carefree again. To my friends I wish that I could promise an end in sight, I wish that I could be more emotionally involved in your lives, I wish I could be the friend you deserve, but right now I can't. I'm exhausted.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey, Dewey here, I never get bored of hearing it, mainly because I am just as obsessed with it! When some of my friends talk I think I just hear waaaaa-waaaaa-waaaaa so and so is pregnant blur----blur----blur baby shower lalalalalalalalala. Let's just hope that our really great friends will be there after we have our babies and become regular people (somewhat) again.

I so get the thoughts over and over again, except mine usually are "dear god please let me get pregnant, dear god please let me get pregnant, dear god please let me get pregnant, I am so deserving of a baby, dear god please let me get pregnant, dear god please let me get pregnant, I would be such a good mom, dear god please let me get pregnant, dear god please let me get pregnant, my hubby will be such a great father, dear god please let me get pregnant." Try that, at least it isn't as negative :). The car is the worst time for me, but I find a book on tape or talking to a friend help. Years from now we will laugh at our "insane" years of trying to get pregnant, and be complaining to each other about raising teenagers!

Love, D

Anonymous said...

You didn't ask for my opinion, but here it is anyway. Maybe you could write about something else once in a while. Get off the beaten blog-path so to speak. I say this only because I have really enjoyed the ups and downs of your life. I see you as sort of a "Cathy"--you know the comic strip--only a lot deeper and more entertaining. You just seem to see the craziness of everyday life and are able to express it in a unique way.
Too much cotton candy can make you sick, and you seem to be letting this baby race run your life right now. Seems like it should be a goal, not a way of life. While you are waiting, I hope you will continue to exercise your considerable talent for expression.

Wibbs said...

I am deeply relieved that I am more entertaining than "Cathy"...I mean that! I'm more of a Calvin and Hobbes gal!