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Posted by Racer on March 14, 2006, at 18:59:18
Since it seems that many of us have the dominant version of the Procrastination Gene, how about we egg each other on with what we're doing right now? Each of us post what we plan to do, weekly, or even daily, and then check in with what we've done?
Personally, while I can procrastinate under any circumstances, I do tend to do more when I might be embarrassed at not having done it.
You know, I'm not able to express myself tonight. Past nap time, I guess.
Anyway, how about we goose each other? Anyone else up for it?
Posted by fallsfall on March 15, 2006, at 21:35:44
In reply to How about a group goosing?, posted by Racer on March 14, 2006, at 18:59:18
Sure. What do you have due, Racer?
I have to analyze some data and write a rough draft by Sat. night.
I've got a horrible cold, and my therapist is on vacation, so I've been "goofing" off. Hopefully I'll start feeling better tomorrow and make some progress.
Posted by Racer on March 16, 2006, at 11:55:44
In reply to Re: How about a group goosing? » Racer, posted by fallsfall on March 15, 2006, at 21:35:44
Of course, my excuse is that the Adderall put me to sleep for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon. The Sleep Attack started about an hour and a half after taking my second dose of the day, so it's not that it's wearing off...
Anyway, my project is to find treatment resources for two fictional people, one with depression/grief issues, the other with an eating disorder. I've got to show how I went about searching for treatment options, what I've learned about each of them, etc. And doesn't that sound easy? I've searched out options for myself, and found treatment, so I can just use that, right? HA! It's the documentation that gets me, and that I really don't want to turn something in that says, "I learned this while searching for treatment for myself..." "Yes, Dr Instructor, I was looking for treatment, while wandering around at 95#, with my pdoc never questioning the fact that weight gain was such an issue for me that I refused to take various drugs he thought might help." I don't think so. I'd much rather he continue to think I'm just a good student. :-) Somehow, learning that it's just Obsessive Compulsive Features doesn't seem quite so impressive, you know?
So, for my project, I would like to have a draft complete by Sunday night. I would like that draft to show the following elements:
1. Brief description of the fictional clients.
2. Recommended treatments
2.a. Where those treatment recommendations came from.
3. An outline showing how the rest will be set up, which will include:3.a. Information about the quality and quantity of information from various sources ("the yellow pages contains two listings under eating disorders, both for individual psychotherapists.")
3.b. Ease of access of information, along with consistency of information (Do the same resources show up across multiple websites, for example)
3.c. Information gathered from the resources found. Costs, insurance coverage, restrictions, etc.So far, I've gotten information from two local non-profit agencies -- one of which only accepts referrals from County Mental Health; the other has a sliding scale, and will accept pretty much anyone, although the two fictionals would be somewhat restricted: the one with depression/grief would be evaluated, required to have a pdoc and be on medications, and would be referred elsewhere if she were deemed to need more than they could offer. I've also "interviewed" my own T, who specializes in EDs; and a local psychiatrist, who was very generous in answering my questions.
Next, I need to call the local ED day program, and get a little info from them -- since my T wanted me to enter it, I already know a fair amount, but need more info, and anyway have to talk to the head of it about the support group there, which needs to get going again...
So, most of what I need to do by Sunday is writing an outline. And that means settling into it, and not goofing off.
Oh, and I have to do math homework, too...
So, duck duck?
Posted by agent858 on March 16, 2006, at 22:14:42
In reply to LoL! Yep, lots of goofing off... » fallsfall, posted by Racer on March 16, 2006, at 11:55:44
i don't know what to dooooooo
i just do some reading and go 'yup interesting hmm'
and i don't know what to dooooooo
i should write something...
but i don't have anything to saycrappy crap crap
Posted by fallsfall on March 17, 2006, at 16:04:38
In reply to LoL! Yep, lots of goofing off... » fallsfall, posted by Racer on March 16, 2006, at 11:55:44
Sounds like you have it pretty well thought out.
I'm trying to get my brain out of its "I'm sick" phase. I wish there was some way I could tell whether I was sick with a cold or with depression....
And my computer is acting up - it gets into a state where it doesn't recognize mouse clicks, but the mouse moves. It doesn't matter if I'm using the touchpad or the mouse, and it happens both in Explorer and Excel. No viruses showed up. Fortunately I have another computer to do the Excel work on, but I've got to get this one fixed.
I'm going to process my data a bit.
Let me know how your stuff is going.
Posted by Racer on March 17, 2006, at 17:25:37
In reply to Re: LoL! Yep, lots of goofing off... » Racer, posted by fallsfall on March 17, 2006, at 16:04:38
> Sounds like you have it pretty well thought out.
>
>HA! Nope, not really... I'm pretending I do, though, and we'll see if that old "fake it 'til you make it" thing holds true.
This morning, I came up against the hardest part of this for me: documenting where I got the information, especially information about recommended treatments! (I'm rolling on the floor about this -- think I could just write, "I'm a fat anorexic, and suffer depression -- I know this stuff on accounta it's what I was told when I was looking for treatment?" Wonder how the instructor would react to that?)
So, I've spent too much time getting lost looking that sort of thing up. Trying to find concise treatment guidelines for treating depression and anorexia. Not a lot of joy out there -- half the guidelines out there for depression treatment, for example, are contradictory: "Psychotherapy works better than medication," "Many people with depression need medication, but don't need psychotherapy," although I think I finally found the NIMH recommendation that both be used.
And I've written about half a page of the outline. Just got some notes about the "client" and about treatment recommendations. While writing that, I got lost searching for where I allegedly found those recommendations...
I'm sorry you're not feeling well. I didn't sleep well last night, and it's certainly having it's affect on me. Oh, and did I mention our TV blew up? I usually do my math homework in front of the TV, so that's not doing so well, either...
Definitely time for Wapner...
Posted by fairywings on March 20, 2006, at 10:40:43
In reply to How about a group goosing?, posted by Racer on March 14, 2006, at 18:59:18
That's such a good idea Racer. Happyflower and I are doing that with exercise bec. we're planning on running a race together. I'm lazy and procrastinate, she motivates my lazy butt. It's been working really well. Hope it works well for you too. I start my class in a few weeks, hope I don't procrastinate, but like everything else I prob. will.
Good luck!
fw
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