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Tailgate

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  1. 39 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said:

    Will they be serving beer this weekend? I am so used to it now at the Disch, but aren't there different rules for official NCAA Tournaments?. I can't remember if they did at the 2014 Super Regional. 

    I am glad you asked this question and was assuming they were...but per the rules posted for NCAA it looks like a no.

    Explains the hospitality tent email I got from the Foundation. Will be along third base line.

    Ill make sure my consumption level is peaking at 8pm.

  2. Thanks for all these thoughts. I will likely be doing at least two days of diving. And, at least one day of fishing. The rest will be beach or poolside. 

    Is it worth having a car there? Usually we cab or Uber it at night for dinners when we are at other spots.

  3. Just got my two! See y'all at the Disch. Out of curiosity...how many of yall are going to every game? I am not sure about sun baking to watch the ags at 4pm....may hit a bar for that game and then head to the disch in the last few innings of it.

  4. Just got an order confirmation email...not a season ticket holder so looks like they are starting to allocate them. Doesn’t show me where I am sitting yet...but I’ll be there! \m/

    Edit - Looks like they just refunded two extra tickets I had in my cart but couldn’t delete for some reason...I called first thing this morning to let them know. But called again now and the person I spoke with said “You should be good.” Emails with printable tickets are going out tomorrow.

     

  5. 5 hours ago, dad said:

    I think i'll shop around to try a therapist out to get some good ole CBT to see if that helps. It's probably too expensive per session to go through with it all the way for my health care budget but I could at least try 3 or so sessions to see if it seems like it could help. Why not now for "mental health awareness month"..

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    @cactusflinthead: The psychedelic -assisted  therapy stuff sounds very interesting. If I knew of someone around DFW that could do that I would give it a try. I would give anything a try!

    @Bogeywon: I can relate to the wife not completely understanding what we're going through. I've asked my wife to drive on a couple of occasions on long trips because there's something about driving a car in heavy traffic for hours on end that doesn't mix well with someone with anxiety. On one occasion she got upset with me over something unrelated and she threw it in my face that she "wasn't my chauffeur" which kind of hurt. Other than that she's been very supportive when I'm feeling really bad but you wouldn't say something like that if you truly felt the physical symptoms that a full blown anxiety attack can bring.  

    Good for you for going...I literally just had to go once to hear the words I mentioned. “You’re ok, normal, and have too much stuff going on so this is not uncommon.” I never needed to go back.

  6. 5 hours ago, dad said:

    I'm sure no one remembers but I had a scare with my heart after some chest pain and fainting back in March. Had it fully checked out and the doctors say my heart is in good condition but the whole ordeal gave me anxiety symptoms. I felt this anxiety from March till mid April and then it went away for about three weeks but now for the past 3 weeks it has come back. The doc originally gave me some Klonopin to take on an as needed basis which I did take on a few occasions but I am/was hesitant to do this unless it was a severe anxiety attack because I don't want to become dependent on them. I finally went back to the doc a few weeks ago and to tell him how the specialists checks went and to see what he thought I should do about the anxiety. He prescribed Zoloft so I've been taking 50 mg (1/2 pill) everyday for the past two weeks. I do feel like it gives me a "boost" for a few hours after taking it but it doesn't prevent the symptoms from coming on later in the day. Hell just this weekend I took the half of a pill around noon and while I was at Pluckers at around 3 PM for lunch I had a full blown anxiety attack. 

    My question to you guys is how many people here have experience with SSRI's and how long it takes for them to really take effect? Do they make you feel "normal" the entire day? Any stories of stopping them after extended use and any withdrawal symptoms? Any issues with being on SSRI's and performing intense cardio? I played basketball a few times after I started taking Zoloft and I feel like I get a little dizzy when I'm done playing. 

    Another question is do you guys think that speaking to a therapist would help? I feel like I know nothing very stressful is going on around me so if I know that it's happening for no good reason now than how can someone "talk me out" of these weird physical symptoms? I could be at home watching movies all weekend and feel the anxiety related symptoms with nothing triggering it so how can I talk that away? 

    A therapist will absolutely help. I had a full blown ‘I’m having a massive heart attack’ right after college in the early 90s. I went to see someone and just the words ‘you have a lot of shit going on...this is ok and ‘not uncommon’ helped me tremendously. I had a few years after that but always went back to this encounter and sure enough at the time had way too much going on and was jacked up on caffeine and smoking cigs...had to chill the hell out...all the media, devices and info pounding us now does not help...have to step away at times and breathe.

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  7. On 3/31/2018 at 8:03 PM, SDG said:

    Not cable cutting, but if you watch sports at bars download the Tunity app.  Take a pic of the TV and magically the sound appears...

    Thanks for the pro tip....just downloaded and worked on first channel I pointed it too...look forward to trying it crowded bar/restaurant.

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