Tonight USA Network aired NCIS episode 'Skeletons'. In this episode, Abby is really depressed. Everyone is concerned about her. She isn't the normal bubbly Abby who always has music playing and spouts an infectious optimism. Instead, her lab is silent, and she is acting more like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. The team tries to find out what is wrong to no avail. When Gibbs stops by to find out what she has learned about the case, after she tells him what she has found, he just stands and stares at Abby. He says nothing, but Abby spills her guts. At the end of the scene, after Gibbs still has said nothing, Abby hug him and says 'Thanks Gibbs. You always know what to say."
On occasion I have days like Abby had in that episode. I like to call them 'rainy days & Mondays' (from the song by The Carpenters). We all deal with rainy days & Mondays differently. But thanks to Abby, I now have a better way to deal with them. Forget the self-help books, Dr. Phil, a psychiatrist, or medication. All I have to do is put an NCIS dvd on, pause it when Gibbs is on screen and spill my guts. When I am done, I can then turn to the screen and say 'Thanks Gibbs. You always know what to say!" I bet that will make me feel just as good as any of the other options I have tried in the past to get over the rainy days & Mondays blues. It can't hurt.
One way NCIS had helped me cope in real life.
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