How are you coping today? #3

Mountaindewed · Nov 18, 2020 at 05:46 PM

Last night I honestly kind of lost control with my meds. It was scary because I’ve always been really good with knowing when to stop and when I’ve had enough and last night I just felt out of control. It was unusual for me. So today I put on RuPauls Drag Race all day. From 9:30AM-now. It is the one thing that can calm me down and totally distract me. It’s like a light switch for my brain. Then I got a call from the doctor saying I have an infection. So maybe I felt ****** for a reason besides mental health. But last night was not good. Today was ok because of how distracted I was with TV.

Breaking Dawn · Nov 18, 2020 at 07:16 PM

I guess I have been coping. I woke up a short time ago to evidence that I was awake while I was asleep.

Nov 19, 2020 at 03:17 AM

Erg, starting to realize that everyone around me is completely hopeless. There is no point to this. The only thing to do now is set boundaries, build tolerance for ignorance and barricade all negativity out of my life.

Deilla · Nov 19, 2020 at 04:02 AM

I haven't been coping well today. I've been sleep/stress eating. I don't have anything I have to do today. So I will try to rest and relax.

Mountaindewed · Nov 19, 2020 at 02:12 PM

Visibly I’m coping great. But I haven’t heard from my therapist after she told me she was going to call my Pdoc and to go to the hospital. So I’m wondering if I’m either off the hook with them or **** will hit the fan later in afternoon. I can’t really concentrate on anything. I just keep refreshing my email. I also have to pickup groceries at 5 tonight since 2 different stores were out of almost everything I ordered.

Discombobulated · Nov 19, 2020 at 04:01 PM

I'm okay - it was sunny, bright and that helped everyone. Noticed lots of smiles out and about today.

I do feel a bit strange and disconnected but who doesn't.

Buffy01 · Nov 19, 2020 at 06:45 PM

I watch some Christmas movies to try to feel better.

Breaking Dawn · Nov 19, 2020 at 10:34 PM

Barely, but I'm ok. Thank God for wonderful music.

Deilla · Nov 19, 2020 at 11:57 PM

Not well. I've been stress eating.

Mountaindewed · Nov 20, 2020 at 05:50 PM

I’m doing pretty good today but I’ve been using reading to distract myself from what I’m feeling. Basically I just have a couple physical things going on I’m trying not to worry about and am just ignoring but that I know needs attention and then I still have the whole med situation. I’m doing good being off the remeron and visteril. At least I think I am. I don’t think I was any worse or better on them but that hunger side effect was driving me crazy.

Deilla · Nov 20, 2020 at 07:59 PM

I stayed busy all day. That helped me make it through cause I had a migraine for most of the day. I am relaxing now. I might go to bed early.

Discombobulated · Nov 21, 2020 at 11:54 AM

I have had headaches, achy muscles and fatigue the last few days- something I get periodically. Just riding it out and sleeping a lot. Luckily not working these last few days so plenty of time to rest.

Deilla · Nov 21, 2020 at 12:00 PM

It's a nice morning. I have my slider open. The cats are enjoying it. All that helps me feel good. So I guess I am coping well. I'm in a good mood. I plan to start cooking lunch soon. I think it will be fun.

Mountaindewed · Nov 21, 2020 at 04:48 PM

I’m not coping badly today But I could be doing better. Sometimes I feel like that all I have to do is just try a little bit harder. At everything.

~*glass_owl*~ · Nov 23, 2020 at 02:44 PM

I am coping with mindfulness: object mindfulness, body awareness, and Shambala meditation techniques I learned in warrior training (they offer free classes in some cities and mindfulness you learn in dialectical behavioral therapy is based on meditation like Shambala is). I find sometimes mindfulness is more helpful, because I'm so scared meditation just makes me focus on my illness where as mindfulness distracts me from the emotional pain of the illness. Although meditation helps me to see it and work through it if it isn't too challenging. It's hard to see past the self when voices and delusions are yelling at you or you feel paranoid about the noises outside.

Discombobulated · Nov 23, 2020 at 02:47 PM

I did better today, ups and downs of life. Kept my worrying in check which is good.

Mountaindewed · Nov 23, 2020 at 06:39 PM

I’m doing good today. I got 3 loads of laundry done. A book finished and I started up again on one I already started awhile ago. My physical symptoms are rough but I’m just trying to push through.

Deilla · Nov 24, 2020 at 12:54 PM

I had a hectic morning, but I am relaxing now. Later I will take my cat to the vet. I'm nervous about that but I'm trying to keep calm. I guess I'm coping okay.

Mountaindewed · Nov 24, 2020 at 09:02 PM

It’s been about a week since I emailed my therapist. And I’m doing pretty good without her but I obviously am still thinking about her. Although I didn’t think about her at all today until tonight.

Mountaindewed · Nov 25, 2020 at 06:52 PM

I wonder if she’s concerned I haven’t emailed her and don’t plan to. The last time we talked I had taken a bunch of meds I wasn’t supposed to and she suggested I go to the hospital for an assessment. I’m not sure how to tell her I just needed an uninterrupted vacation since I disrupted her summer vacation with an email. I don’t want to sound hypocritical although I’ll probably come off that way.

And I’m not not emailing her for attention. My mental health was just suffering too much and I needed to take control.

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Breaking Dawn Legendary Member Since Sep 2019 Location: USA Posts: 16,689 (SuperPoster!) 4 42.2k hugs given	Nov 18, 2020 at 07:16 PM #282 I guess I have been coping. I woke up a short time ago to evidence that I was awake while I was asleep.

Anonymous41250 Guest Posts: n/a	Nov 19, 2020 at 03:17 AM #283 Erg, starting to realize that everyone around me is completely hopeless. There is no point to this. The only thing to do now is set boundaries, build tolerance for ignorance and barricade all negativity out of my life.

Deilla Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2017 Location: Limsa Lominsa Posts: 29,401 (SuperPoster!) 6 49.2k hugs given	Nov 19, 2020 at 04:02 AM #284 I haven't been coping well today. I've been sleep/stress eating. I don't have anything I have to do today. So I will try to rest and relax. __________________ ‘Live for now,’ ‘This too shall pass,’ ‘Everything is happening for my good.’

Discombobulated Grand Magnate Member Since Oct 2019 Location: UK Posts: 4,684 (SuperPoster!) 4 11.6k hugs given	Nov 19, 2020 at 04:01 PM #286 I'm okay - it was sunny, bright and that helped everyone. Noticed lots of smiles out and about today. I do feel a bit strange and disconnected but who doesn't.

Buffy01 Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2017 Location: USA Posts: 9,514 (SuperPoster!) 6 9,697 hugs given	Nov 19, 2020 at 06:45 PM #287 I watch some Christmas movies to try to feel better.

Breaking Dawn Legendary Member Since Sep 2019 Location: USA Posts: 16,689 (SuperPoster!) 4 42.2k hugs given	Nov 19, 2020 at 10:34 PM #288 Barely, but I'm ok. Thank God for wonderful music.

Deilla Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2017 Location: Limsa Lominsa Posts: 29,401 (SuperPoster!) 6 49.2k hugs given	Nov 19, 2020 at 11:57 PM #289 Not well. I've been stress eating. __________________ ‘Live for now,’ ‘This too shall pass,’ ‘Everything is happening for my good.’

Deilla Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2017 Location: Limsa Lominsa Posts: 29,401 (SuperPoster!) 6 49.2k hugs given	Nov 20, 2020 at 07:59 PM #291 I stayed busy all day. That helped me make it through cause I had a migraine for most of the day. I am relaxing now. I might go to bed early. __________________ ‘Live for now,’ ‘This too shall pass,’ ‘Everything is happening for my good.’

Discombobulated Grand Magnate Member Since Oct 2019 Location: UK Posts: 4,684 (SuperPoster!) 4 11.6k hugs given	Nov 21, 2020 at 11:54 AM #292 I have had headaches, achy muscles and fatigue the last few days- something I get periodically. Just riding it out and sleeping a lot. Luckily not working these last few days so plenty of time to rest.

Deilla Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2017 Location: Limsa Lominsa Posts: 29,401 (SuperPoster!) 6 49.2k hugs given	Nov 21, 2020 at 12:00 PM #293 It's a nice morning. I have my slider open. The cats are enjoying it. All that helps me feel good. So I guess I am coping well. I'm in a good mood. I plan to start cooking lunch soon. I think it will be fun. __________________ ‘Live for now,’ ‘This too shall pass,’ ‘Everything is happening for my good.’

Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 36,120 (SuperPoster!) 7 8,737 hugs given	Nov 21, 2020 at 04:48 PM #294 I’m not coping badly today But I could be doing better. Sometimes I feel like that all I have to do is just try a little bit harder. At everything. __________________ Ridin' with Biden

Discombobulated Grand Magnate Member Since Oct 2019 Location: UK Posts: 4,684 (SuperPoster!) 4 11.6k hugs given	Nov 23, 2020 at 02:47 PM #296 I did better today, ups and downs of life. Kept my worrying in check which is good.

Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 36,120 (SuperPoster!) 7 8,737 hugs given	Nov 23, 2020 at 06:39 PM #297 I’m doing good today. I got 3 loads of laundry done. A book finished and I started up again on one I already started awhile ago. My physical symptoms are rough but I’m just trying to push through. __________________ Ridin' with Biden

Deilla Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2017 Location: Limsa Lominsa Posts: 29,401 (SuperPoster!) 6 49.2k hugs given	Nov 24, 2020 at 12:54 PM #298 I had a hectic morning, but I am relaxing now. Later I will take my cat to the vet. I'm nervous about that but I'm trying to keep calm. I guess I'm coping okay. __________________ ‘Live for now,’ ‘This too shall pass,’ ‘Everything is happening for my good.’

Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 36,120 (SuperPoster!) 7 8,737 hugs given	Nov 24, 2020 at 09:02 PM #299 It’s been about a week since I emailed my therapist. And I’m doing pretty good without her but I obviously am still thinking about her. Although I didn’t think about her at all today until tonight. __________________ Ridin' with Biden