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Old Apr 16, 2020, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by BirdDancer View Post
I'm feeling a little overwhelmed recently. My anxiety levels are high. It's hurting me.

I forgot my evening medications until late last night, so I didn't fall asleep until 3 am. A similar thing happened only about two weeks ago, but I missed them completely that night thinking I had taken them.

I talked to my sister yesterday. I got worked up. She's so ignorant about much of what's going on. She just listens to her husband who believes in conspiracy stories. I reminded her that this year may bring huge changes for me, depending. People's decisions determine paths. Yes, a vague statement.

My dad called me yesterday. I had been calling him, but him not me. I told him to make calls and not always just wait for them. My dad is slightly desperate. He's avoiding many things, as if hiding in a closet. I wish I could help him more, but as Tennessee Williams wrote in Cat On a Hot Tin Roof:

Brick: "How does one drowning man help another drowning man?"
I'm sorry your having a rough time right now, yes indeed our lives have been just tossed up into the air and we now wait to see how it all comes back down..

How about setting a repeating alarm on your phone as a reminder to take meds and then set another alarm to go off 15-20 mins later in case you shut off the first and get side tracked??

As the Airline attendants say before the plane takes off .. Put your oxygen mask on before you try to help someone else.. Your self care comes before your Sister and Dad right now

I'm always around if you need an ear
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