Feeling rough

Had a fight with my 17-year-old last night. Cried a lot and barely slept. Now I'm trying to watch my 9-year-old, and I'm so tired I'm nauseous. My eyes are swollen from crying, and I feel so unstable because of lack of sleep. :-(

What do you do when you're feeling down to make yourself feel better?

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It sounds like you had a very rough, sad evening. Do you feel responsible for the fight with your 17-year old? I am just wondering because I have four teenagers and mine are able to manipulate my emotions easily and make me feel awful for the way I react to a given situation. Adding this with bp symptoms that are not in control definitely adds to a feeling of instability.
Since you are with your 9-year old, maybe the two of you can watch a movie together-this will allow you some time to relax and maybe sleep a bit??? Be honest with your child letting him or her know that you are very tired and don't feel well and ask if he or she can suggest a quiet activity to do together.
As for feeling down, be kind to yourself. Don't let the sadness from the fight control you today. I know, easy for me to say, but it is possible if you can keep your mind from going there.
Many hugs!
Bluemountains

I don't really feel responsible for the fight. Mainly just sad. We rarely get into it, so it kind of surprised me. My youngest and I are watching a movie right now, but I just want to go to sleep. So miserably tired!

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Wow. My youngest just told me that his dad (my ex-husband) calls me lazy all the time. That's pretty awful. Now I really feel crappy.

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It's important that everyone in the family knows how important sleep is to one's health, whether or not you have a mental condition. You should take whatever steps you can to try and catch up on that sleep.

try watching something really funny.

if you can get hold of them.. big daddy, clockwise, paul, they are all really amusing

try and go outside for a bit

make things (cookies etc)

do a puzzle/ crossword

I'm sorry you are feeling so badly; I hope you get some sleep soon. And I hope things are restored with your 17 year old. Are you not able to sleep with your 9 year old around? To be honest, I sleep with my youngest kiddos around sometimes (but by accident) which I know is terrible.

My 7 year old has called me lazy a couple of times and I have NO idea where she gets it from, my hubs and I are still together. It really does make me feel terrible about myself. How do you explain to a child that age what depression is? I know how you feel to an extent and it is terrible.

Hi gloamingone

There's nothing worse than being kicked when we're already down - I'm sorry to hear that you had to hear the comments about you being lazy, that's really unfair.

I'm sorry that the argument left you feeling upset. Lack of sleep can make us miserable.

I've walked into shops before with my sunglasses on because my eyes have been so puffy from crying the night before. I call it puffy eye syndrome!

A nice hot bubble bath with a good magazine helps.

Lock the door. Keep the kids out.

Light a candle.

Have some me time.

Thank you so much, everyone, for your amazing kindness! My heart feels so full right now. I got through yesterday with the help of Thor. Lol I was in bed by 7:30 and feel somewhat better. :-)

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