[smallwonderer]

I had a really long week at work - today alone, I met with 10 different people one at a time for half an hour and had to talk so much my voice went hoarse. I have a hard time feeling stable when dealing with that many people. This was after a very long week of long hours. I think in my head also I think "Oh a normal person could handle this." I'm trying to do that less. Maybe normal people can handle it, but maybe also there are 'normal' people that wouldn't necessarily be able to handle it. What tricks do you use to encourage self-compassion? Because I do realize that thinking "Oh I can't do this because I'm not normal" isn't helping anything..it doesn't make me feel better.

And technically I did meet with the 10 people, I was just miserable afterwards.

Small Wonder, people drain us, that is a fact of life. So you recharge your batteries. you would have to remember that we all have something wrong in our lives that we need others to listen to us so we can process it. you gave a great gift talking to all ten people, you made a difference. this will mean a lot to those you did and in the future you can do one or two people a day rather than all ten. i think it is a miracle and you did do it! tc and blessings

[BlueInanna]

You did it and good job. That was very hard. Maybe we aren't normal but that's ok. We are ok. Breathe that sigh of relief that you got it done. Then yes recharge do nurturing gentle things for yourself. Telling yourself positive things retrains the subconscious mind. Hope you can rest all weekend or do something enjoys able.