How are you coping today? #3

WovenGalaxy · Jan 21, 2021 at 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed

I’m seriously considering going inpatient to the mental health hospital. My anxiety is so out of control. I don’t feel like it’s a safety issue but I can’t eat much and I’m sleeping terribly and it’s just taking a toll on me.

Buffy01 · Jan 21, 2021 at 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Breaking Dawn

Today I think I feel like I'm coping a little better than recently. I mostly attribute that to reading posts, including different forums here. I also keep purposely remembering things I learned in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

How is that working for you?

Buffy01 · Jan 21, 2021 at 04:11 PM

I feel so bad that my elderly neighbor has the virus and all that back think is in glad that it is not me.

Have Hope · Jan 21, 2021 at 05:23 PM

I feel very alone and very lonely.

Mountaindewed · Jan 22, 2021 at 05:21 PM

Today was rough just anxiety wise but I coped with it. I took half my night meds an hour ago and I actually feel much better now then I did all day. My stomach doesn’t hurt either for once. I switched up what I usually eat and I ate different stuff.

Deilla · Jan 22, 2021 at 05:35 PM

I'm coping by grounding myself.

Discombobulated · Jan 23, 2021 at 03:18 PM

I had a really good chat with my sister on the phone this afternoon about our mutual anxieties and concerns, it sounds depressing but actually it was very therapeutic for us both just to listen and be listened too. I am so glad to have her in these worrying times.

I am so tired today which I think is a winter thing, I ran this morning but the cold air really hits my lungs and makes it hard work. I may try the indoor exercise bike for a bit.

Deilla · Jan 23, 2021 at 04:28 PM

I'm coping today by keeping myself busy. I also ordered a couple of frappuccinos from Starbucks. That helps me feel good. So does retail therapy.

Mountaindewed · Jan 23, 2021 at 09:39 PM

I coped pretty well today. I didn’t watch the news, look at social media, or drink coffee. So my anxiety was low. I read all day so I didn’t think about my depression. I still don’t quite understand the difference between heathy distraction and bad distraction/avoidance. I may not have done a perfect job because I was getting so involved in my books that I was neglecting food. Although I did eat today I just didn’t make my calorie goal and my meals were really spread out. But I felt good today.

Deilla · Jan 24, 2021 at 01:06 AM

I'm struggling this morning. I took a nap, journaled and played my game. None of it is helping. I feel very sad and all alone. Maybe I can try REST and mindfulness.

Breaking Dawn · Jan 24, 2021 at 10:47 AM

I don't know how I am coping. Maybe later I'll know.

Discombobulated · Jan 24, 2021 at 04:24 PM

A working day so coping mentally much better, it's always the same these days.

Deilla · Jan 24, 2021 at 05:02 PM

I'm coping much better this afternoon. I received nice messages from several friends. And my online therapist sent me a message on her day off. She seems like she really cares about her clients. In a way, she's sort of like a friend/therapist.

Marylin · Jan 24, 2021 at 06:47 PM

We all in the UK are nationally under lockdown since January 4th,we not meant to go out unless essential to get food or go to a medical appointment.No households mixing no travelling out of your home town/city......it's really affecting my mental health,anxiety,depression,claustrophobia,isolation...I am alone 24 hours a day don't see anyone....only communicate with family via text and messenger......on facebook...I am going to go mad or kill myself if this goes on as long as they say...until September.I am not coping well at all I am fed up of just existing and lack of human contact and warmth.

Mountaindewed · Jan 24, 2021 at 07:56 PM

I coped well today. My anxiety and moods were fine. I got a lot of reading done and a lot of stuff down around the house.

Marylin · Jan 25, 2021 at 04:51 AM

I am still demoralised due to lockdown,I feel pretty awful being couped up indoors,hoping for a miracle to get rid of covid and our incompetent leaders,praying for things to go back to normal,word is they never will cos of Agenda 21 and Agenda 30.We are in the midst of a great reset,God help us all,we are going to be culled and those of us that survive will live in destitution.

TishaBuv · Jan 25, 2021 at 07:48 AM

I just have to sit, alone with uncomfortable feelings. I’ve had real interpersonal issues with family members: C, R, D, S. I pray those relationships improve, or that my upset over it heals. I believe C and R hopes the same, but won’t or can’t change. I believe D is brainwashed, so I really don’t know what he feels deep down, but his actions show he doesn’t really care and has moved on to his own life at the exclusion of his relationship with his parents. I believe S never gave her cruelly executed abandonment another thought, except she is annoyed I have taken offense.

Have Hope · Jan 25, 2021 at 07:50 AM

I am coping OK I guess. I refrained from texting my ex last night when I was missing him and I am very proud of myself for doing so. I am extricating myself from an abusive marriage and it's proving to be the fight of my life. He is being all sweet now and is trying to persuade me back in. I will not budge though, no matter how hard he tries and no matter how sweet he is. I know it's false and I know it's a facade. Give him two weeks or one month and he'll be right back to his abusive self.

Deilla · Jan 25, 2021 at 08:24 AM

I am coping well this morning. I'm staying busy and I have plans for the day.

Discombobulated · Jan 25, 2021 at 04:31 PM

I had a good day, working and busy, dropped some daffodils in for my mum, it's so strange we haven't seen each other since Christmas. We spoke on the phone tonight though.

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Buffy01 Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2017 Location: USA Posts: 9,504 (SuperPoster!) 6 9,684 hugs given	Jan 21, 2021 at 04:11 PM #603 I feel so bad that my elderly neighbor has the virus and all that back think is in glad that it is not me.

Have Hope Wise Elder Member Since Dec 2017 Location: Eastern, USA Posts: 9,077 (SuperPoster!) 6 3,625 hugs given	Jan 21, 2021 at 05:23 PM #604 I feel very alone and very lonely. __________________ "Twenty-five years and my life is still trying to get up that great big hill of hope for a destination" ~4 Non Blondes

Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 36,086 (SuperPoster!) 7 8,725 hugs given	Jan 22, 2021 at 05:21 PM #605 Today was rough just anxiety wise but I coped with it. I took half my night meds an hour ago and I actually feel much better now then I did all day. My stomach doesn’t hurt either for once. I switched up what I usually eat and I ate different stuff. __________________ Ridin' with Biden

Deilla Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2017 Location: Limsa Lominsa Posts: 29,401 (SuperPoster!) 6 49.2k hugs given	Jan 22, 2021 at 05:35 PM #606 I'm coping by grounding myself. __________________ ‘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	Jan 23, 2021 at 04:28 PM #608 I'm coping today by keeping myself busy. I also ordered a couple of frappuccinos from Starbucks. That helps me feel good. So does retail therapy. __________________ ‘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	Jan 24, 2021 at 01:06 AM #610 I'm struggling this morning. I took a nap, journaled and played my game. None of it is helping. I feel very sad and all alone. Maybe I can try REST and mindfulness. __________________ ‘Live for now,’ ‘This too shall pass,’ ‘Everything is happening for my good.’

Breaking Dawn Legendary Member Since Sep 2019 Location: USA Posts: 16,689 (SuperPoster!) 4 42.2k hugs given	Jan 24, 2021 at 10:47 AM #611 I don't know how I am coping. Maybe later I'll know.

Discombobulated Grand Magnate Member Since Oct 2019 Location: UK Posts: 4,682 (SuperPoster!) 4 11.6k hugs given	Jan 24, 2021 at 04:24 PM #612 A working day so coping mentally much better, it's always the same these days.

Deilla Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2017 Location: Limsa Lominsa Posts: 29,401 (SuperPoster!) 6 49.2k hugs given	Jan 24, 2021 at 05:02 PM #613 I'm coping much better this afternoon. I received nice messages from several friends. And my online therapist sent me a message on her day off. She seems like she really cares about her clients. In a way, she's sort of like a friend/therapist. __________________ ‘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: 36,086 (SuperPoster!) 7 8,725 hugs given	Jan 24, 2021 at 07:56 PM #615 I coped well today. My anxiety and moods were fine. I got a lot of reading done and a lot of stuff down around the house. __________________ Ridin' with Biden

Deilla Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2017 Location: Limsa Lominsa Posts: 29,401 (SuperPoster!) 6 49.2k hugs given	Jan 25, 2021 at 08:24 AM #619 I am coping well this morning. I'm staying busy and I have plans for the day. __________________ ‘Live for now,’ ‘This too shall pass,’ ‘Everything is happening for my good.’

Discombobulated Grand Magnate Member Since Oct 2019 Location: UK Posts: 4,682 (SuperPoster!) 4 11.6k hugs given	Jan 25, 2021 at 04:31 PM #620 I had a good day, working and busy, dropped some daffodils in for my mum, it's so strange we haven't seen each other since Christmas. We spoke on the phone tonight though.