How are you coping today? #4

I'm doing okay although the pain is coming and going, there doesn't seem a reason for it but can't see my physio until next week.

In myself I'm doing well.

I am freaking the **** out— I have a headache and want to throw up. I accidentally dented my car by driving it into a concrete post in a parking lot (I was super stressed and i put the car in drive instead of reverse) and now my car has scrapes and a big *** dent in it. I’m in the break room at work and I DO NOT WANT TO BE HERE. It’ll just be another **** show like it always is. And now I’m backtracking and I’m terrified that I forgot to take my meds this morning. Which is making me freak out even more. Help

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I almost want to go to the ER right now I just feel so nauseated and sick. I took my meds and I’m just kind of waiting for things to hopefully pass. I took a zofran and a Xanax and so far they aren’t working which is a bit concerning. I haven’t checked my temp yet. I think I may have a slight one and then I may have to call my hospital. I haven’t eaten a lot today so maybe soup will help. I just feel bad asking for so much help.

I've been reading about our Universe. Interesting distraction helps me.

Way way better than yesterday— fortunately, no other cars were involved in my collision and the damage seems to be isolated to my front door. I called my insurance and we will wait til I get an estimate on the repairs from from the collision center to determine if submitting a claim is advisable. Took my kitty in for her recheck and her eye infection is gone! Just as well since she is totally over getting her eye drops lol. All in all, a better day than yesterday.

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I’m doing ok today. I called my surgeon though because things were getting to be too much pain wise. So he helped me out and I feel better although I’m still nauseated and a bit in pain. Overall I coped well today. My mom and I got into it this morning because I asked her to take my blood pressure because I felt like it was ER type high and she got upset at me because my brother had lost his wallet. So she took it out on me and I retorted back a bit. Then therapy was strange but I handled it well. I don’t really think of her as a support person. Like she try’s very hard to be supportive but she just creeps me out and makes me not very responsive to her. It’s not like the support team I had back where I used to live.

Pain on and off today, but as I wasn't working I decided not to dose up on painkillers. I did yoga carefully and it helped short term at least.

I'm okay in myself.

I have a medical appointment today. I'm nervous about it so I'm getting dressed in the middle of the night. Hopefully, I can go back to sleep once I'm dressed and feel calmer.

It's 10am here now, I'm tired with a sleep debt of 1.5 nights (I haven't had this much in a while!!), but happy that I caught up on some job, got another one done 1 hour early, and I've got an extended deadline for the rest without even asking?! So now I have a chance to really just try and do work without being delayed, a normal amount of it every day. That makes me feel very content too rightnow. I also felt very disillusioned early morning having gone through some bad memories about someone again but it helps with moving on and I felt even more freed and accepting of what happened. So coping right now.

Slept great last night. Still drinking my first cup of coffee.

Doing ok today,yesterday was rough,had a mini breakdown,guess it had to come out at some point.

Hi, @Wolfnwalk! Welcome to these forums!

I think I'm doing a little bit better today. I enjoyed some reading, & some coffee.

I was feeling so wonderful earlier today but now my mood is rather spoiled because I found out that now the washing machine needs fixing. I feel like I just want so badly to be able to make it work like it should again. I wish my riding mower would start. I'm feeling rather helpless in a way. At least I have my push mower. There seems to be little I can count on that's good in life.

There’s this wedding this weekend that everyone is going to and it’s my choice not to go but I do feel a bit left out. But a lot of people are going to be there and I’m uncomfortable seeing a whole bunch of people at one time. Plus I’m kind of stuck at the house until I can get a ride back from someone. And it could be midnight before someone’s ready to head back. I get tired early and then cranky early. I feel like I’d just be a burden on my mom and super uncomfortable and awkward around everyone. But today besides the anxiety and too much caffeine I coped well. I ate healthy, got out of the house for a bit, and I am overall pleased with how things turned out despite my surgeon not calling today. The pain is still there but it’s not a big deal unlike Sunday, Monday and Tuesday when it was almost unbearable.

I'm not coping well. I've had a busy day. I would like to relax now. But I find it difficult. I am sad and lonely. I'm afraid to go to sleep cause I'll just keep waking up.

All day long I've been trying to be involved with anything outside of myself. Distraction usually helps me. But as soon as I finished with whatever it was today, I started to feel depressed & anxious. Maybe I mainly need a good night's sleep.

I think I need sleep as well. I only slept 5 hours. I'm very depressed. I tried distraction but that didn't help. I'm doing housework now. Maybe that will help me feel better and get me tired enough to go back to bed.

IMO, adequate sleep is an important part of healing our depression. I hope you are able to get go back to sleep this morning or get a nap.

I'm doing okay, enjoying summer days. I started my day off with yoga, it's helping physically and mentally.

I’m struggling today with depression and anxiety. I did get all my laundry done. I also showered. and I’m annoyed at my mom but I haven’t lashed out at her. I just took half my night meds and some Advil. This was the first time today I took pain meds. I’m not in a ton of pain but I was reaching in and out of the washer and dryer probably a total of 10 times. So I was starting to get a bit achy. I took 4 Xanax again today. I’m going to run out unless I can get it filled a few days early. Or else I’ll have to start cutting them in half. Overall today my coping skills and my Xanax didn’t work very well. But I don’t think I did as bad as I think I did.

I think I'm coping better today than I did yesterday & recently.

I'm rearranging my schedule so it's helping to calm me down. I'm less anxious and a little more hopeful.

Busy at work today and short staffed, it felt like everything was happening all at once at several points. But we coped and I got through it.

That's inspiring!