Looks like a new one of these is started when the previous gets to about 1000. Hopefully I'm not jumping over some protocol for this new thread.

How are you coping today? #3

[captaineo]

Having a very difficult time, I am doing my best to help to provide for my family. But I am overwhelmed at times and I have to go out and walk and make jokes and force myself to enjoy a day.

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It didn't start out being a particularly good day. I had gotten woken up about 2am because of some pretty intense pain that took a couple hours to subside. But got some decent sleep before and after. I've been eating oatmeal for breakfast for going on 6 months. Today I was just sick of that and in the mood for something different. So, I went out to pick up bagel and coffee. I haven't been to this place in a year. Something going on in my thinking caused me to drive into the place and then drive out, without stopping. I was almost back home when I got myself to stop and go back. So much doubt about my life and situation. But I got breakfast and it was really, really good and totally worth it. I'm feeling quite a bit calmer now and not as down as Sundays tend to be for me. Hoping to turn it around and have a good day. I feel like I deserve one.

Hope you all have a good day and week ahead.

[Buffy01]

I been feeling really depressed and down a lot lately. Many of my coping skills aren’t working as well as I had hope for.

[TunedOut]

Slept well and feeling active this morning piddling around the kitchen and doing laundry. Have plans to do more housework today if I continue to feel this way....

[Deilla]

I don't feel like doing much today. I guess I am coping by wanting to take the day off.

[Breaking Dawn]

I'm taking it easy & one step at a time.

Yesterday I think I had a mini burnout. For months I've been reading and watching and thinking about topics to improve myself and lift me out of my ennui. But yesterday it all felt overwhelming and like I was spinning my wheels, so I took the day off from all of it. I returned a number of books to the eLibrary, unsubscribed to a bunch of YT channels. You know, overreacted. I did sleep a little better last night, so I'm hoping today will be better. I know that the only way out of all of this, is to make some pretty big changes. I'm just afraid to make them. I'm unhappy, but I'm comfortable. Not a great way to go through life.

[Deilla]

I coping by journaling this morning.

[Breaking Dawn]

I'm coping pretty well so far today. I have a couple of goals I hope to accomplish.

Possible trigger:

some suicidal feelings and depression

but mostly it's my body that's not coping. if it's a part of my body that can hurt, well, it hurts

and I've urinated like 50 times in the past hour. so yeah. old body living up to it's name

[Buffy01]

Originally Posted by raging vortex

Possible trigger:

some suicidal feelings and depression

but mostly it's my body that's not coping. if it's a part of my body that can hurt, well, it hurts

and I've urinated like 50 times in the past hour. so yeah. old body living up to it's name

I understand how you feel because I been there myself. I been suicidal myself.

[Buffy01]

I been feeling really depressed lately. Especially this past weekend because I was trigger after trying to take some lesson.

[Deilla]

I made a hair appointment for myself today. I'm up early getting dressed for it. I'm excited. This is a nice treat for myself. I haven't been to a stylist in 9 months. I feel safe now. So I'm coping by pampering myself.

[ReveuseTroublee]

Struggling to keep my feet on the ground, such extreme euphoria that I feel like flying.

But I feel like this will last for some time now.
Just thankful for everything.

[Buffy01]

I’m still struggling with being disappointed because of my disability.

Not doing too well. Want to quit, but I can't abandon my pups.

And I think I'm going to take a break from here. I've gotten lots of support, so thank you, but I don't want to drag anyone else into my stuff.

[Breaking Dawn]

Originally Posted by AgentQ9A

Not doing too well. Want to quit, but I can't abandon my pups.

And I think I'm going to take a break from here. I've gotten lots of support, so thank you, but I don't want to drag anyone else into my stuff.

No! Don't go! Please? We need you! You are NOT dragging anyone into your stuff. We have stuff, too! That's what this place is for! And I'm so grateful for it because of people like you! P.S. Please give your pups hugs for me, ok?

[Scarlet Alexis]

Originally Posted by AgentQ9A

Not doing too well. Want to quit, but I can't abandon my pups.

And I think I'm going to take a break from here. I've gotten lots of support, so thank you, but I don't want to drag anyone else into my stuff.

Agent Q9A, I hope you'll continue to stay connected to this forum!! You aren't dragging folks into your stuff; you're helping others by being honest. Please stay!

Warmest regards,
Scarlet Alexis

[zapatoes]

Coping ok, just more tired than usual today and possibly due to waking up earlier than usual. Feel like I need to do yoga since jaw hurts and sit and type most of the day. During the day I take breaks and walk outside for 10 to 30 minutes at a time and occasionally lift small hand weights. My jaw has been better for some time and now has symptoms again. Hope everyone is coping ok today. Cheers.

[TunedOut]

My bedtime schedule has shifted. I have been falling asleep between 8:30 and 10 PM and waking up between 4 and 5 AM. This is a better schedule for my activities. I mostly just grocery shop and work around the house (though I have been teaching 1-3 online ESL classes a week). I start my online job grading student achievement tests on Monday. I am planning to work five hours a day M-F. Was given two different assignments so I have work until mid June. After that, I am hoping to increase the ESL classes I teach. I lost many students last year because I closed nearly all my slots during chemotherapy. I only taught one student because they kept making requests for classes. I still teach this student and have taught over 100 classes with that student. I am also waiting for my hair to grow a bit more and hopefully it will be there in mid June. I feel like having a good appearance in the ESL job is important. The company regularly requests (but doesn't penalize you if you don't) that their teachers upload videos showing samples of some our teaching moments and other things. I have done this before but stopped when chemotherapy altered my appearance. Still wearing hats to class......

[Discombobulated]

I'm doing okay and got on with a few jobs I needed to.

[TishaBuv]

I am reading the Codependent No More book, and it is helping me to simply disengage from the struggle that continues daily with h. If it is me, and I am not capable of being in this, why am I in it?

[Breaking Dawn]

I've been too tired to know. I kept falling asleep today.

[Deilla]

I've been sleeping off and on most of the day. I don't really feel well emotionally and the sleep is helping.