How are you coping today? #7

Yesterday I listened to the news and it’s just horrific I couldn’t stop crying. 😭🥵🤮

It’s so tragic and deeply disturbing that there are human beings out there capable of harming babies and innocent people as has been described.

tired of feeling grief all the time :sadhug

Me too. I’m glad that you are here as well

Too many snacks

I drank Bailey’s Irish cream in my coffee this morning.

I opened up an emotional wound :hug and tried to accept the pain

I wore myself out but that's okay. I'm already keen for bed but it's only 5:30pm. I'm feeling a bit fed up, irritated, emotional, down but it's understandable with works events as they are and my father dying. I need to be kind to myself and let that be enough.

Coping well, coping through the challenges head on and improving and growing, especially this year. Looking forward to attaining other goals I've set for myself, Universe willing. Smiling baby.

Movies and snacks

Drowning loneliness

watching self help videos

I drank a second cup of coffee I will probably regret.

I don’t think I am today

I was a bit hyper today. I talked to a stranger in the supermarket and baked cookies & brownies. I was going to call my mum but didn't get round to it so I feel a bit guilty. I did a fair bit of mantra meditation which helps with everything.

I got to see some of the younger people in the family who work full time during the week and that gave me a big boost. I’m still stressing about a few things but I feel like the load lightened a bit.

My day slipped away from me. Shopping this morning then on the phone to my mother all afternoon. I'm overwhelmed but everything will be okay.

I’m coping by taking my Sunday off. I don’t get dressed. I take a long hot shower and put on clean pjs. Don’t put my hearing aids in, don’t answer the phone or door. This is my solo day. The only person I answer to is my cat.

I'm coping by being with my plant, Sally. Went for a terribly long high altitude mountain walk today, too far, so my whole body aches. Deep down I hope so much to meet someone, an angel, who will help me, a yearning my entire life since childhood. Nobody yet.

I'm not coping well today. Falling back into bad habits, old coping mechanisms that I know don't work but are still so hard to break. Well, if I'm honest, I fall back into these bad habits most days, but today it's worse than usual

I reinstalled the smiling mind meditation app on my devices. I used it before, but deleted it because I stopped using it. I’m hoping it might help me to ruminate less.

I stayed in all day. I'm tired. My husband has been quite helpful though and sorted out something I've been worrying about so that great, hopefully I'll sleep better tonight. Sometimes I just need to do nothing for a day.

I’ve been exhausted :hug all day today

If binging on candy.

I'm tired. I'm overwhelmed with all the social interaction I've had this week albeit telephone and messenger. When you isolate yourself then even moderate levels are quickly overwhelming. It takes a lot of energy to stay rational versus neurotic/paranoid and to stay authentic and all the other wretched work. I'm sober though so I should be proud of that even if nobody else is interested. Time to turn active status back off :-D

That's awesome on your sobriety. Also that you managed so much social interaction. I totally agree with you that interacting with other people is extremely overwhelming and exhausting if you have been isolating for a while. I'm in a similar situation. I hope you feel a sense of achievement for taking care of all that!! You should! <3

I'm not coping well. I handle stress very badly and I have some stressful things happening - mainly to do with poor health of loved ones which is making me feel so sad and anxious, and also paralyzed. I find life difficult enough even when things are going ok externally because I seem to always have an internal battle going on with my thoughts/feelings/moods/emotions/fears/demons etc etc etc. So when external stress happens on top of the inner turmoil I start to shut down. I can feel that's what's happening, but I'm also trying not to let that happen, which is essentially another battle!