What ails you today?

[C00kiemonster]

I had to wear a mask. Temp check and hand wash before I could do anything. My physio had face mask, face visor, apron and gloves. Everything was covered in paper towels.

Thats just for you

[Kwacky]

Everyone being made to wear masks is ace for someone with my preferences The latex gloves are just an added bonus

[C00kiemonster]

Everyone being made to wear masks is ace for someone with my preferences The latex gloves are just an added bonus

Special menu for deviants

[Frankie]

Woken up early with hayfever. Itchy eyes, nose and throat. Should be a fun day.

Been like this all week, 1st time its really hit me this year!! Gone through a whole roll of kitchen towel.... ( only one strong enough to take the nose blow) HA HA

[D41]

Everyone being made to wear masks is ace for someone with my preferences The latex gloves are just an added bonus

Sounds just like the customs check at Heathrow.
It's been about 20 years, and I still feel violated.

[duke63]

Just been so so tired this last week.

I think everything has finally caught up with me in one go.

[Kwacky]

It will do. Emotions are physically and mentally draining

I fell asleep this afternoon.

[Cav]

I've had a good week emotionally but today is bad. I got faced with 1 problem and I just melted. It's nothing serious, just 1 little problem

[Kwacky]

Sounds like the straw that broke your back. You must be on a fine balance emotionally. Don't pretend that things are alright when you've probably just pushed them to one side

[Cav]

I've genuinely been feeling good for the last week, I've been making the time to unwind, take in my surrounding, appreciate life and everything I have, and also to appreciate myself. I've kind of come to terms with my imperfections and given myself goals, it's just when there's an obstacle to the goals it crashes in.

I'm trying to remind myself that this is early days on the meds and also early days of having to deal with proper diagnosed anxiety. I need to be kinder to myself.

[kiwikrasher]

A technique we use with Byron is called flexible thinking. I’ve used it too with success.

When you hit a problem and the anxiety starts to take hold, step back from what you are doing. Breath and get the anxiety to calm as much as possible , logically look at the problem and scale it from 1-10, 10 being catastrophic, permanently life changing and 1 being no problem at all. Once you have scaled it it simply gives you perspective. Then list the issues the problem will cause and address them one by one so it’s not an overwhelming issue but a list of solvable obstacles. Only deal with those issues of which you have control. If you can’t control an outcome or issue don’t give it your time or stress on it. It will have no effect.

This is only one method but it has helped him amazingly. There’s other methods so maybe have a look into it and see what might work for you.

[duke63]

One of thsoe days where I wished i could just have stayed in bed.

[Cav]

One of thsoe days where I wished i could just have stayed in bed.

You mean a weekday?

[duke63]

Eveery day at the moment.

[duke63]

Being woken at 2am by the wife crying her eyes out from grief at the loss of her mum.

Really sad.

[Kwacky]

/hugs

[Blade]

Sorry for your loss Duke. Hope you and your wife are OK, or as well as can be expected at such an awful time.

Thoughts are with you.

[C00kiemonster]

Being woken at 2am by the wife crying her eyes out from grief at the loss of her mum.

Really sad.

Awww mate.

[kiwikrasher]

Being woken at 2am by the wife crying her eyes out from grief at the loss of her mum.

Really sad.

Us blokes like to fix stuff, can’t fix this mate, just see it out and be there for her, thoughts for you all here

[duke63]

Thanks all.

We have become conditioned to think everything can be sorted but as kiwi says, there are some things that just cannot be fixed.

I want to make it better for her but this one I can’t.

Time will heal.