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Hi @Former-Member

I'm sorry to read that the last few days have been overwhelming. I'm so glad that camp was worth it for the kids - you're such a selfless person. Some of my best school memories were made at camps - and it's amazing that you are part of that for other children.

I can only imagine that the exhaustion of camp and then all the worries on top of that, are causing havoc for you at the moment.

I hope you ended up getting some sleep last night.

In the past, have you found any effective strategies to manage your racing mind? I have read some suggestions in here like -

- Ear phones with music

- Listening to talk back radio

Some people say it drowns out their own thoughts.

It's not the answer to everything right now, but might help you moment to moment when you really need your sleep.

I hope you were able to ease back into things today.

hi all,

Its been kind of a better week in some ways. i think i've felt a bit less panicked since school camp is over. but then i got sick quite suddenly and ended up sort of collapsing at work because of bp problems and stuff. my body is just giving out on me which is quite firghtening. been resting up, though i did go to work on Friday. feeling better but still getting dizzy and feeling nauseus and not sure if its physical or im just scared of whatever is causing my bp problems being soemthing bad! but its only one more week until holidays and im going to crawl over that finish line somehow.

one slightly good thing about not being well is that i have slept the last few nights.. which is so unusual i really must not be well. i slept five hours one night in a row and then had two three hour stints last night. usually i only sleep 3 hours a night and thats usually broken.

I have tried the ear phones with music though i often just have night music on low every night. I also use the smiling minds app at night sometimes. and my psych found a new app called SAM which has a whole heap of ideas for managing anxiety when its bad and tracking anxiety etc. and its free... well so far it has been, i think you can pay for more features... (of course!)

lj

@Former-Member

Not good to hear about your collapse. I hope you and kids are getting good appropriate care.

One of the reason I adored and trusted my GP of a couple of years ago who I had for about 6 years .. was that he came up with the blood pressure issue .. and how that manifests in long term stress situations... and how that affected me .. one of the very few actual intelligent and useful bits of medical info I received.

Generally, mothers are more PHYSICALLY involved with their kids. A lot of their over emotionality is a body emotion interaction .. and not just hysteria .. or imagination. of course there are exceptions ... but in your case Bella .. go gently and

Take care

been a really shocking last few days. health not good and my brain is really fuzzy and slooooowww. can't see properly either sigh. wahh poor me lol.. anyone got any teeny tiny violins? 😄

just got a new class pet... super cute! will post a pic later.

lj

Hello @Former-Member

been soooooo thinking of you this afternoon my friend

sending you hugs

the fluff ball will have to remain nameless until the class gets him.

so tired today as didnt sleep last night. brain hurts. can't make myself answer text messages or talk to anyone at the moment. blah.

should be being useful and busy. many many shoulds. house is cluttered.

lj