I can’t cope

I only changed the med dose an hour ago @Jynx. So that’s not what caused it.

Thank you for your support and understanding in

my mess tonight. I do appreciate it.

Yes.. check out the photos! I may pop in before I head to work if I have time but I will most certainly respond when I get home in the mornings. I will miss you though

Have a good week

I'm logging off now. I'll see you next time I'm on. @Captain24

Take care!

It was so hard but I know recovery isn’t going to be easy and we have to do the hard stuff to heal @AuntGlow. I just wasn’t prepared for the fall out or for it to go on for so long! I think she may go easy this week. We have a lot to talk about.

That voice is so loud! It’s distressing.

I’ll be around tomorrow so I may see you then?

Have a good night

Thanks @tyme

Ill be around Wednesday and Thursday if you wanna catch uo

Still feeling heaps paranoid. Paranoid about so much. Being rejected is still the biggest. Paranoid that people are looking at me. Paranoid that people are judging me. Paranoid that when my parents get here my house isn’t good enough. It’s more than anxiety

Hey @Captain24 I'm here with you

How are you feeling voicing these fears? They are some really hard thoughts to be having today

I’m scared @Ru-bee. I needed to get them out but it didn’t lessen it. It’s just too much. I’m suppose to be having a little party for Pix soon and I don’t want paranoia to get in the way.

Have you previously found any strategies to helpful when you're starting to feel overwhelmed with a fear or worry @Captain24? Does grounding tend to help in these situations for you? Or I know others find it helpful to assign themselves some "worry time" which can help to contain the thoughts knowing there will be time to go over them later. Has anything like this been helpful to you?

I don’t usually get like this @Ru-bee.

That is for the grounding suggestion it has helped a little.

My parents are here now.

Can you tell me more about this worry time?

I'm glad grounding has been helpful @Captain24 I'm hoping you can enjoy the party for Pix today

Worry time can help as we can choose a time during the day, maybe 15 or 20 minutes where we allow ourselves to sit down and process our worries. If you have worries come up during the day you can note them down and then try to let the worry go for the time being, knowing that you can revisit it later on (grounding can be helpful here too). Then when it is worry time set a timer and choose a space that isn't somewhere you usually like to relax, and allow yourself to think about your worries. Consider if there are any solutions that you could work through today, maybe there aren't right now and that's okay, you can continue to consider those worries the next time. When the time is up try to get up and do something to bring out of your worry time, again could be grounding or another activity that is engaging.

There's a bit more info on it here if it sounds like something that you'd like to try