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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
Hey all,
I keep losing myself, I recently lost a family member to cancer and had the funeral and have been struggling for a few weeks while grieving and dealing with a few other things in my life,
I just don’t know how to help myself while im stuck in this loop. I have a lot of other stuff on my plate that I’m trying to manage and was just trying to find a space to where I can express it.
im safe
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
Hey there @Fluttershy1 🙂
How are going?
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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
Calmed down, got subway for dinner and now watching the tv hoping to sleep soon @Kyle1
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
all the best @Fluttershy1
Hope you have good night! 🙏
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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
Can’t wind down, will you be around for awhile @Kyle1
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
I can be, if you like @Fluttershy1 ...
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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
@Kyle1 - oki cool, I got my Netflix on in the background.
trying to figure out what to do tomorrow
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
Maybe let tomorrow take care of itself. Especially if the weather's bad...
I just watched Oceans 12. I know it's an oldie, but I'd never seen it before... @Fluttershy1 Did you get your tickets booked for Mary Poppins?
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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
No I dozed off lol @Kyle1 -
now I’m wide awake again grrr
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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
Hey @Kyle1 @Jynx @Snowie - I feeel so lost and alone I feel like I’m a mistake, I’m holding back from switching into someone else and I’m just struggling, I don’t know how I feel. I’m having flashbacks and all that.
I want to run and hide, I’m triggered, it’s all overwhelming.
I’m safe
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
Sorry to hear that @Fluttershy1
I woke up yesterday feeling like that. Its horrible, I know. And very isolating.
By the evening time I had started new meds and it had quite an impact... I slept early, and really well.
But during the inbetween I muscled on through. I remembered a relaxation technique (which is the first thing I do while still in bed). Where I consciously unclench any muscles that I've unknowingly bunched up tightly. And this feels good. Though most times I have to do it 3 or 4 times in a row because my body will spring back into tight anxiety...
Then I went out of the house to a public space and enjoyed myself a cappuccino. It's my fave Cafe and I gave myself permission to atleast have the opportunity to enjoy it once more. And since I had company I did enjoy it.
After that I made a fire before visiting my GP. My fire failed, but my daughters were able to use some sort of superhero powers to get it blazing afterall, and the meeting with .y GP went really well: wr actually came up with a bit more of a battle plan, as opposed to emergency intervention, so that was promising...
And on my way home, even though I had dinner in the oven, I stopped in to the Cafe for a side order of hot chips. While waiting (and chatting on the Forums) the lady there came over and gifted me a free plate of potato bake. I was pleasantly gob smacked - first at her kindness, and second: how did she know that I LOVE potato bake?!? ...❤
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