Nothing feels real

@creative_writer I hope you are starting to feel better by now and the meds are helping.

Its good that you can still do your uni work so you don't fall behind.

@creative_writer I get my local chemist to pack up my meds, that way I can't miss any of them. It is hard trying to keep track of them sometimes.

Glad you will be able to get to uni next week. Hopefully that means you are recovering ok.

Happy to hear that you could talk to your counselor about what you needed to. Sometimes it is just a relief to get it of our shoulders.

I hope today goes well for you hon. We seem to keep missing each other!!

I'm glad you can rest up a bit on the weekend @creative_writer It still sounds like you have a lot on your plate with uni work due. I'm sure you will get it all done, just step by step.

I think you would be great as a social worker. By having a lived experience, you can relate to many different people. Yes you are going to be triggered, I think that just goes with our lives. I find sometimes it can be the most unusual thing that is triggering. I guess it is how we deal with getting triggered is the biggest hurdle.

@creative_writer it is hard when we get triggered, and you are right. We can get triggered by the strangest of things. I dissociate a fair bit too when I am having flashbacks. That is where I try and put myself in a safe place. Whether that be my bedroom or if I am out, my car, somewhere where I can feel safe and get through it as safely as possible.

I do think we do manage them with time. I wouldn't say they become easier however. I guess it is just the way we learn to deal with them.

It is hard to sit with them @creative_writer some days it will be easier than others. We all have those hard days. I guess it is how we deal with those hard days is the big factor. I think we all still have those days that are hard to get through and leaves us feeling suicidal. I still have them. I have learnt that it is ok to have those days, it is part of our mental health journey.