Oscillation between two mind sets

Hey @creative_writer ,

What has helped in the past when you've felt restless? I know this is an annoying 'go-to' question, but I'm genuinely interested.

I wonder if a clean break from studying can help you re-focus? Sometimes, trying for too long can just make things worse.

Have you ever read something again and again and again, and you still have no idea what you have read? When this happens to me, I end up taking a break and coming back to it instead of wasting time.

I wonder if this is helpful?

Hey there @creative_writer 💜🌺

im so sorry I hadn’t posted my reply - I’ve just returned to the page and it was still sitting.. so sorry sweetheart 🫂🌺💜

I’m really sorry thing have been so fluctuating in terms of how you’re feeling - have things settled down at all for you?

I can relate very much to trying to set aside how things feel and then not being able to avoid it when it won’t go away.. I used to draw and write when I felt this way which was a kind of externalising of it.. is there stuff you do to help get those feelings out or to make sense of them? 🙂🌺

here with you, and again I’m so sorry I didn’t click post to reply to you earlier.. I didn’t mean anything by it - it’s just my lack of checking to see if it had posted afterwards 💜🌺🫂

Glad to hear you’re doing a bit better there @creative_writer 🌺🙂

I hope the congestion clears for you before bed so you can get some good rest tonight 🙂

Yes it’s not always easy to find a way to express what’s going on to externalise, is it sweetheart 💜

Personally, I don’t think it matters as to whether it’s messy or not - as long as it helps ..what it’s designed to do, instead of being designed to look nice or acceptable. Some of the stuff I would scribble looked really stark, very strong to the eyes, but it got things out within the action of making those lines and shapes 🌺💜

thanks heaps for understanding - I have some visual changes so sometimes I don’t quite catch what’s happening with functionality on screens (they’re a bit hard to see at times 🙂).

Today has been a gentle day, taking things easy as I adjust to health changes 🙂

I did 10 mins of exercise today which was so much more than I’ve done in such a long time - extra oxygen is really helping 🌺.. however I’m laying down now for a little bit! 😉🙌🏻

take good care sweetness, and know that you have peeps here with you while you walk this rocky road 💜🌺🙂

I hope it does settle down very soon for you @creative_writer 🙂🌺

Yes, that does make sense regarding times when it’s just a bit too difficult to get things down in words to scribble 🫂

thank you so much - I felt really proud to make it to 10mins 🙌🏻☺️ things will get better, I’m sure 💜🙂

Aw, hehe..I do understand re stimming 💜🙂 Hey I was wondering ..you know those foot rollers, they look like little abacuses 🧮 or are a single roller that is a curved cylinder, and you can put it under your desk (or where your feet are while studying) and with socks on, can place feet on, or roll feet over them, which helps sometimes to do tasks?
I used to use them to help me concentrate some years ago.. I thought I’d kindly mention it in case it’s helpful in some way 🌺🙂💜

Hello there @creative_writer 🙂🌺

I hope you got some rest last night 🙂

Yes - you’re right; slowly does it, and it’ll happen 🙌🏻☺️

POTS does make it really challenging to exercise…I don’t know if this helps you too, however I do most of my exercise horizontally so if I have a dramatic reduction in blood pressure or heart rate drops to 20 beats (which sometimes results in fainting if I’m upright and have been exercising), there’s less risk of dynamic shifts in blood volume away from my head.
I also wear compression socks and leggings during the day, to prevent pooling, which does help 🌺🙂

The only thing is I make sure to rest and recover fully before standing up, otherwise my eyes do go dark, but I get up slowly and incrementally so it tends to be much less of an effect 🙂

There’s lots of Pilates-like exercises that can be done while laying or side lying, which is what I tend to do, to work on core strength and joint mobility 🌺

And the loop monitor being implanted on Wednesday should give much more information regarding heart activity over the coming months, which will be helpful in deciding which treatment to do (I feel really lucky to have found an excellent professor cardiophysiologist).

im really glad the foot rollers sound like a good idea - would love to hear how they go if you do give them a try 🌺🤗

I hope your day goes well today sweetness 🥰🌺