Life and trauma

@Oaktree hello, how are you going?

I'm open to anything, just need to focus on anything else other than what's going through my head right now.

@Former-Member

It’s my birthday on Friday, I am going to be old! My son had his 30th birthday last Friday. I am going out for my birthday with my mental health organisation on Thursday and then with my family on Saturday. I have a wedding to go to on Friday evening.

@Former-Member hey hun, just popping in to offer a smidge of support! Meds got you mad worried? New meds are always such a time hey!! The not knowing, the potential side effects, yeeeesh.

I hear you're worried about being able to stay at correct dosage - just wondering stuff like, do you keep them tucked away, do you sort them into a pill box, do you put excess out of the way somewhere? Sometimes even tiny real-world gestures can play a big role in shaping how our minds interact with things, and taking purposeful steps to mitigate the risk can legitimately help.

Did you express to the psych that this is a concern you're feeling?

@Jynx they are essentially sleeping tablets that are also for panic attacks. I just don't have any trust in myself not after what's happened previously and recently.

I spoke to my doctor about how I feel and he just said well don't take too much of them and we had a laugh. But honestly it's just the temptation especially when my mind is racing like it is now. I'm just agitated and anxious and I don't know just overwhelmed.

I completely stopped taking medications after what happened for this exact reason.

@Oaktree well that's exciting, we all get older but whether we choose to act our age well that's another matter 🤣. I hope your son enjoyed his birthday. It sounds like you have a busy time coming up but I hope you have lots of fun.

@Former-Member

I never act my age, my sister is 6 years older than me and used to love to tell me how immature I was. Now I embrace the immaturity. I be a female Peter Pan

@Oaktree i refuse to act my age, there's no fun in that at all.

@Former-Member

I am actually looking forward to my birthday. I love having my family together and my best friend is coming too, but she will arrive late.

@Oaktree so good to hear. I'm sure you will have an amazing day with everyone 🙂

@Former-Member

Tomorrow I am going to art group. I bought myself a Coco Wyo colouring book and I have graphic markers.