im back..... i think

Breathe @outlander. Breathe. Take a bath. Do a puzzle. Have a sleep. It's hard. But it's about forcing other thoughts into your head to take the place of your worries.
I have to go. I've got to get everything packed for hospital and my clothes are dirty. Nothing is ready.

@outlander I'm around still being with you but silent for now

Hey @outlander. Hope you don't mind me bringing myself in here. I'm wondering if there's anywhere special or quiet in the house or outside that you can sit for a few moments? I'm outside at the moment and have made myself stop, look and listen to what's around. When I'm looking I kind of imagine it's a bit like a camera. I can pan around and see lots of big things but if I stop and zoom in I can notice tiny things I've not noticed before. Like the sun catching on a really fine spiderweb, or these tiny little stringy things poking out from the middle yellow centre of tiny purple flowers. I can hear lots of noise but if I stop and pay attention to one of them and focus my listening on one sound like try to hesr the sound of one bird, it seems so much louder and clearer. I've spent most of the last hour just sitting here and doing this and I'm feeling so much calmer than I have for a while. Kind of peaceful almost.

Anyway, I'm not sure if that's something you'd be interested in trying or something that might work for you but I wanted to share because discovering that I can actually stop and be still and be ok gives me some hope that it actually can work.

Hope this afternoon is better for you.

I have dropped some dolphin pics onto Far and Away thread @outlander.

💙

Ill have a look when they are up @Faith-and-Hope ❤

@CheerBear of course i don't mind you being here!
The house was quite lol but everything was so overwhelming and my huge headache isnt helping me. I think i need to go back to my chiro again 😣😣😣
Thats mindfullness @CheerBear btw ❤❤ and ive done that a few times natures good for it ❤❤

Sorry your headache isn't helping you today. It can be hard to distract from physical pain.

I understand that's mindfulness @outlander. (I should after 10+ years as a client of a bucketload of support services and 5+ years studying to be a support worker myself). I didn't say 'mindfulness' because the word is so buzz that I find hearing it can kind of annoy me occasionally as it seems to sometimes lose its meaning. I'd imagine that I'm not the only one who can feel frustrated by its overuse but I also understand that everyone is different so if it helps you to hear it or say it, then that's great.

Ahhh chiro can feel soooo good!

Sorry @CheerBear
I wasnt sure if you were aware but lol im prettu sure you are. Yes i agree with the term being overused. Sorry about that

Unfortunately a trip to the chiro means another thing wrong. When i fell off my horse about 2 years bavk one of my neck vertebraes twisted and likes to pop out abit. So when i get migraines thats usually one of the firsts signs along with a stiff neck and not being able to turn it much and now i have all three so its time to go back and unfortunately it would ever be fixed just managed

Hi @Shaz51 howd you go at your drs? Any infections?
And just everything shaz everything

No need to apologise @outlander. Just thought I'd say why I didn't suggest 'mindfulness' 🙂

Sorry you've had so many ongoing problems. Hopefully chiro can relieve some of the pain, even if it's just temporary