Good Morning!

Hi @Former-Member I hope your jobs going okay. When I work, after work turns into all about work if that makes sense. Eventually it gets too much as literallly eat sleep work lol

Anyway not worked in like 9mths now. need to work on my health before try that again think.

Am okay enough thanks. house getting there slowly. Not 100% today might try another nap very shortly dunno lol

Hope youre okay . at least its friday re job hey. How long have you been there now? I always liked to stay until caught up on bills and got some money or bank or both lol

Hi @TAB pleased you are doing well and getting there with the 🏠..

Sounds like we both have similar experience with work.

Eat, sleep, work, stress.

I find the longer I'm there the easier it gets, if I can make it past the 3 month beginner part.

Coming into my fifth week next week.

It's good to have a break though was nearly six months since I last worked and I only lasted x 3 weeks. So I'm ahead already - lol.

I've been like this a lot over last 15 years since having poor mental health. I did have a really steady job for near 20 years prior. It was very cruisy but the business closed and I returned to my profession which is pretty stressful 🤫 - social work. Argghh !!!

Have a great evening and weekend Tab and take care.

umm yeah when was introduced to concept of mh profession, was taken aback the peeps have to see peeps themselves to deal with their work @Former-Member

Its not a one way street or Aor B only

I had easy jobs but not well paid at all.

It took me years to understand that work was not about the job so much as it was about fitting in with others then you would pick the job up.

I also did not understand/had to try and teachmyself that the longer you were there, the easier things got. there are exceptions can think of though, as in couple of situations where they would just expect more and more from you.

Perhaps try something else ?

I give myself timeframes eg 2 weeks or 4 weeks to get me through that then leave.

Re All work or nothing ... I think that is a Bad thing and something I may have to unlearn in the future. However, in my defence I was prob doing 12 hour days7 day weeks from home sometimes, not in camp, so would have to cook, shop , get to and from work myself ontop of laundry etc in my own time

. balance maybe , or find something that does not seem like a job somehow..

Thanks @TAB very insightful 👍🤔.

..it's true hey @Former-Member seems obvious in a way, but took me decades to get it. People would always rather work with someone they like over someone who knows what they are doing, more than you even perhaps , and well a bit business-like, or stand offish or job focused.

I remember hearing teachers say this in the late 1990s, I just thought oh they're different, well, yes and no.. the quote was ' you have to win the battle of the staff room' as in no matter what you are like as a teacher or how good or bad your students are , ultimately peers will decide whether you sink or swim.. and in these days of casualisation, look at someone the wrong way or upset someone, or be a threat as you are too good .. well You're Gone ...

Yet again word's of wisdom @TAB. Yeah at my work we eat at the staff table, don't even have a office space - surrounded by toilets and a kitchenette - Phew it literally stinks. Mixed in with the smell of food, as it is a nursing home.

No fresh air so the residents can't escape. Reminds me a bit of a psych ward.

Colleagues x 2 not great as the environment is very incestual and the person I replaced is besties with my predecore. My other colleague is reluctant to train me and prefers to talk about what I should know.

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She even asked me on my second day, " do I still need Mummy to hold her hand"

Thanks for listening you are the best

Hey @StanD (roomie) .. yes sweet snacks be cold as opposed to cold chops all day ha ha , well they were reduced as nearing date when I was last in shops ha ha.

well done with sun, think it was out about 6 hours ago here lol.

um have table and chairs in kitchen now Stan, so thats way better for back and neck then sitting at laptop on esky and laptop on pile of boxes for around 6 weeks ha ha lol

um, found out no insulation in ceiling so thats bothering me.

got big pile of wood deposited behind house , but only thing stopping someone coming in and loading up is my car in driveway, so am a bit worried about going away. guess could carry some of it inside. building new high fences is easy in my mind, seems daunting now.

oh , I have my pushie here last couple weeks, but not got it out yet , ha.

Hope you have been okay.

Hi @Former-Member bit cold 🥶 today.

Thanks for listening. At work it's brain overload, I find it hard to learn consistently with the brain fog ( fibro) and the hang over from psych drugs.

Then I feel my colleagues get frustrated and I get stressed, making the whole environment a little toxic.

I have put on a salt lamp as per your suggestion. I'm clearing my space as well.

Hope you have a good day. Thanks again for listening xx

You are most welcome @Former-Member. Have you ever tried ayurvedic oil pulling? I had a pain related condition with brain fog which doctors would not diagnose. I suspected it was fibro as I knew someone else with it.

I was able to cure myself of the pain and the brain fog with oil pulling. Its a harmless remedy you just swish oil in your mouth and pull the oil through your teeth until it turns white. You spit in your toilet (not down the sink as it will block pipes)

Its a DIY practice which many people use for their oral health too to keep gums healthy and gingivitis at bay. Many dentists recommend it for that reason.

It took me under a couple of weeks to heal. I don't know if it will work for you but its been around since ayurveda began. Just read how to do it and see how you go with it. I think theres a website called http://oilpulling.org/ Its worth looking into. Don't want you in pain

Thanks again @Former-Member what sort of oil do you use. Does olive oil work ?