Night Shift

Hi @Former-Member.. I'm glad to have some really insightful stories to listen to on hear .It helps me persevere with my own challenges. How about you? I hope you had a peaceful weekend? ❤

Good evening All. Feeling a bit nervous about going to hospital tomorrow, but am looking forward to feeling better within myself.

Hi Everyone ...

Yeah ... family can be really hard ... there is a who,e spectrum out there ... 🌷💜

Think it's the same for almost any relationship though. You sort of have to work out whether a baseline can work, and if so, what more the relationship can take on top of that ... or not ... 😏

Some relationships we work with are shallow, but that is all they can sustain. Others we have walked away from completely cos they are toxic and beyond us to fix ....:face_with_rolling_eyes:

The best ones are the ones that have love in them somewhere ... they don't have to be perfect .... just loving is enough to carry them forward ... even if they just sort of bumble along ....😜

And sometimes those best bumble-along relationships are not rellies at all .... they're love-rellies that have grown into that place left vacant by not-loving-kinfolk-rellies ....💜🌷

I'm hearing that it takes a while to come to terms with that .... with me it was in-laws, which is hard too .... but maybe the hardest part is making the decision that that is what has to happen ...

💐💕

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@Bridget wrote:

Hi @Faith-and-Hope Hmm! Guess what? The first thing my daughter did on returning home was think about all the assignments and study she has to do. Not fair. Life shouldn't be all about school. Is your daughter the same, does she stress about all the schoolwork she has to do?

What have you been up to today?

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Sorry @Former-Member ... missed answering this one ....

I hope your daughter had a great time at camp before the worries of assignments set in ...

My D3 is avoiding assignments, then stressing out about the build-up of them .... that's where the school counsellor is walking her through them as a have-to in broken down form .... but only after D3 has committed to wanting to graduate ... then it's okay ... well .... the only way to get there is to suck it up and do this part of the assignment before lunch today, that part after lunch, that part tonight, and that part tomorrow morning .... let's get started ... !!

Hard to watch her struggling with it, but have to disengage a bit and accept that this is her part of the battle .... I have enough parts of my own to manage ....

We're gonna be Amazons at the end of this ....

'Umor @TAB ..... 'Umor there ..... 😏❣

OK @Amazing, or was that @Faith-and-Hope, are you talking removal of a gland re Amazon quest? ,, or have you bought a sailing dinghy, and been gettin the hump with the Swallows on the other side of the Island? and put the slings and arrows down.. lolo

Hi @utopia, I'm really nervous because my gf is stressed and depressed that I am going in. She says she has let me down in some way (which isn't true at all). She is not coping with me being unwell but it cannot continue having commands from outside my head telling me to harm myself. I also am teary and sleeping heaps which isn't fair on her.

I've been to hospital before many many times so I know the drill but this time I feel like I've got something big to lose if I stuff this up. It is so confusing!

Thanks for your kind words though, I'll remember deep breaths and try my best to keep practicing mindfulness skills I learned in hospital last time.