Night Shift

So, @Former-Member, can you create a sanctuary to come home to ? Set up a corner in your home with a favourite, comfortable lounge chair, a beautiful cushion on it that lifts your mood to look at, a scented candle that you walk in and light as the first thing you do - throwing warm light into the heart of your home - and turn on some music ? Try to take up space in your physical world, and inner world, that is a favourite place for the dementors to occupy .... reclaim them as your own !!

Maybe create a ritual where you go through the house turning on all the lights, symbolically banishing darkness, and boil the kettle for a cup of tea to bolster you. Drink the tea, then reduce the lights again to only the ones you need turned on.

Think about why your car is your sanctuary ..... is it because you can escape in it ? You can move ? Create "escape corners" inside your home, (outside too if you can find a space in the garden, or on a patio, or both).

Think of your home as a cluster of small spaces, like tiny homes or caravans, and you can move between each little capsule space.

Ever looked up tiny homes ?

Its just a series of thoughts that came to mind .... I hope something in this mix appeals to you .....

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@Former-Member, do you have to go home for your son? I'm just wondering if there is a need for you to go there. If you had a night free, perhaps you could take yourself off to a movie instead. Just a thought if it was possible.

@Former-Member, thanks for the callout today. I was in nighty and dressing gown all weekend and only managed to get half dressed today. Physically very tired and have come down with a bit of a cold. Went on a big video editing bing on 3 hours sleep over the weekend and today I've been paying for the excess, hardly able to move except to do more video editing. I get like this with the creative stuff sometimes, everything else goes to the rubbish pile. On a more positive note, I'm pleased with where I've got to so far with this video. It's a long piece for a music track I did voice for, and it means a lot to me. When I do get into these long obsessive rhythms, it does at least tend to pay off in a good result. But it's like the Picture of Dorian Gray in reverse - I go to crap while the creative expression becomes lovelier and lovelier. Haven't been able to muster the energy to engage here either until now. But feeling a bit brighter tonight. Don't think I'm going to make it to either of the planned activities for tomorrow though because of the cold and needing to get myself and the flat cleaned up a bit. Ah, bipolar, what a ride it is, even when medicated and therapied.

Hi @Angels333

I have missed you. Sorry to see you are not feeling too well. The flu and migraine as well as cramps are horrible. Pls take care, I hope you get well soon 🙂

xxxooo