Night Shift

Hi @Former-Member, great to hear you are enjoying a bit of time on the up too. Know what you mean about dreading the next downswing but think the best we can do sometimes is enjoy these moments of okay or good feelings when they are here. I think maybe the memory of the good times can help over the longer term. ox

Hi @Mazarita,

Hi EVeryone, @Former-Member @Former-Member @plasmo @Faith-and-Hope

I'm just about to get to the shops and have a coffee....my weekly bought coffee. This is my Thursday routine.

@Mazarita, I know exactly what your talking about about the creative thing. This afternoon, I have an appiontment with my Psychotherapist. I'm supposed to have a short synopisi of the short story/ novella I'm writing !!

Nothing done yet. I've got about 2 hours to write it when I get home.....

I need a coffee....

Love reading about other's creativivity.....

cooped up children, need to take them out and do something but its sooo cold and i have zero energy!

struggling a bit today...

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@Former-Member wrote:

cooped up children, need to take them out and do something but its sooo cold and i have zero energy!

struggling a bit today...

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Any indoor play centres in your area @Former-Member ? Aquariums ? Zoo with both indoor and outdoor areas ? Coffee shop next to a playground / park / lawn area where you can be inside with a coffee while they are outside but within view ?

Just thinking back to what my coping strategies were when my kids were smaller ....

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Hi @Mazarita, I'm glad to see you back💜😊. I missed you and look what happened when you left, I went to pieces completely😝 I'm feeling ok for now, cleared some stuff up with my counsellor this afternoon although I know I am still all over the place. I'm really glad that you are doing better. Please don't ever think you can't share that with me if I am down, someone's good news will always bring a smile to my face regardless of how I'm feeling. I'm a bit strange like that. Take care💜😊

PS. I never thought I'd say this but I think I need an appointment with a psychiatrist. I have one at the end of the month and I'm hoping to sort some stuff (medication) out although I'm scared he'll reject me straight out with my history😔😳

Hi @Former-Member,

Thanks for your lovely message. I missed you too.

Sorry you have been struggling so hard just lately but good to hear that you are feeling okay for now after discussion with your counsellor. Thanks for the reassurance about good news. I do sometimes wonder whether it's a good idea to share that when others are feeling down. But then we do want to be phoenixes, at least some of the time. And it's also the nature of my bipolar that I go up and down. (Maybe you already noticed that. )

For now I'm going okay, though today I was exhausted and slept on and off the whole day through, only starting to rouse as evening approached. Mood has been okay aside from that as I'm still feeling good from the creative work recently and managing to get myself to difficult appointments (including gastroenterologist, my least favorite). With my Crohns Disease I really should be getting fairly regular colonoscopies but haven't had one for over ten years due to phobias I'd developed related to past hospital traumas. So it's a big step forward for me to have got myself off to see one of those specialists again. I will be now having a colonoscopy within the next three months (public waiting list). Although I'm not at all looking forward to it, getting myself to do it is a really good step in the way of properly caring for my body.

So Maz comes back and starts talking straight away about the ins and outs of guts. How delightful! I bet you're all really glad I'm here, haha.

@Mazarita It's really good to hear you've been proactive in your health although sorry it's still an ongoing and uncomfortable thing to do. You did actually make me laugh out loud with the last few lines though so yes I'm glad your back and sharing. 💜😊

I think I've done all my oversharing on here lately which I'm sure you've noticed. Think I'm also very guilty of going up and down and still haven't missed a Thursday where I haven't been neurotic. Thinking of writing to the PM and asking if we can skip Thursdays. Not sure what it would do to the productivity of the country but it may help me😜

I hope you get a good run now with activities and enjoying your creative projects, I'm pleased things are ok with the medication change too. Sending hugs💜😊

You ok @comet?