Night Shift

Hi @Former-Member

im so glad to hear that you've paged your dr. you're really looking after yourself which is great. hope that you get a response soon. im glad you're here too.

lj

@lisajane

My specialist has phone me, and now I feel a bit more safe and secure.

@Former-Member .... just remember .... baby steps .... just one task after another and you will find the time moving past and things gently occupying your attention.

And remember to breathe !! Deep, slower breaths that fill your lungs and help to relax your muscles as you breathe slowly right out ....

@Former-Member ... I had a busy run-around day .... putting wedding things into place with D1, and organising a bit more for S2's 21st .....

S1 and DIL have gone away for the weekend for S1's birthday in a couple of weeks .... I think they really need some break time together, so I am hoping they have a big relax and go out for dinner somewhere nice ....

About to put on my taxi-mum cap and go pick up S2 from a friend's house .... but waiting fir the football crowds to dis purse from the roadways first ....

thats really good @Former-Member i'm glad you're feeling a bit better xx

lj

I didn't want to bring this up but I kind of want to know if anyone else does this. I am chirpy now as @Faith-and-Hope noticed but 8 hrs ago I was crying and rocking in my car feeling suicidal and couldn't see the point in dragging things on anymore. I had planned to sneak in past my son and grab what I needed to and drive off maybe for the last time. I was distracted by my other son and his girlfriend coming home. I am doing these extremes most days lately. Does anyone else go through this? I'd really like to know.

And should this go on another thread ?I hate starting new ones up😁 But will if you think I need to

Thanks @Angels333 @Former-Member I'm really fine now but it was 8 hrs ago and I got through it and feel almost happy now but I wanted to know if anyone else does ok to suicidal and back often. Thanks for responding😊

@Teej

I'm here if u need to talk some more.

Do whatever it takes to stay safe or anything that makes you feel better

Sorry to hear you are struggling

@Former-Member

I am quite an empath .... (can anybody tell ?? 😊) .... so mostly what influences my emotions, including "up" days or "down" days are circumstantial things .... I feel very strongly for other people, but have probably learned from quite a young age how to moderate my own feelings in response to all the incoming sensory information .... and I suspect my artistic output and almost constant creative expression is a means of translating the energy I absorb into something more positive, as much as it is within my power to do so ....

But I also cry, for myself and others, as a processing filter, and get angry too .... but then I go looking at how I can expend that energy rather than absorbing it into myself. Usually then anything that is not tied down gets thoroughly cleaned or organised if it happens to stay in my path !!!

So I do experience mood swings, but I have a series of to-do plans that I put into effect as soon as I recognise that it's happening and I need to counter it or stabilise it .... does that make sense ?

If my moods were more extreme, and I felt that I couldn't manage them without help, I believe I would seek the help of medical professionals .... and mood stabilising medication would likely be a part of that scenario.

With my husband-dramas, it has been very important to me to seek intervention, understanding, support, education .... basically whatever I could lay my hands on or connect with to stabilise not only myself, but my kids too, and as much as we have been able to, my husband as well. I go npbut the "no man is an island" mantra, which is the ethos behind these forums obviously, and I am soooo thankful to have found them, and all of you !!

Hope that's not too much info .... empaths are not shy of sharing their feelings when invited to .... 😏💗💕