Wobbly

Hi @MoonGal, good on you for getting through the difficult tasks related to your mother's stroke. Sorry to hear this happened, but glad the stroke was of the less bad kind. I relate to being able to sometimes perform, even sometimes with flying colours, when the chips are down and I am needed. And I relate to falling apart afterwards, almost as though all that anxiety and other mental complication floods back at us after being held at bay for a time. I think a floppy day is in order. Take it easy, mainly just wanted to let you know you are heard.

Thanks @Mazarita, I am glad to have the reach out. 🙂 Specially from the lovely you!

I am over on this thread, just noticed Bubbles3 is having a hard time right now, so that is something I can do at least, just be there for someone if needed.

I have made a pact to not go online shopping or leave the house too. Changed dinner plans for tonight to be things in the fridge/cupboard so I don't fill the pantry up with exotic goods we will never use (I have a cupboard full of canned things that I look at and say I must of bought that Artichoke heart in Mediterranean brine when I was hypo. 😛 Ah right - and I am changing thoughts very rapidly. How did I get from Bubbles3 in distress to Artichoke hearts? Sheesh.

Cool, @MoonGal. Artichoke hearts can be good in pasta, I think. Wise move with limiting the online spending. I get on little sprees and spend too much money too at times, though not a huge extent thank goodness. Real shoppers would scoff at my paltry attempts (this is possibly due to lack of funds really), but they manage to dent my limited finances. I won't continue though, so you can focus on Bubbles3. Always good to see you. You are lovely yourself. ox

buHi @Bubbles3, I was doing better than you at the time and it is always helpful to look outward. I squirrel around in my own brain/mind and have learned over the past year or so that reaching out to others doing it tough is a great way to take me out of myself and my own problems, where I can. Yesterday was a hypo day - I have not soared all the way to mania and am feeling much better to day (if a little confused and irritable as is the way after whatever happens in my brain on hypo mania). Short sharp and shiney it was. I actually also quite LIKE myself in the first throes of hypo because my brain seems to sharpen up and words flow better.

I have gotten quite good at this whole "insight"gig through practising being present to the moment and dragging galloping thoughts to a standstill be being in the moment. Still have hours where I am just "in it" and can't see it but they are the minority lately.

Anyways - I hope you yourself @Bubbles3 are also feeling better than you were yesterday and there are no more nasty on effects from the day before that. Have you made a plan about next steps for yourselfcare?

Hi @MoonGal,

It sounds to me like you are super good at the insight thing!

I agree with you that reaching out to others who are doing it tough super helps the person doing the reaching out too. I guess that's one of the cool things about Forum Land - sometimes we are the reach-out-er and sometimes we are the reach-out-ee.

I'm super glad to hear you were able to use your skills around staying in the moment, to help avoid going into full mania. I think that is awesome.