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I'm so frustrated, really struggling to get paper work/written work done for work at the moment. I just can't sit and stay focussed to do it. I start and then can't think of anything to write. even though i do have the knowledge of what to do, i feel like im suffocating and drowning. Just can't do it. Nothing i've tried has made any difference lately.
lj
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
I have had periods in my life where it has taken a year or so to fil up the tank ... concentration included. Dont understimate the totality of the strain you are dealing with. Without meaning to be unsupportive, I have sometimes wondered if you are taking on too much.
Go gently bella ... care for your 2 kids ... care for you ... then the class.
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Unknown userMember
Thanks @Appleblossom
I wonder that a lot too, but too stubborn and perhaps happy to punish myself through my perfectionist tendancies to know how/when to stop.
There's been a lot going on again lately and it is just like my head is already too busy working on/coping with so much other stuff that its just saying nope, cant do any more...
thank you ab
lj
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
DOnt want to discourage you, but also dont want to be a false cheerleader.
Take care ... think long term ... kids take a while to grow up.
Hugs
Apple
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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