Mental Wellness Support Group

[JD]

Yikes, I'm sorry you're having such a rough time. I hope things start going better for you.

 

[fireproof78]

I'm thinking I might try and see if I can find a way to get tested to see if I have Asperger's/autism. I might then see if that can get on disability and even if I don't, then if I do get a job I figure an official diagnosis like that could give the extra protections if any issues come up.

Definitely.

And any academic records showing academic delays or learning struggles.

 

[wayoung]

Ended up taking a pill at 1 am desperate to get some sleep for today. Fell asleep around 230. Woke up 530. Laid on bed half an hour trying to get a bit more sleep then gave up as it was too close to alarm time. Packing last minute stuff after using it.

 

[Michael Two Wolves]

Same. Tired of waking up and getting shitty sleep. Probably has to something to do with the copious amounts of unlicensed pharamceutical-grade herbs being combusted and inhaled. lmao

Tired of my chest hurting. Time to start working out with simple calisthenics and whatnot. Who wants to make an exercise group? If nothing else, it will force one's mood to improve (whether you want it to or not) and result in better sleep and healthier metabolism. I'm down to make a thread for posting your routines and wins. Make it useful and post stuff that requires no equipment so anyone can join and participate. Nothing more Star Trek than that, other than the missing holodeck that SolidLight is working on now as we speak...

 

[wayoung]

Same. Tired of waking up and getting shitty sleep. Probably has to something to do with the copious amounts of unlicensed pharamceutical-grade herbs being combusted and inhaled. lmao

Tired of my chest hurting. Time to start working out with simple calisthenics and whatnot. Who wants to make an exercise group? If nothing else, it will force one's mood to improve (whether you want it to or not) and result in better sleep and healthier metabolism. I'm down to make a thread for posting your routines and wins. Make it useful and post stuff that requires no equipment so anyone can join and participate. Nothing more Star Trek than that, other than the missing holodeck that SolidLight is working on now as we speak...

I'd be up for that. I'm hoping to start again once my move has died down

 

[Michael Two Wolves]

I'd be up for that. I'm hoping to start again once my move has died down

I think it would be a great addition to this sub-forum. Physical health is tied to mental well-being, and exercise fights off depression and quiets the mind.

We'll be like Phineas and Barnaby. Now, bend your knees!

 

[wayoung]

I think it would be a great addition to this sub-forum. Physical health is tied to mental well-being, and exercise fights off depression and quiets the mind.

We'll be like Phineas and Barnaby. Now, bend your knees!

I was tracking my physical health intensly until my Fitbit died two weeks ago. I post six month updates throughout this thread. It is extreme tied to mental health.

Now my Fitbit is dead I needed a new replacement. I hate what google has done to Fitbit, what I meant is a band or a ring so I can wear analogue watches again, but all the bands and rings are super expensive and almost all required subscriptions. I'm hopeful for the Samsung ring but that's ateast a year away...

 

[Michael Two Wolves]

Eh, you don't need Fitbit.

Dude on youtube has a ad for high intensity interval training called VShred, and it's basically just doing entire workouts in fifteen minutes flat. Twice a day, and it's been a wrap. Just put together your workout routine, write it down, and you're on your way.

I just can't believe how weak I am. Wtf, man??? What the hell happened to me? lmao Too much of that good life, I think. I do my sets of pushups in 15s, squats in 25s, and dips in 15s (though really, I shouldn't because my shoulder clicks loudly and painfully). I'm not ready to start doing lateral pulls and whatnot. lol

 

[Commander Troi]

My new house closed today. After being delayed for two hours thanks to an issue with my lender deciding at the last minute they needed more paperwork with regards to my divorce, I got the keys.

I started a video documenting my walk in, for myself, my friends, and to document anything I may see.

The owner had pulled out all the shelving, in every room, including bar shelves that were screwed into the walls and patches but not painted the holes in the drywall, and the wall papered sections were just holes. And a set of blinds were missing. The old owner showed up as I was documenting stuff and said he wanted to go over some things, including apologizing for not getting to painting. I started to test the faucets and only a dribble of water came out. I asked him if he had turned off the water, nope. I could hear noise from below, that the pump was running.

We went down to the basement and water was spraying everywhere - pipe connection at the hot water tank was busted. Turned off the water and he said he'd fix it but I said nope, I have to call a plumber.

So I called my lawyers office to let them know, and then called a plumber. Told the old owner that it had to go through channels this time, the argument over curtains I ate but this is different.

My realtor got back to me and said 100% it should be the former owners paying for it.

Plumber arrived and was able to put in a quick fix but that it wouldn't hold. A new tank has to go in ASAP. But since it was a Friday and it would be after 4 by the time they started it would be hugely expensive as it was overtime emergency call prices. So I told him if he thought the quick fix would hold to book me in earliest opening.

He couldn't leave until the bill was covered so I paid, took a photo of the bill including his notes, sent it to the lawyer.

He also said something else wasn't working but I forgot to get him to write it down so called the office again and left a message to send it to me when they can.

Let the lawyers office and my realtor know what was now up.

I then found a door without a key so texted the former owner to bring it to the house. He asked about the plumber and I told him, whole tank needs to go out. He was apologetic and I said that I was leaving it with the lawyers. Letting them sort it out. He said he had already called his too.

Lost over three hours of the day. Only got one more trip of stuff moved, which means the movers I'm paying tomorrow will be working longer doing stuff I didn't get to. Plus the plumbers bill on my credit card.

Oh, and some of the stuff I had bought from them was missing, which he said he'd drop off tomorrow. I was supposed to pay the other half of that today but with the water didn't even get to fully check it all out to see if it is there/working and with the water pipe spraying and the pulled out shelving I am checking it all thoroughly.

My realtor had told me to document everything else I may find so I did and sent it off.

It really ruined my whole day. The divorce stuff was bad enough, but then the shelving (I had a table *MADE* based on the size of the dining room with the shelving factored in!) and the pipes and suddenly I was seeing everything the least bit off with the house. It wasn't even clean. Clean enough for a move, yeah, probably the same as I'm leaving my apartment, but I was seeing everything wrong and I felt incredibly angry and frustrated and worried about legal fees and water tank costs and the pipes breaking again and the state of cleanliness of the place made me feel... Gross. Dirty. Like I needed to bath in sanitizer. And I lost the afternoon of moving & prep for tomorrow.

I had thought today was going to be a good day and instead it was terrible. I couldn't even eat supper. I would have taken a pill (I haven't for two months) but I have so much to do and have to be up so early tomorrow morning to start that I couldn't risk it. And I haven't even don the actual move yet, that's tomorrow. During weather so bad there are storm alerts on my phone.

My first day and I'm severely regretting buying the house because of these issues. It all feels... Ruined now.

And now it's 11pm and I'm venting online instead of sleeping when I have to be up early tomorrow for more moving stuff.

I wonder what else will go wrong tomorrow.

I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I hope stuff gets resolved quickly.

Tired of my chest hurting. Time to start working out with simple calisthenics and whatnot. Who wants to make an exercise group? If nothing else, it will force one's mood to improve (whether you want it to or not) and result in better sleep and healthier metabolism. I'm down to make a thread for posting your routines and wins. Make it useful and post stuff that requires no equipment so anyone can join and participate. Nothing more Star Trek than that, other than the missing holodeck that SolidLight is working on now as we speak...

There is an existing Fitness Checkin thread you can use. I use it to keep myself accountable.

 

[Gryffindorian]

Don't you need fitness equipment for your workout? I've been watching YouTube videos for over a year to do cardio workout at home. I do walking exercises every day. I'll never have an Arnold Schwarzenegger physique, but that's how I stay fit.

 

[Commander Troi]

Not necessarily, as you are already showing.

 

[Bynar0110]

Feeling overwhelm with thoughts in my mind that are hyper and bouncing around my mind. Having hard time journaling them.

 

[JD]

Definitely.

And any academic records showing academic delays or learning struggles.

I was diagnosed with learning disabilities when I was a kid and spent a good chunk of my school time in special ed classes for math. Even in high school I could still barely do multiplication or division with more than one or two digits in the numbers.
On the other hand, I excelled at reading, and was reading at least a couple grade levels higher than the grade I was in.

 

[fireproof78]

I was diagnosed with learning disabilities when I was a kid and spent a good chunk of my school time in special ed classes for math. Even in high school I could still barely do multiplication or division with more than one or two digits in the numbers.
On the other hand, I excelled at reading, and was reading at least a couple grade levels higher than the grade I was in.

Ok, that could be useful. Adult diagnosis of autism can be difficult just because it requires establishing a fairly clear history of the problem, and its impact.

Don't you need fitness equipment for your workout? I've been watching YouTube videos for over a year to do cardio workout at home. I do walking exercises every day. I'll never have an Arnold Schwarzenegger physique, but that's how I stay fit.

Nope. I usually look walking, resistance exercises, isometrics and yoga for balance.

 

[JD]

Ok, that could be useful. Adult diagnosis of autism can be difficult just because it requires establishing a fairly clear history of the problem, and its impact.

My mom has read a fair amount about autism online and she's said that almost everything she's read fits me going all the way back to when I was a kid, so she's pretty convinced that I'm on the spectrum.

 

[fireproof78]

My mom has read a fair amount about autism online and she's said that almost everything she's read fits me going all the way back to when I was a kid, so she's pretty convinced that I'm on the spectrum.

That will be pretty helpful and important.

 

[Commander Troi]

Feeling overwhelm with thoughts in my mind that are hyper and bouncing around my mind. Having hard time journaling them.

Have you tried meditation? It's crazy hard but if you just keep going back to your breathing, it can really help interrupt the thoughts.

 

[Fantasy Lover]

I have autism, because of that I work part-time because working full-time drains too much of my energy. Because of my autism I get government benefits like my rent being reduced with +-200€ a year, but my rent can't be more than a certain amount. And I'm certain I will have that amount next year, and then I will lose another benefit because I'm on a waiting list for a low income home and that means goodbye 200€ a month.

What's not helping is the shitty advice my mom and my grandfather gave, mom was like: "you should move." With what money? All my savings are gone because last spring I couldn't go to work for months because the the war in Ukraine, the inflation, the ridiculously high gas and electricity bills and a salmonella poisoning all affected the work orders my work got!

She also said "you don't need to worry about that, we'll cross that bridge when it happens." Which caused me to worry even more! And my grandfather was like: "you should have to spend less." I have a social discount on my gas and electricity bills! I stopped ordering takeaway, I cancelled my cleaning lady, I buy family packages because its cheaper, I switched to a cheaper provider for Internet and my phone I have no idea what else I can do!

 

[Commander Troi]

Sorry to hear that. It sucks when family doesn't get what you're going through.

 

[wayoung]

Eh, you don't need Fitbit.

Dude on youtube has a ad for high intensity interval training called VShred, and it's basically just doing entire workouts in fifteen minutes flat. Twice a day, and it's been a wrap. Just put together your workout routine, write it down, and you're on your way.

I just can't believe how weak I am. Wtf, man??? What the hell happened to me? lmao Too much of that good life, I think. I do my sets of pushups in 15s, squats in 25s, and dips in 15s (though really, I shouldn't because my shoulder clicks loudly and painfully). I'm not ready to start doing lateral pulls and whatnot. lol

Nobody needs most of the stuff they have. The Fitbit helps me track how I am doing, including sleep, and I find it helps very much