Mental Wellness Support Group
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Hearing the waves crashing, feeling them move closer and moving to the shore where they release their energy and sitting down. Watching the water move back out once again knowing that another wave is forming and moving forward again. Not having the energy to try to ride the waves this time, closing eyes to feel the wave crash down hoping to be covered by the weight of the water to feel the comfort of being surrounded endlessly. Only to feel it pull back out, to breathe again and to start the cycle over.
Same. I went off Twitter and edited my Reddit feed to remove any possible news. Although I'm at my mom's and my step dad has the best channel on constantly so it's harder to avoid here.
I'm exhausted from being in fight-or-flight for the past week.
Over the last few days I haven't been watching the news. Only really care about what is happening in Australia and some other countries (as USA is just fucked up)
It kind of feels like a train wreck, I’m appalled by the carnage, but I can’t turn away, either. It has certainly negatively affected my mood over the last week and a half. And I don’t even live there… I can only imagine how bad it is for our American friends. (Well, half of them anyway, the other half probably don’t realize it yet.)
And the worst part is, it’s just getting started…
After the election ended I had to cut myself off from basically anything not Trek related. The world went crazy and I was going to go crazy trying to understand it. I will never truly understand so for my own mental health I decided to step back and only take in things that make me happy.
I likened it to the episode "Remember Me". Just like Dr. Crusher my universe has shrunk to include only the things truly important to me. In these past 13 days or so I have felt better than I have in years. Forget the noise and LLAP.
I likened it to the episode "Remember Me". Just like Dr. Crusher my universe has shrunk to include only the things truly important to me. In these past 13 days or so I have felt better than I have in years. Forget the noise and LLAP.
I don't know if it's my depression or my disgust for my work, but I don't want to work anymore. We still don't have a government but I know one of their plans is to raise the minimum amount of required work years to 35, there's no way I want to work that long for a boss that doesn't even respect my irritable bowel syndrome.
I'm close to getting fired from my current job because of it and that place is one of the few places that doesn't fire you I'd you're sick a lot but apparently I'm too sick even for them! Besides, the majority of my friends don't work and live on a disability wage, so why shouldn't I?
I'm close to getting fired from my current job because of it and that place is one of the few places that doesn't fire you I'd you're sick a lot but apparently I'm too sick even for them! Besides, the majority of my friends don't work and live on a disability wage, so why shouldn't I?
I'm at the stage of life I never thought I would be at: at 20 I knew what I wanted to be, what I felt was most important to me, and goals, plus the steps to take to achieve them. Well, now, at 40, and recently fired, I question all of that. And, well, family doesn't get it. Or, at least not in the way I feel I need them to get.
It's deeply frustrating to look at the past and current skill set and realize that it all feels rather useless.
It's deeply frustrating to look at the past and current skill set and realize that it all feels rather useless.
I've lost a LOT of jobs. Sometimes, it gives you a chance to step back and figure out what you want. I nearly always ended up in a better place. *hugs* to both of you.
My last two jobs I was “laid off”. The second to last I was there 11 years when it happened. I then jumped to a new job even though I was quite burned out and not mentally ready to go back to work. I made it two years. After that, whenever I thought of going back to work or looking for work I just wanted to throw up. I decided not to. It took me 5 years to finally admit I retired early. Still effects me when I think about those times. I really liked working and feeling valued. It was when the job stopped feeling that way that I should have left it and didn’t and kept thinking things would change. Such is me. Now I know that I’m the Captain of my Soul and have to figure out what I can do now (like volunteering and such). I still very much miss feeling valuable and valued. Such is me.
Why does the loss of a loved one get worse as time goes by?
I had a conversation with a friend of mine after her husband past completely unexpectedly. I had done my best to be available to her and her kids while respecting needed space. So, a couple of months go by after the funeral and she reaches out just for coffee and check in. I offered to stop by and help out around the house if needed. She noted it wasn't the helping but all the little things that a loved one does that adds up and makes the loss more poignant.
It's not one thing but a lot of little things and grief will always come and go. I still miss my grandfather every time I pass Arby's. It's small but sharp.
I know what you mean. I lost my mom almost three years ago but the pain isn't subsiding at all despite having a loving family surrounding me.
I don't know if it is reasonable to expect that it will. I can only say that with every painful moment I find one to smile about, a happy memory, a positive experience. It's not perfect but it slowly eases the pain.
You didn't get here overnight and it will take time to leave here.
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