Re The Weekly Friday Night Feast

[BlueBay]

Hi everyone
Pizza tonight. Mexicana. Back is really sore tonight. Work was crazy short staffed just me on floor. Really anxious about seeing my therapist. Prob last time tomorrow 😥 Feeling quite emotional tonight.

[Bridgetjones]

Hi @Former-Member, Im going ok. Havent been on the forum much lately. Have a good weekend. Im going to have a quiet one, not alot planned really. Take care. Hugs

[Former-Member]

 Hugs to you @Former-Member  xoxo

You'll find me somewhere on the forum if you ever feel like a chat @Bridgetjones    Did I tell you I saw the new Bridget Jones movie?  Very funny, I was wondering if it would be.  I would watch it again.

[Shaz51]

Hello @CherryBomb

 we had ""Chicken tonight "" tonight xx

[Former-Member]

Happy Friday everyone!

Had pasta with tomato sauce and a packet of chips. Been a weird week, I feel a bit lost, tired... I think finding my way back to work is harder than I imagined and I'm still trying to get my meds right. Don't seem to make any progress in therapy, Pr at least it feels that way.

Anyway have a good weekend!

[Faith-and-Hope]

Hi everyone ....

Too early here in the west for dinner just yet .... but we're having .... wait for it .... Mexican ❣😊

My baby dragons have really taken to it, AND it's something healthy 😳 .... look at that .... in the same sentence and everything .... 😯 !!

💐 ..... So sorry to hear you are feeling low @Former-Member ..... and it is really hard .... but the kids need to know that you will cope because it will help them to cope .... so I am hoping it will help you to find strength if you can shift the focus to being strong for them .... ?  

Being strong doesn't mean being super-human ....  it can simply mean writing up a plan to get through the day and moving from stepping-stone to stepping stone, then ticking off that day in the knowledge that they are one day closer to being back at home with you ..... 

Maybe some props will help, like putting stickers on the squares in a calendar, especially if the kids choose the stickers for you, and see them all up on the calendar when they get home .... 

And can you mark out a "critical path" through the things you need to do, just paring it down to the simplest of things, and placing a marble in a jar for each one achieved ?  Kids benefit from physical / visual props, and we can forget the effectiveness of using them for ourselves as adults .....

I hope that helps.  You have been in my mind a lot .... walking with you in spirit .... 💙💕

@Jacques 💚🍏

What's happenin' bro .... ?   You were so full of beans with the renno work you were doing ....it sounded amazing ....  did it help to be so physically occupied ..... ?  

I think my hubby is "self-medicating" something with all his diet-exercise regime .... but at the heart of it is a truth .... keeping busy is good for us when it's not over-done ..... are you getting out and walking sometimes ?  Is there someone who can come with you to help motivate you ?  

Please to someone - therapist, doctor, psych - about the sh .... help you get off that page ..... worried about you .... 😔

[Former-Member]

Yeah I agree with you @Former-Member - I'm the same.

[Bridgetjones]

@Former-Member, Its sensible to have every thing locked up during the day. I do, wont even sleep with the window open at night. So can relate to where you are coming from. Have had OCD in the past and cheaked if everything was locked. Meds have stopped that though.

[Former-Member]

@CherryBomb - Holly is 7yo, will turn 8 on Christmas Day. So she isnt really a baby I guess. But she is still full of beans, very energetic, and full of love and devotion.

Ha ha, I will have to think of something wonderfully special to make for next Friday now, wont I?

[CherryBomb]

@Former-Member therapy can take some time. I think a lot of the work happens outside of therapy where we start to integrate the things discussed in our sessions in our everyday lives. Did I read somewhere that you shared with others at work that you have a MI?

@BlueBay being understaffed at work is no fun. Take some time out tonight to get some good rest. When you're tired, it's even more hard to stay in control of anxiety. So be sure to care for you. Hope your session goes ok tomorrow.

@Shaz51, how you doing? What are your plans this weekend?