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How you feeling today?
Thanks for asking!
Honestly, kinda crap....... been trying to distract myself , this is no life, advice I got was to keep distracted until I see the psychologist on Thursday
You might have seen this already, but just thought I'd link you to this thread on distractions - there's quite a few ideas and hopefully you can find a few that might help! *hug*
Thank you for the link raich, it has a lot of good ideas!
Had a better day today- went for a walk this morning, enjoyed watching a film with my mum, did some colouring and just watched an episode of my favourite programme. I've actually had a nice day so far, feeling a lot better.
It's stupid!
Oh and now I'm paranoid that people are making fun of me behind my back, after these two people commented on a Facebook post , which is public and I can't find the comments and now I've lost it!
I woke up with my same old worries about future and thinking things will go bad, but I forced myself to try to sleep, so I've been sleeping for an extra hour and now.........I'm so scared I had a nightmare, 4 different terrible things happened, and it's stuff that could happen........I AM PANICKING RIGHT NOW.
Feeling crap :crying: a million different things at once!!! Feel like I'm loosing it right now
I'm trying to "stay busy" or I think and I'm all out of stuff to do and sick of the same old stuff but there's nothing else to do or anything I feel interested in........I finally distracted myself for the first time in a while and it's gone kaput
I'm sorry to hear about all the nightmares and the panic
Hope you're doing better, and best of luck for the appointment tomorrow *hug*
Okay, take a deep breath, in through your nose and out through your mouth, do that a few times, allow yourself to calm down. Now take a step back from everything that is piling up, be aware it's there, but avoid focussing on it. Just focus on you. How does your body feel, use mindfulness as a way to alm down, focussing on the sensations going through your body.
Okay, once you calm down, look at what's in front of you (What is causing you to panic) - Write it ALL down on a long list - Don't look at the list and think of shit, this is long, look at it in a way that each issue on this list can be tacked, not all together, but one at a time. You can even share the list on here, and we can help you tackle them.
First, deal with the first thing on your list, get to the core of why you're panicing about it, and look at ways you can reduce that panic, we can help you with that, so you don't have to do it alone.
Don't jump onto the second thing, go take a frekking break, you deserve one! - Do something like a quick stroll up and down the road, make food, whatever, I don't care, wait, I do, do something that helps distract you for a moment, something you enjoy, only something little, then go on to the next one. Remember throughout, reassure yourself, it will be okay, even if you think it won't or that it's all a mess, you can do this m'larkey, because you practically have all of TS routing for you, clearly!!
Were here for you though, use us to your advantage,
YOU CAN DO THIS,
Best wishes,
WhispersOfTheHeart
I'm one of those that fails to realize that date of a post, sorry about late reply, how are you doing today?
Thank you for your reply
No worries
Currently I am unable to sleep due to being nervous for my psychology appointment this morning- think I will be finding out the outcome of my assessment !
Thank you
For a lot of people, these things are often more scary when we're waiting for them to happen - once we're there, it's often not as bad as we'd feared. I hope that's the case for you
Hey apandav,
There is no judgement here, for sure. We all have our different coping mechanisms but it can be really tough when they start to have a negative effect on us. It's worth bearing in mind that it's not necessarily something that you're to blame for, though. While we are usually able to make conscious decisions and have our own distinctions between right and wrong, the way we feel and the things we do when we feel like we're at our limit can sometimes feel out of our control. This can feel most true during times where we don't feel like we have the support in place for ourselves that we ultimately need.
You can get in touch with B-eat, the UK’s leading charity supporting anyone affected by eating disorders or difficulties with food, weight and shape. TheSite also has an article on binge and compulsive eating which you might find helpful.
I notice you're talking about this in your other thread about your clinical psychology appointment, too. Perhaps it might be easier to keep discussion about this in that thread for now? Just to make things easier for people to keep track of and prevent things being repeated.