Weekends...

[Meredyth49]

💯 relate. 

I distract myself with a lot of YouTube, movies, mobile games. 

Now I'm adding forums here to my list as well. 

[Chasingsunsets]

Big *apologies* @Jason_and_me, I missed your post 🫶, if you put @ in front of a persons username, it will turn blue and they will get a msg you posted 💛

I will respond very soon just off to work, awesome to chat and look forward to responding soon 🙏☀️

[Chasingsunsets]

Hey @Jason_and_me, I definitely hear you when you say you feel a separation between yourself and people around you. It’s unsettling and sounds like you have been dealing with your condition for some time.

Hows your day been? 😊

[Jason_and_me]

It’s been a tough stretch.
I made it through the weekend, and my wife is home safely from her trip, I’m really grateful for that. My plan was to have everything setup to keep things positive for her return, but a self-sabotaging family member turned up two hours beforehand and set off a chain reaction that pretty much derailed everything.

I’m trying my best to just breathe through it and appreciate the chaotic mess of it all. Good news is I have now experienced EMDR treatment. So I have a feeling I am incredibly vulnerable after that.

[TunedIn]

Hi @Jason_and_me 

That does sound like a tough stretch, particularly with the relative that derailed things. I'm glad to hear you're embracing the chaos and breathing 💮 through it - those sounds like helpful strategies especially if you are feeling extra vulnerable right now 🌿

TunedIn 🌷

[tyme]

Hey @Jason_and_me , I'm following on and hope you are okay. 

You have the whole community behind you.

You are not alone.

[Jason_and_me]

Good news is that I made it all the way to the Psychiatrist appointment. I am not sure how I thought it was going to make things better.
His orders now are that I need a counselor or psychologist to work along side him. I had that all in place until I was told it was no good without diagnostic information from a psychiatrist.

You can really see why people just walk away.
This whole system seems to be built on exclusion.

[Ru-bee]

Hey @Jason_and_me hearing how frustrating this news must be, the system can be exhausting to navigate at times but good on you for persevering. 

Would it be an option to re-engage your previous counsellor/psychologist now that you've met with the psychiatrist? 

[Jason_and_me]

I am still minths from a diagnosus so I have to wait for then. It is all good. My wife has decuded to keave me now as I was not heal8ng fast enough.

The problem takes care of itself.

[Ru-bee]

@Jason_and_me I'm so sorry to hear that. Is this something that has just happened recently?

Do you have any supports you could reach out to as you process this - friends or family you could lean on?