~The Official Some Days Are Just So Hard~ thread

[mdmc]

ITT = hard day? hard night? kick this thread with an explanation in the subject line..

[ret5hd]

1. i have a cold, a cut finger, and my coffee martinis were insulted here on du...

but you know what? my life is better than probably 6.5 billion people (or more) on this little rock, so i'm good. thnx.

[mzteris]

2. I don't know if you think you're being funny

or not, but this is the Mental Health Support Thread. . . some of us have REALLY bad days.... and we don't need the jokes.

[ret5hd]

3. absolutely not!!!

i am thankful that the only problems i have are trivial, and that i have the "resources" to sometimes make light of (today, maybey not tomorrow) my plights.

i am really sorry if my flippant reply missed the mark humor-wise. Please forgive.

[Neoma]

4. Well, I'm at the lower end the emotional graph.

I recently started exercising an hour each day... And so far, it just makes me tired... Which shuts down my emotional control/barrier what-have-you. Since I seem to be more vulnerable when I'm tired for some reason.

Tired, tired, tired. There's more to it than just being sleepy. Tired of life, tired of learning about horrible things, tired of repetitiveness and the inevitability of it.

It seems, I want adventure! But I can't have it. I want to be a famous artist/writer! Good luck with pulling THAT off. I want more people I can relate to! Personality tests always show that I'm only in about 1% of the population. I want to be healthy! With all my diseases...

*sigh*

[mdmc]

5. I hear ya my friend

and with your reply you've found another to relate to ..
peace and low stress..

[BeHereNow]

6. This winter has been HELL for me-

Weeks in bed at a time- NO desire to do ANYTHING I love.
And beating myself up for it.
I can't wait for spring- I usually feel better then and until then,
I am allowing myself to just be in the space I am.
What is the option?
When I saw my GP today for my "Drug induced lupus rash..." (Lamictal ADR- one dose)
I asked him, "Why did my PD prescribe this? I have never been diagosed as BP?"
He said, "Sometimes doctors add it if they feel the patient needs some help with
their medications for depression..."
I said, "Well given my situation, isn't SOME depression warranted?"
He said, "Yes, I understand and yes, some sadness is justified and normal."
I agree...
Can't medicate every feeling away, not when they are normal responses to life,
which has never been more stressful for me.
BHN

[fizzgig]

7. i feel like a bag of smashed assholes

couple of nights with no sleep and a big goddamn mess with my husband.

things had been going so well...sigh.

[mopinko]

31. a bag of smashed assholes.

sorry for you troubles, but it does help me to be able to express how i feel in a way that is witty. makes it just a teeeeeeenie bit lighter to carry. and that is a good one.

[fizzgig]

32. it is a particularly expressive phrase

i can't take credit for it, and i long ago forgot who i stole it from, but definitely one of my favorites

[mdmc]

8. We have to put our cat Bella down tomorrow

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so these days have been bad for me..



Bella and mdmc during better times..

[aurora the great]

16. Sorry to hear about Bella

I am so sorry to hear about Bella. Its such a sad and difficult thing to put a beloved family pet down. We had to put our Angel to sleep in December right after the holidays. She was my baby and she would sit and lay with me all the time especially toward the end. Its getting better but I still cry but I know she is with me.
I hope that you will find your way through the many emotions with the comfort of knowing she is with you and there will be better days again when you can remember some of the wonderful memories and smile
Peace
Lisa

[mdmc]

17. thanks for the reply

[Odin2005]

21. poor kitty!

[fizzgig]

9. today is an especially hard day

i hit absolute empty the other night. i feel estranged from the two people i love most, one by distance and the other by anger. i have plenty of people who love and support me, but i can't have the two that i need, and that makes it all the worse because all i do is beat myself up for being selfish and needy.

the emotional and mental pain is starting to manifest itself physically and i'm losing my appetite.

i haven't been able to stop crying the last few days and all that accomplishes is pissing off my husband. i feel so tired and alone right now.

[BeHereNow]

10. Can you make yourself take a walk?

I know it's hard just getting out of bed some days-
but those are the days I know I REALLY have to go outside
and walk- even if it's just to the corner and back.
BHN

[fizzgig]

11. a walk would be wonderful since the weather is so nice

i've aggravated the ankle i broke several years ago and can't manage much more than a ginger lurch shuffle, but i am going to bear the pain to go get signed up with a new doc.

[xfundy]

12. Do the ginger lurch shuffle!

Change of scenery is always good. Try looking at something from a different angle. Something physical and outside yourself, I mean. Take a different route home, maybe. If weather allows, sit outside and get some sun vitamins, and maybe pick up and examine something, focus on it for a few seconds; the underside of a leaf, a weed you can snap off and hold up to your eyes, a rock and its unique texture. I know this sounds silly, but little things can help take your mind off your mind for a minute or two.

Bestest.

[momto3]

13. So far 2012 has sucked

Haven't been here in a while. Things have been pretty bad with my daughter and my own problems. I had been so down and felt that being here would be an unnecessary burden to others.

Spring will be here soon. My crocuses are blooming and my tulips are just peeking through the soil. Hopefully this portends future warm days and happiness.

Peace.

[mdmc]

14. Spring at last, Spring at last, thank God for Spring,,

Peace and Low Stress..
Feel free to drop by anytime. We are building a pretty good group here

[momto3]

15. Ahh spring!

Just thinking about my garden and flowers boosts my mood.

[Neoma]

18. I am drained.

I am a wrung out rag shoved under a mattress full of dynamite. I have cringed out so much that my teeth have grown together so that my voice and appetite would run out of the room in fright. I am so lethargic, my brain can't remember what lethargic means...

I'm miserable, and it's DU's fault!

[MadrasT]

19. I hear you

Me too.

Every time I feel like I am getting back on track, the train goes off the rails again.

[Odin2005]

20. The loud narcissistic asshole in the apartment under me makes me...

...want to strangle him. Every time his music is loud I have murder fantasies.

[mdmc]

22. I've had a hard week

I've had four people die in the last six months, plus we had to put my cat down.

[Neoma]

23. And I thought I had a bad week...

[fizzgig]

24. that is a rough stretch

peace to you

[mdmc]

25. thanks for the reply fizzgig

the most recent death was suicide by cop.. I posted about here in this reply cause I need to say it out loud but don't want another thread about it. awful awful awful
http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202541718352&slreturn=1

[fizzgig]

26. i am so sorry

that is beyond awful.

[mopinko]

30. that is just horrific.

he was obviously suffering quite a bit. unfortunately, i do understand the desire to take someone with you when you go. but damn. he could have taken quite a few.
it must take a toll on you.

[mdmc]

27. My partner is having a rough night tonight, God bless her

like the OP states --
some days are just so hard..

[mdmc]

28. ..

little sleep, sick girlfriend, work.. Listen to me bitch..

[EFerrari]

29. Too much unrestful sleep.

Listen to me chime in.

[newburgh]

33. yesterday was a hard day for me

but God willing the sun will shine in my back door some day..

[fizzgig]

34. i hope today was better for you

[mopinko]

35. i am sure it was.

you'll be okay.

[otherone]

36. I've had the worst anxiety of my life this week

I threw a house party today and have been worried sick about it.. now it is over, but today was one hard day.
Some days are just so hard.

[mopinko]

37. i would love to have parties.

but i just don't have the strength for it. too much drama, too much work.
good for you for pulling it off.

[otherone]

38. I hate the parties and drama and planning

Thank God the family helped out.
Is should be fun but it sure ain't.
Thank God it is over..

[otherone]

39. thanks for the reply

[mopinko]

40. how are things these days?

going well, i hope.

[otherone]

41. things are going well, thanks for asking?

How is the farm treating you? All good I hope..

[mopinko]

42. i've been busy as a one armed paper hanger.

is that expression dated?
anyway, the farm is good, but we bought the adjacent building and it is sooooooo much work. and i'm not even doing most of it. but just figuring things out and constantly running to the hardware store is making my brain want to explode.
but the farm is good. seedlings started, poking their heads up even tho it is freezing outside. enough eggs to start selling them. i'm gonna be rich, i tell ya. how many $4/doz eggs makes a million?

[otherone]

43. Not today

Today is going to be a great day.

I hope everyone has a great day, a day better then yesterday.

Peace and Low Stress!