I really enjoyed reading your post about your cats names tonight..You got me to smiling and laughing again. It sure feels good to laugh again..I like the name Lucy too..She does cheer me up and makes me laugh. Just like I Love Lucy.
Davit you are such a special person with a special gift. I hope you know that...Even with your hip hurting and all, you still bring out the best in people and give so much.. Being that I am your friend I will always want the best for you and I hope have a speedy recovery..
Your therapist my be on to something..Not knowing can cause a lot of anxiety..Fear of the unknown. What if 's could be a problem also..You have been making a lot of changes to your home and life lately also. They are positive changes..Even with positive changes I still find I can have some anxiety/apprehension. As for the pain I think you are doing great with replacing the negative with positive..I known pain is a tough one..I deal with this one most every day to varying degree's..I am glad I can walk and my back surgery got rid of most of the pain..I can not due what I used to do, like I used to do it..So I have modified the way I do things and have learned to adapt..I have had to accept the fact that there are some things I will not be able to do anymore. This is and was the hardest thing for me to do.
I have my class to go to today, Thursday I have jury duty selection to go to..I have to go down and pay my property taxes this week and I am going to go shopping for a crate this week so that I can start crate training our new cat so that she can travel with us in our travel trailer. This last one is going to take some time and is something I have never done before..I have a week long trip planned for January so I should have enough time to figure it all out..
Right now I am trying to go with the flow and not let my anxiety get out of control..I do feel it rearing its ugly head when I think of all I have to do...
Thanks for the info...Your trips with your cats sound like quite the adventure. We are planning on getting a med to large size dog metal collapsible crate that we can fit a litter box, bed, food and water plus have plenty of room to move around in..She was in this kind of crate at the animal rescue and seemed quite comfortable and happy. We have a 28 foot travel trailer that sleeps 8 so we are going to put the crate on the lower full size bunk and she will ride in the trailer while we are driving down the road..We also like to dry camp just like you so we will not be near lots of other people most of the time, we like it that way..Except for the tractor and engine show that we will be showing engines in and that will only be for 2 days...
We are planning on going for a pratice camping run in the next month or so to the desert..I have to do some measuring but I think it will work out fine..I will post and let you know how the other exposures I have planned for this week go....
This is something I can relate too..The mall is a big one..It find it unbearable at times being around crowds of shoppers. Like I am going to scream..They make my skin crawl..Thats when I go outside and take a 10 minute break before going back into finish getting what I need to..Sometimes we just decide I have had enough for the day and decide to call it a day and try it again the next day if it is something I really need to purchase..My partner can see it coming and says I start looking like I am a wilting flower..this happen before it hits me hard..When this happens I feel like the life has been drained out of me..My partner says I also have a very dead pan look on my face...We then know it is time to leave and try again later..There are other exposures and thoughts that cause this reaction for me..I am not ready to go into them all right now because that would bring them all to the surface again..Just can't let that happen..
Back to your question about finding a way to keep it from getting into your memory and looking for something to do to relief this that doesn't take a lot of conscious thought..This might sound simple but looking at a magazine helps me, or just picking up anything and reading it..doing a word find, looking up words in the dictionary..Just something to put my mind in a better place..I wish I could help you more..I will try to come up with some others if I can later..
I wonder if picking up one of your pieces from one of wood projects and doing a little sanding in your chair if you can't stand would help? Can you get down to your shop? If not do you have someone who can drop by today and go down stairs to your shop and get you something that you can work on upstairs? Just am idea...
I hope you got some sleep last night and are feeling a little better today..Your hanging in there and fighting the negative thoughts with things that bring pleasant thoughts like coffee and cinnamon buns..Another positive thought you mentioned is Home Support is coming today. Hang in there Davit, help is on the way..Which is a positive too...
It good to hear your on the mend..This idea of starting the morning with good thoughts is a very good idea. This is something that could really help everyone here on the site..Thanks for posting your experience with it here.
This is not something I wanted to post about but since it seems to keep coming up and I don't want you to think that no ones cares, I am responding..I am a female but even so I really have nothing to offer you in the way of knowledge or comfort on this subject..I am post menopausal and have been for 7 yrs. now..I do not remember going through peri-menopause or menopause at all..I was very busy taking care of my husband at home all by myself during those years while he was sick with ptsd and later while he was dieing with rapidly progressing frontal lobe dementia..This went on from the time I was 40 till I was almost 50..I did not even know I went through peri-menopause or menopause till it all over and he was gone..I can now tell you at the age of 57, that I am very tired and I really don't know if it is from being post menopausal or from I have been through in life. I think it is a little of both...
I do not know what to say..I am sorry I can not help you more with this one...
I just thought I would let you know that if you type in the phrase menopausal support groups into google and click search you will find lots of support groups on menopause..I just did a search and found lots of groups with women posting on this topic..You may find the support you are seeking in one of these groups...
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