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My Day
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After a long and ardous 5 hour long conversation with my husband yesterday, I decided that I was going to go to this convention today which we have helped plan for the past month. It was a small one- not even a thousand people but a couple of days ago I was sure I would be too fragile to face that. I wasn't even sure gioing to sleep last night. I woke up this morning and decided to to go. I would be volunteering close to my husband and some friends so if things tarted to go pear shaped, help was at hand to seek medical attention. The deal was we would be there as long as I could stand it and then we could go home or to the hopsital depending on my state of mind.
It went alot better than expected. I spent most of the day there and even found the responsibility of looking after attendees helped me keep my mind of my troubles. I just focused on what others needed. When the crowd was toomuch, I withdrew to a spot working the door where it was quieter and I didn't even have to do much work.
The biggest news of all- I had fun. I laughed for the first time in days. I found myself smiling. Today was a good day.
I am not saying I won't have bad days after this, I probably will with the looming deadline of deciding what to do with my life now that I have wasted 7 years on a not quite finished degree. I haven't even began to deal with my family issues. But today was a good day all the same.
I guess that's what the point of this post is- not to gloat that I am having a good day and others aren't, but that good days can and do happen. A good day happened to me of all people, and if you've been following my posts you know good days just haven't been happening for months. If I had quit before this, I wouldn't have seen today. I see the stars I was looking for.
By gum, if good days can happen to me they can happen to you too.
The second point is when the dark comes again for me and I can't see the stars, you out there can throw this day back in my face. You have full permission to do that. You can rub my face in this feeling until it scrubs out all the darkness and I see stars again.
Now more importantly, how did your day go?
GA
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Hi GA
I write these things because I believe in what I write. I believe in the people who I’m writing to. You know what, even though we live with this horrendous debilitating illness, I truly believe that if there were more people like us, the world would be a much better place. For it is people who suffer this illness who have golden hearts and compassion through every pore of their soul.
GA, you can go off topic anytime you like … kind of like my ‘whoops, another digression’!
It’s amazing that when you mention the word ‘butterflies’, I immediately think of the Beyond Blue website logo … and the red and orange coloured butterfly that sits there. I can hear you now saying, “Oh my god, I’m glad you’ve woken up and joined the club Neil … that’s exactly WHY I refer to butterflies”. People might say I’m slow on the uptake and not as brain charged as most folk and they’re probably right … I just battle along in my own little world - on the conveyor belt of life.
Do you have another appointment booked soon GA with either your GP or the clinical psyche?
You say you don’t know how to feel about the situation … well hey, that’s ok … nothing wrong with that at all. Sometimes things are just too difficult to understand or even not meant to be understood. We can live with that, that’s ok.
The monsters in your head are evil and you know all about that … we’ve got to try to find ways of taking to them with pitchforks and spears … and to firstly lessen their numbers or to whitewash them altogether. That’s the part that I hope we can somehow work with you to achieve.
Just before I sign off on this one, I want to acknowledge your comment about there being more than two people in your head … that’s highly likely to be true. I’m pretty sure I’ve got two or more in mine … and only one of them is a good one.
Cheers
Neil
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It was actually more of a reference that keeping a train of thought some of these days is like catching butterflies. Some butterflies lead me off on tangents and then I find myself thinking about worrying about a chain of what ifs. It actually didn't occur to me that the logo was indeed a butterflies. How's that for a Freudian slip?
I have an appointment with my psych on wednesday. I am waitinign to here about the other but I expect a call in the next week. My doctor let it slip that I'm bing treated as Priority. I'm not sure how to feel about that either.
I am also trying to cut back on my sleeping pills if I can due to toxicity and addiction over long term use. The result is that I got 4 hours less sleep last night. I guess with no job and no prospects I don't need to go anywhere anyway.
How's your day going?
GA
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Hi GA
Good to see that you are seeing your psych on Wednesday.
I really don't know what to write, but just thought I would write to say I'm thinking of you and hope your day is okay.
Jo
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This site really does help. I can guarantee I wouldn't be here if it wasn't so amazing.
Food wise my psych said she could put me intouch with food banks or some other options so we won't starve yet. We just have to survive long enough until some job comes through.
He really is brilliant. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have him. I probably wouldn't be here.
GA
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Hi GA
I agree with you - this site is fantastic. Don't know where I would be if I didn't contact BB for support.
I have made so many "on line forum" friends. There are so many caring beautiful people out there who not only understand what we are going through but are on the same path as us.
And together we can get through this.
Jo

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