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This is literally how dumb and stupid I am

Unicorn_Sparkles
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It has been a nice day, so I decided to get out of the house, go for a drive and then on the way back, stopped at the local shops to see if either coles or woolies had caramilk, coz seriously, who doesn't love chocolate? Anyway, was literally in and out within half an hour and now I've spent 2 hours looking for my stupid car and I ended up calling my parents coz I was so stressed out. All dad could do was laugh at me while I was telling him. He's on the way to the shops now, but I feel so dumb.
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white knight
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi

Very funny, but thete is the serious side- how does one cope in a panicking situation. Your head must have thought, stolen?.

I used to catastrophize situations due to anxiety. I had to ask myself "what is the worse case senario?"

Only then would I start to calm down...just a little.

Our memory can deteriorate due to illness or medication not to mention stress.

Some years ago I thought I had my car stolen. I tjought I parked it in my usual spot. It wasnt there. I ran 200 metres around the block. Towards the end back at the car park, my arm was getting sore, why?...it was holding my motorcycle helmet! Yep, that day I'd ridden my motorcycle to the shops. It was still parked in the motorcycle parking spot.

Does that make you feel normal? 🙂

TonyWK

romantic_thi3f
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member

Hi Unicorn Sparkles,

Thank you for your post. I was however looking for a really dumb and stupid post, but instead I found one that was wayy too relatable! 😞 I too have absolutely done this before, and more than once!

Also sidenote: if you ever find yourself in this position again, you can get apps that pinpoint where you parked your car, take photos or even try to remember permanent structures (i.e. at the end of the kerb/near that tree)!

RT

quirkywords
Community Champion
Community Champion

UnicornSparkles,

I must admit if I were to list all the silly things I have done I would run out of characters very quickly.

It the time of course it is hard to see the funny side but it is very common. I once tried to change the television with the phone.

I find when I tell someone something silly I have done they try and top my story with something silly they have done.

I once put salt instead of sugar in a recipe and then took it to work for morning tea. I was embarrassed as everyone nearly spat out the cake!!

Quirky

Guest5643
Community Member

Hi unicorn sparkles.

I havnt read the other supplies but i had to laugh cause you reminded me of last night cause for ages i was stressing out trying to find a particular plate. In the end turned out to be right in front of me. Hope you got your caramilk i had no luck. Maybe get one of those little flag things for your car, i see cars with those.

Cheers lynne

Yeah, my head was thinking stolen... but it was more the fact when I called my dad to tell him I couldn't find the car, he laughed at me, which stressed me out even more. And then when he came down, I was trying to tell him I remembered seeing ABC shops when I came in, but he wasn't listening to me.

The good thing is, the car was found, unharmed, but it still hurts that instead of asking if I was ok when I first called, all ge could do was giggle like a 5yo at me and make me feel worse than what I already was.

There's an app that helps you find your car? Usually I'm pretty good at remembering where I park, but wow, I still don't know what went wrong. Maybe an app might be good for future emergancies+

Oh no! Salt imstead of sugar in a recipe! That would be the worst! I guess I kind of feel like I'm constantly saying or doing the wrong thing lately.

Hi unicorn,

I am just wondering this month has been,

No pressure , if you want you can post, I hope you are doing well.

quirky

Hi quirkywords!

It's been ok, have good moments and bad moments. I still haven't been to the doctor yet, I've just needed "me" time, to try and let things sink in. Hitting rock bottom is a truly scary experience and I totally get why people go through those feelings of not being good enough, shutting down, made to feel like a drama queen, not being listened to, that their thoughts and feelings don't matter and so many other things that I may have missed.

One thing I've started to realise, i honestly sometimes think other people don't know or realise that their behaviour can and does hurt people. Perhaps I needed to be "stronger" so to speak in speaking up. I sometimes tried to, but most of the time things did come out wrong and I ended up sounding like a raving lunatic. I do maintain that not everything is my fault, but I can look at myself and admit I have flaws. Other people, I'm not so sure about. For the most part I've wanted some time to myself to gather my thoughts on that matter. So many people claim to be friends, that they care, etc, but when you need them, they're nowhere to be seen. I have reached out to apologise to a few people who did try, to explain my side of things, which helped. Nowhere near back to being besties, but making small steps.

On the home front, I've opened up a lot to my mum, so she knows how I'm feeling and she's been trying to be more supportive of me when things go crap at home with dad, so I don't feel so alone, so to speak while at home. She still has her moments, where she'll tell me "not to start" if dad is having one of his 5yo moments, where he literally yells at the tv, doesn't help around the house, refuses to put the dogs out to go to the toilet, coz he would rather watch tv, then turns the tv up coz I'm trying to get the dogs out, when all they want is dad to take them out.

I think my biggest issue is I've always put other people first. I'm so used to doing that, i don't even know what me time is. I am starting to learn how to say no to people, and part of me is glad I've got this far. I still need extra help, but just to have this time to even partly clear my thoughts and think through things has helped so much.

Thankyou so much for reaching out, just to see how I am. You're a complete stranger. In a world that generally seems so crap these days, it's always nice to know people care. It never has to be anything fancy or extreme, but really dont think people care about others anymore. I'd rather be the kind of person who can try and make someone smile, whether it's someone at the supermarket, a friend, family or even a complete stranger.

I hope you've had a good month and you're well ❤🦄