Hi Grandy, DB Quirky, & waving to EM, again, too! (I will get to your place, yet. I know things have been going very well for you lately. Still, I will continue to wish you all the best.)
Grandy, it seems to me, you are more responsive to when you feel uncomfortable, like when the anxiety gets to be too much, & you decide you've had enough. Yeah, your decision, to say & endure, or choose to look after yourself, to care for yourself, & leave at that time.
same goes for that video clip. You can turn off the clip, turn away from anything which feels at all too much, too threatening, triggering, whatever.. I'm so glad you are choosing.
That sounds like a video I would not want to watch either, not like what you describe - too much like some people in my pat, too.
I enjoy having something playing at night. The importance of it becomes clear when, as lately, the internet connection cuts out & I'm left with, firstly, my tinitus, secondly, with whatever my mind decides now is a good time to chuck at me. When I want to sleep, I don't want mental interruptions.
When I'm up & have time to sit & write things out, okay. I try to deal with the feelings that come with the thughts, then.
At any rate, this is the plan. It doesn't always work. It does give me some sense of being in my own driver's seat. That's important to me. I hope it is for yu, too.
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DB, I've had problems with the character count being inaccurate, even when I don't use emojis. (I was told that might have been the problem). I have copied my intended post, edited it in word doc., & still could not post. A few times I have resorted to splitting my post into two posts. Sometimes cancel wht I want to post, (copying first - pasting in Word Doc), going to another Discussion, & returning later. That' has helped a couple times.
It really is frustrating, especially as I become more physically uncomfortable at night.
Quirky, I think, once, I've had a Post post before I was ready, without clicking the big Reply button.
I'd suggest emailing Modsupport. We want to know what you have to say!
Hugzies, all,
mmMekitty
