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Sounding good Sapphire
They say walkings good for back pain, when I was in hospital with it I thought easy to say love ☺ maybe you could do short ones & build up, do you do anything for core strength? I walk hills physio said it'll be helping & is cause last out was hard but not excruciating all time like others but woe had several moments of agony
Hopefully youre getting better sleep now, you're overall sounding brighter which is great
Tc
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Thanks lovelies.
Im getting about 4 hours sleep and back to waking at 4 am each morning. I wake as though ive not slept at all and feel as though ive had nightmares but cant seem to remember what they were about. Wake up all hot, sweaty and panicked. Hubby is concerned because i do recklss and stupid things when ive not had much sleep. I guess he thinks im gonna go down again. Who knows.
Ive just been walking around my front yard since im too afraid too leave my home. Its not much but its something i guess.
Ive lost all interest in everything. My garden is dying because i cant be bothered with it anymore. My house is disgusting because i cant be bothered. My book is still untouched because i cant concentrate, end up thinking about past. I just feel meh!! Life has no purpose to me anymore. So i cant be bothered with it.
Im just having a bleh sort of day i guess.
Love to you all xx
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Afternoon Sapphire
and everyone
Saphhire- those
dreams youve been having. The ones were your sweaty and anxious when
you wake but you dont know why- they are called night terrors. These
are basically nightmares in the subconscious memory. Somehwere in the
background-out of reach of your thoughts- is having nihgtmares. Thats
why you cant remember them but your body is reacting the same way as
a nihgtmare. I recently went through this and sometimes still do.
With mine I was having the same signs as you, as well as waking up
and literally my whole bed Is all over the place, the sheets werent
on blankets on the floor pillows everywhere but under my head
suggesting a violent sleep. Some people scream during these. I
suggest taking a look at night terrors. The heaps of info on the net
about them.
With the sleep, I
suggest taking a look into some things that you can do to better your
sleep. Sometimes meditation before bed helps, when I go to bed I
actually lay down comfortably and then do it with my eyes closed that
way if I fall asleep thats a good thing. Sometimes an essence helps
too with essential oils. Having a nice hot shower or warm bath, warm
milk or some chamomile tea might help as well. All sorts of things,
it seems I can suggest quite a lot but they dont always work. A lot
of things done help me except sleeping tablets but I hope something
helps you.
Any walk is a good
walk. A walk in the garden sounds nice, maybe if you have a botanical
garden or pond or somewhere scenic it could help to go there in stead
of in town.
If it helps I havent
cleaned my house either and my poor pop has been doing more than me
and im suppose to be the carer. Aim for small things. Set yourself a
goal for the day whether it be go for a walk, or clean one specific
room at a time. It all adds up.
also these are your warning signs that your starting to go down, i can recognise them. this is your pattern starting to happen where you pick up and have a few good days or however many but your signs are less sleep, becoming more reckless and having more of the meh feeling. nows the time to increase your self care, keep in contact with your supports and keep talking.
If its hot where you
are it could also be making you meh, same as the cold.wet and rainy
weather.
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Darl sleep deprivation they used/use as torture, its mentally draining makes our lives harder to cope with & weakens us. I think nightmares are another stress release, glad you're doing little walks that gets you out of your head for short periods of time
Try any form of distraction, to give your head a rest from pain even temporarily beats constant haunting thoughts. Could try having pen & paper see what comes out, can be good stress release
Difficult but if you try pushing through the darkness doing small things maybe catch a few weeds each day sounds like you enjoy gardening usually & as Starts said just small area daily in house every movement is distrac tion which is needed
You've come up before & started too again, I believe you can rise above, hard to believe when you feel like this but the strengths in you
Thanks for daisies on bouquet that was really sweet 😙
Hold on girl you can make it
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hey Saph
wishing you luck in all your appointments this week, your in my thoughts xoxo
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Hi Sapphire,
You, me and everyone has good points. So lets try this together. For the next 21 day lets repeat over and over, 'I am a good person.' Do this even when your mind is telling you otherwise. Believe me ..... it works. How do I know that it works? Because I do this all the time.
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Sapphire I know it seems impossible & that its not going to change but it can hun.
It has to come from within you darl, you know we're here for you that won't change but you need to reach out & accept help, I really get it, its so hard to open up but its how you can make change. Please go to the appointment for your sake, this is too much to take on alone. These people are highly trained & experienced.
You were at a wicked place before when we met & you got back up you can again.
You've gone through the hard yards with your op so you've got the weight loss to look forward to & feeling better in yourself, I know there's hiccups atm & all going well they'll get ironed out in time.
You started doing things in small steps, walking dog for short periods which is great & you were recently starting to pick back up,believe darl you can get through. We do