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Anyone else cried their eyes out today?

28 replies

LanguidLobster · 15/10/2018 14:36

I've been really distraught since my little cat died and heard from someone I was born with (same ward, same registrar on birth cert. Grew up together. We used to giggle quite a lot at that and speculate what the registrar was like then eventually decided as it was the seventies he must have been in flares and was a cool cat) but it made me cry my eyes out, and I'm not a crier.

I feel pathetically grateful for him (childhood friend) being kind about my cat.

Anyone else cried today?

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FFSOMG · 15/10/2018 14:45

I’m very low. Spoke to my CPN who rang my husband to come back home from work. Cried a lot but taken 10mg diazepam and drinking tea and eating chocolate. Have a headache now which I’ve taken paracetamol for.

Mummabear2212 · 15/10/2018 14:46

I've only got 4 weeks of mat leave left before going back to work. I took my head put the sand this morning, sobbed like a baby and put it firmly back in again.

AlpineButterfly · 15/10/2018 14:49

Me.

I even started a thread about it!

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lolaflores · 15/10/2018 14:52

I have bawled in frusration...please see my thread about NHS waiting lists. I simply can't face 4 more months of ENT problems, MH problems that don't seem to register as urgent enough. Its taken 10 months to get this far and not even a hint of what treatment I might get.
The two are feeding into each other. i have panic attacks, longs bouts of depression and an endless loop of not getting very far.
Today I just hit a wall of uttter despair.
And the bloody squirrels have succeded in breaking the bird feeder and I haven't the will to buy another one.

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LanguidLobster · 15/10/2018 14:53

Oh Alpine I hadn't spotted that!

@FFMSOMG god 10mg is a lot, really hope you're ok.

@Mummabear2212 I'm sure you are much more capable than you know.

Well I'm now all cried out (as the Alison Moyet song goes) so that's a relief in itself

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SimplySteve · 15/10/2018 14:57

Been bawling. Life's dumped a load of shite in mine and DWs laps and it just feels like treading water, overwhelmed and unable to comprehend/cope.

My PTSD is sticking its oar in too.

Hope everyone feels better soon. 

FFSOMG · 15/10/2018 15:00

CPN told me to take 10mg; 2x 5mg not 5x 2mg!!

BrazzleDazzleDay · 15/10/2018 15:10

Recovering from pneumonia and partial collapsed lung. The pain and boredom just got a bit much. Managed to give myself a slap, bloody cryings not going to do my chest any good!!

So sorry to hear about your cat Sad pets are just so hard to lose.

TurnipFish · 15/10/2018 15:12

Relatively minor really in comparison but just feeling a bit down about being short of cash & struggling with what to do with my horse, need to sell to solve first problem but not as easy as that Sad.

Teensandfuture · 15/10/2018 15:18

Me! Had to stay up until midnight to get the exam results of exam I studied very hard for 3 months(including 2 weeks reading on a beach in August) and I failed it by minor marks. Stakes are high in terms of future job/career. I also came off ADs to have a sharp mind and study/pass and sacrifice was huge in terms of my MH. I could have had a fail but could be happier and calmer on medication.

bookworm14 · 15/10/2018 15:18

Me.

DD (aged 3) had a very disturbed night and then completely refused to go to nursery this morning - ended up shouting at her and carrying her there in bare feet as she wouldn't put her shoes on. Cried in front of nursery staff which is embarrassing. I hate shouting at her - it makes me feel like a terrible parent. Sad

I'm so sorry about your cat. Flowers

Bunnyhop1502 · 15/10/2018 15:24

Yes! Lost my GM in the summer. Heard an ABBA song earlier that suddenly reminded me of her when she was well and happy and it shot me right in the heart.

Bunnyhop1502 · 15/10/2018 15:25

PS sorry to everyone having a gloomy moment/day/year. There’s only one way to go from the bottom ❤️

Greggers2017 · 15/10/2018 15:28

I did! My car died this morning. Sounds silly but I've had it 11 years from new. Brought my babies home from hospital in and it's where my fiancé first told me he loved me.
I'm also newly pregnant so very emotional anyway!

WildFlower2018 · 15/10/2018 15:51

Yes, me. Meghan and Harry's baby news has really upset me. We got married two weeks after they did. We got pregnant just before they did in June, but lost our baby 6 weeks ago (at 13w).

Deep down I'm happy for them of course, but I'm incredibly jealous. It hurts that they got to announce their happy news and that it has all been snatched away from us.

bookworm14 · 15/10/2018 16:24

I’m so sorry Wildflower.

namechangedyetagain · 15/10/2018 16:30

Me as well. Had an appointment with occupational health about doing a phased return to work. It won't be as gradual as I was first led to believe and I'm not sure if I can do it. I'm still not sleeping and sometimes having panic attacks. I didn't get a lot of sympathy and was told grief takes time and I'd be better off being busy.

I'm so glad a complete stranger told me how I should be 7 weeks after I lost my brother suddenly. Feel fucking great now and like it has set me back hugely. I thought I was doing well be even attempting work (given that some days I can barely get out if bed) but apparently not.

Home now with a soothing cup of tea.
Flowers for everyone else having a shit day.

StillMedusa · 15/10/2018 16:35

Me... I had a message from my boss to tell me that one of my former pupils had died suddenly at the weekend...totally unexpectedly. (I work in a special school) I was with the young person for 4 years and loved them . They were an only child and it's so unfair.

Got to work and those of us that had worked with and loved them just hugged each other. It's rare but one of the worst things about my job Sad

SacreBlue · 15/10/2018 16:42

I want to run a bath and get in and not get out for a looooonnng time or at all

Flowers Brew to everyone.

FlamingGoat · 15/10/2018 16:45

Me too. My mum died 9 weeks ago and the pain and grief today has really hit me hard.

amusedbush · 15/10/2018 17:07

Not today but I cried myself to sleep last night. I've gained a huge amount of weight (five stones Sad) over the past year due to binge eating disorder, stress and poor MH.

Last night DH told me that I look bad so heavy, he can't pretend to be attracted to me and he's annoyed that I will be going on holiday at this weight when I've had months to sort it out. As if I didn't feel bad enough about being fat. Cool.

SimplySteve · 15/10/2018 17:38

I'm sorry amused, your hubby is being an utter twat. What gives him the right to say those things, it's contemptuous. To say he doesn't find you attractive leaves me astounded. Not like you don't have reasons. Dangerous comments too, I hope he's not trying to create distance so he can have an affair.

I'm so sorry to everyone who is struggling after losing a loved one. And Wildflower, that's so incredibly sad, I'm so sorry and hope you have baby success very soon. 

OldGreyBoots · 15/10/2018 17:45

Me. Got a doctors appointment on Thursday for presumably depression that I've been struggling with for a while, combined with the pressure of uni work and a thoughtless comment DP made I've felt pretty rubbish today. Meeting a friend tonight to hopefully get some things off my chest!

OldGreyBoots · 15/10/2018 17:47

Also meant to add how sorry I am to hear of everyone's sadness. Hoping we all have better times on the horizon. Flowers

Blankspace4 · 15/10/2018 17:52

Also feeling crap for a variety of reasons, anxiety is really bad at the moment, one of those days I’ve just needed to opt out of the world and hide away.