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When were you last properly relaxed and at peace?

51 replies

PeridotCricket · 02/12/2018 12:35

For me I think it might have been about four years ago on holiday in a country where the sea is wArm...bobbin* 8n the ocean.

That sort of holiday is a distant memory...need some closer to home ideas.

OP posts:
haverhill · 02/12/2018 19:39

At least 3 years ago. Probably alone, walking outside.

AveEldon · 02/12/2018 19:42

4 years ago
A lot of stuff has happened since not all of it good

KismetHardie · 02/12/2018 19:43

For 3 months after giving birth-I felt like I'd been redeemed. I've never know such peace-a feeling of total rightness-I don't expect to again until I die (hope for more babies but it's best to approach birth with an open mind I feel!)

wherearemychickens · 02/12/2018 19:44

Definitely before the Brexit vote - I've been low-grade anxious ever since.

golondrina · 02/12/2018 19:46

Today in a lovely country park in the warm sun. We had coffee and cake and I sat there, gazing at the pines and the blue sky and feeling the warmth on my back.

IdblowJonSnow · 02/12/2018 19:48

I really can't remember! Always busy/doing stuff/ feeling like I should be doing more. There's always some inner nagging going on with me! It's exhausting.

AnnabelleLecter · 02/12/2018 19:48

When we're at our holiday cottage. We've come back this evening after a lovely long weekend because we're at work tomorrow.
So goodbye peace and relaxation, hello stress.

Kemer2018 · 02/12/2018 19:51

Can't remember. If i could find peace of mind in the shops, I'd buy it.

AsleepAllDay · 02/12/2018 19:53

Today when I did a guided meditation in bed (lucky me)

Strokethefurrywall · 02/12/2018 19:54

Regularly - I meditate daily and love running, so feel at peace often.
Some of my most incredible moments have been watching the sunrise as I run at 5am.

missyB1 · 02/12/2018 19:55

This time 3 years ago. Life was good, dh ds and I were all happy and felt we were lucky, I used to tell myself not to be smug or take it for granted. Then just after that Christmas I got my breast cancer diagnosis.
I live with anxiety now. Nothing has ever felt the same again.

hugoagogo · 02/12/2018 19:56

On a beach, maybe woolacombe? About ten years ago or 12 I am always at my most relaxed by the sea and now live much to far away.Sad

Harrykanesrightsock · 02/12/2018 19:59

A morning in Cornwall on a quiet beach watching my two young children playing with DH. That was 12 or so years ago. I want to feel like that again. But I’m always worrying about something.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 02/12/2018 20:00

A couple of days ago - I walked through the park then went for a coffee, It was really lovely.

Prior to that, a spa day a few weeks ago. Dp and I curled up together in the relaxation room and both ended up napping. It was the most relaxed I'd felt for a long time.

OrangeFudge · 02/12/2018 20:03

2017: Out on the open ocean, paddle-boarding, a bit too far from the others, the only thing I heard was the waves and the seagulls - it was raining a bit and the sun was also shining through the rain - a magical moment of complete happiness and contentment. I wished so hard I could stop the time... haven’t felt like that since.

OrangeFudge · 02/12/2018 20:04

Some lovely moments here... I’m noticing a recurrent theme: the sea.

SurvivingCBeebies · 02/12/2018 20:05

Another one for cuddling.... for me it's my 5 month old DD... such intense love and peace...

JoyceDivision · 02/12/2018 20:10

Spending day with D's at Hardcastle Craggba few month ago... Ds pottering along (9) saying it was his most favourite place in the world.. was v peaceful and a break from lots of probs he's struggling with at school so lovely to see him in a happy place.

tomhazard · 03/12/2018 06:11

A week in Crete outside the school holidays. The whole thing was relaxing but my first snorkelling trip under the water with beautiful creatures id never seen before was super relaxing

DinosApple · 03/12/2018 07:55

Years ago. We've got our own small business and employ people. There's literally always something. For years. Even on holiday.

Oblomov18 · 03/12/2018 08:01

All the time. Most days. I'm also easily pleased. Slobbing around in my dressing gown makes me happy.

NooNooHead · 03/12/2018 08:08

Sitting on the beach near my parents in Norfolk recently brought back so many wonderful memories of when I used to love going there as a child and now I can go there with my DC, I find it very lovely. It does make my heart sing a bit. I do love the sea and beach, they are so cathartic Smile

I think the last time I felt truly at peace was probably 30-odd years ago as a child in my parents garden at their old house, swinging on a swing in their garden. I just remembered being totally in the moment and worry free, and very at peace. Exactly as a child should feel. I had a pretty great childhood in lots of ways, I was very lucky.

I haven’t felt at peace since my head injury and post concussion syndrome and breakdown then my drug induced involuntary movement disorders three years ago, then my DB died last year from cancer. I constantly feel the weight of anxiety and quiet despair on my shoulders most days, but try to hide it from my family. I wish I could be at peace again. I honestly don’t think I ever will be - and that isn’t just being negative. I genuinely feel like a part of my soul died on the day I had my head injury.Sad

GrumpyOldMare · 03/12/2018 08:14

Right now.
Sat here in my ratty pjs with a cuppa,unbrushed hair,salt lamps on,listening to the rain,knowing I don't have to be anywhere in any great rush.

IndigoSpritz · 03/12/2018 08:40

The Sunday after my Mum's passing (a Tuesday) four and a half years ago. The hospital visits had finally stopped after six months and the funeral was a few days away. I sat in Costa Coffee that Sunday morning and it was more or less the first time I felt relaxed and at ease that year.

Rockbird · 03/12/2018 08:53

Hard to remember. I'm a huge knot of anxiety and worry all the time.

If I had to say a time I would imagine it was at Lands End about 12 years ago, before we had dcs and we had a reasonably secure income. DH went for a walk and I parked myself on a rock with a book. It was a blissful hour.