How has 2018 treated you?

[YorkshireIndie]

Just feeling like this year will never end and was wondering how everyone's year has been?

My 2018 has consisted of grandparents in and out of hospital with sadly one of them passing away, my cousin whose daughter was a flower girl at my wedding tried very hard to be unhelpful and then I have two non fault accidents within three weeks of each other!!! Plus to top it off I am sure the car shared by DP and myself if trying to die on us or at the very most cost us ££££

So cheer me up (or keep me company with how much worse can this year get) - has anyone had a good year?

My beloved nan passed away 10 days after her 94th birthday and 11 days after ds was born.

It's the first time I've lost someone close to me and she is so dearly missed.

However, my ds (first child) was born and has so far been a healthy and delightful child, love of my life, so over all the joy he has brought has outweighed the sadness of loss and I know my Nan would want me to cherish him rather than dwell on her passing.

Its been a tragic and heart wrenching sad year with the most tragic stuff happening to good friends around me.

I’m still shocked by the things that have happened.

BUT next year... better, I can feel it in my waters.

Its been a fairly ok year.

To be fair, compared to 2017, anything was an improvement. I nearly lost my mother, and my husband. A lot of the year went by in a blur of tears and hospital visits.

Compared to that, 2018 has been fine. Frustrations with work, some health issues for me, and I’ve put on weight that I really cannot afford to carry but struggling to get into the headspace to get it off again.

My Nan died, my friend died, work was so bad I had to leave, then my dog got cancer.

On the upside, I'm glad my Nan isn't suffering anymore, losing my friend has been so overwhelming but I've been kinder to my children and myself as a result and I've got a much better job now. Dog is hopefully stable, since he's the true love of my life.

Would prefer next year to be much more average please.

Compared to last year, it’s been shit, and 2017 wasn’t even that good anyway!
January to March was good, passed my driving test, was due to move house so was excited etc. Then in April our buyer pulled out, so we lost the house, got evicted from our rented house and then ended up living in a hotel for a month, till our new rented house was available. Then summer came and I was just depressed, had awful suicidal thoughts in my head and was seriously struggling with life. End of September I started a new sporting hobby and I feel so happy about my life as I have an interest in something. I am definitely ready to see the back of 2018.

Meh. It's not been to worst of years. Nothing tragic has happened, really. No one I love has died or become seriously ill, and everything's been ticking on. But it's not been that great, either.

My best friend has been having an awful year, and has been withdrawing and hiding, and I'm constantly unsure how to help and be a good friend. DH's job is not secure and he's struggling with his mental health (mine's been a lot better since this spring, thank fuck). Brexit is a constant background anxiety in our lives (not just for the general situation, but more personal reasons). I'm feeling stagnant in general.

But we have our home, food on the table, and physical health has been okay (and my mini "cancer scare" wasn't cancer). We managed a little, rare holiday this summer. DH and I are getting along well. I've read some nice books, discovered yoga (although I'm very bad at it) and podcasts and started baking.

Normal life stuff, I guess. I'm not expecting next year to be better, to be honest.

I'm firmly in the fuck off 2018 camp. Two 2nd trimester miscarriages this year, lots of debt due to changing jobs and unexpected expenses and have put on about 4 stone since January.

2019 HAS to be better than this year.

2019 could have a sharp nasty Brexit I'm hanging on for the memories

Sending unmumsnet hugs to everyone. Forgot about brexit (still holding onto another vote...)

Awful. Just awful.

I'm so sorry to hear the sorrow that many of you are going through.

I hope 2019 will bring hope.

I lost a dear aunt and a colleague this year. I've had a lot of family issues to sort through mentally and I think I've made good progress in detaching.

World issues have been overwhelming too.

Like shit

2018 has been hellish

But so was 15-16-17 also

The most part was beautiful. My daughter started school, I started a college course, my mental health improved, my relationship was lovely. I spent my time of in a beautiful place that meant so much to me. But now. Now my boyfriend has just died and I want the entire world to either go back or just fuck off for ever.

It could've been worse.

2018 started off pretty crappy. Nothing like 2017 which was one of the worst years ever for us.
However from March 2018 lots of good stuff happened with only a couple of downs thrown in.

I'm so sorry for those of you having a terrible time. I hope for you that 2019 will be some sort of new start.

I've had an odd year. Some good (reconciled a bit with my DSis, which I'm very happy about), some wobbly (relationship with DM not great, which makes us both unhappy, but neither of us able to do much about fixing it). Some out of the blue stuff, which I wasn't expecting and surprised at my own reaction. Not very proud of myself. Trying to turn it into a learning experience.

DDog died, which was awful. Replacement puppy (DD's fault) has been... interesting... distracting... crazy. Miss DDog a lot.

Read some good books.

DD has had a massive year - done GCSEs (proud of what she achieved), had her heart broken, started A levels. Started driving lessons. I wonder what she'd say to the question.

This year has been absolutely shit mentally draining and just shit, I think this was the year of realising I have to deal with my issues i.e. Anxiety, PMDD, OCD once and for all, I've always started the process and then backed out but this time I'm due therapy inn3 weeks time.
I'm so hoping that 2019 will be the best year ever and lead on to us all living happy lives for good.

2017 was bad, but nothing on how awful this year has been. It's been one thing after another and 2019 looks to be promising us at least one family death due to a recent terminal diagnosis.

I'm so sorry to read that so many of you have had a tough year. to you all.
The last two years for me have been the worse of my life. I didn't think I was going to come through them. But I did. And this year, I have fallen in love. He doesn't know it yet

Awful. Truly shocking.

Mum died in sudden and tragic circumstances at the beginning of September.
Been diagnosed with PTSD due to that.
Anxiety through the roof.

Constant pain - can't even get it under control with morphine now. Everything hurts.

2018 can fuck off.

Hell.
And i know for a fact 2019 is going to be worse!

2016 and 2017 were the worst two years of my life, full of life changing, catastrophic events. 2018 has been about trying to start to repair the damage and bloody finally, I can see and feel some progress.

I'm so sorry to hear of the year's some of you have had. I live in Mexico City and our building got damaged in the earthquake last September. This year was marked by arguments among the neighbours trying to organise its repairs and their payment. More earth tremors to keep us on our toes and wonderful friends who have offered me their homes to live in and every other kind of help, though we've stayed on.

However, eventually the government agreed to paying for the repairs which are just starting and best of all, we have a new president who looks like he's going to be really good for the country and a new mayoress who also looks good. I hadn't realised how depressed I was about the general disaster and hopelessness of the country until then.

Well this year has been the best year out of the last few. Finished up hormone therapy and officially in remission!

But I had to have another surgery for something unrelated and 2 months recovery for that. I am not a very patient patient so I found that difficult.

I look better than ever though. And I'm proud of that as it has been a hard few years and I looked a wreck for a long time. I got a new job and have managed to keep my prior health issues a secret and my new colleagues guessed my age wrong by 8 years and were surprised that I even had 2 school aged dc! That was an unbelievable compliment to me!

The one negative that remains of our difficult few years is the financial hangover. We are in so much debt and working so hard to get out of it. DH took on a second job and I'm fulltime but our income just disappears on debt and living costs. Very demoralising. We should be out of this by the end of next year so there is light at the end of the tunnel. I am just praying that we have no more bad luck. I don't think people realise the enormous fallout that affects every aspect of your life after being experiencing serious ill health/accident etc. For those who are in the thick of it, may luck come your way as well.