I would just like to have a moan

[InterstellarDrifter]

It feels like nothing is going right.
No one is interested in buying our house and the house we wanted has now had a better offer. I’m so sad about this.
My work is not going well and dh’s job is unstable at the moment. He hasn’t had a pay rise in years despite working long hours and sacrificing family time.
I’m getting older and feeling it. My weight isn’t helping matters and I’m now one of those people who is like ‘ow my back’ when I get out of bed.
I used to run 5km and now I’m out of breath rushing on the 10 minute school run.
I just feel generally overwhelmed, stressed and down, like many people I’m sure.
Disclaimer - I know I’m better off than many others and I am thankful for everything I do have

Fell free to moan along or slap me with a wet fish.

I will join you. Moan away!

Same here really. bad back getting me down and not helped by being overweight. Career going backwards and stress all the time !

Lol get a grip you lot ! ( I make strange noises too these days !)

My gripes are pretty minor but getting older isn’t much fun right now. Plus i think my memory is pretty shot, but on the plus side I can forget why I have the hump quicker now 🤪

I’m fat fifties and unfit. I work long hours and hubby has just retired and I’m jealous 😂

Moan away. I'm overwhelmed, stressed and down too. I can't even drink any more as it just gives me a migraine.
There's a distinct corner in life that you turn and everything looks different to before. I used to be hopeful and see magic in things. Now I just trudge on.

Me too, I was feeling dreadful, like I was about to die! ... except in May this year I decided to start swimming and although I've lost a little weight (not much) I feel fitter and better and my bones ache less than before and I generally feel good
I swim week day mornings for about 20 minutes then have a sauna for about 10 minutes

Sometimes you just need to get it out I have been having a shit few months too and keep trying to be positive but struggling at times. DM is terminal and could go anytime and she is my best friend. DDs father is an alcoholic and is now hitting the end stages of the illness where he is suicidal because things are so bad and I am getting called almost nights with him crying telling me he can't go on etc but won't accept help. We are struggling with money for the first time in our lives due to childcare costs which we didn't have to worry about before DM became ill. I recently downloaded a meditation app to try and help with the feeling of being overwhelmed and I've actually found it really good. I also regularly try to think about other people who have worse problems and try to be grateful for the good things we have like healthy children, my job etc Sounds simple but i do sometimes need things to be put into perspective. Try and take some time to do something you enjoy doing that can allow you to escape from everything that's bothering you, even an hour a week can help. Hope things get better soon

Oooh can I have a moan too?
Returned to work after 4.5 years and I hate it. My students speak very little English, 2 hours feels like aeons.
I won't get paid til end of January either.
I'm trying to plan a Santa's workshop for the pta (I'm chairman) for 120 children, stressful and exhausting, mostly dealing with the previous chairman who is intolerant to change and I constantly feel like I'm upsetting everyone and that they are bitching behind my back.
My eBay account got hacked and took my last £30, which isn't much but it's all my money. It's the second scam I've had (unrelated) in a month.
Tomorrow I'm working in all 3 of my jobs during the day. I'm knackered just thinking about it
I'm also a runner and I'm injured (hamstring) and I'm just tired of it always hurting in the night.
I feel like the edges of my sanity are starting to fray a bit now and I don't know how to pull it back together

The autumn coming and the clocks changing has hit me like a freight train this year, I don't know why. I am really not looking forward to the inevitable chaos of Christmas, it feels like it's all coming too fast.

Hope you feel better soon OP.

Sorry all who are feeling low. Especially those dealing with health problems and ill relatives
It’s good to get it out and help to recalibrate.