What have you done this week to protect your mental health

[thisisasurvivor]

I will go first

Lovely best friend due to come for 5 daya

Had to say please come another time

My headaches have been so bad all week
I have no energy to speak and i had to cancel

Feel so sad

But my mental health will thank me as I could not manage it all

Said no to a 'social engagement'

I saw my GP and was very open about struggling 6 weeks post partum

Meet up with a mum friend for an hour this morning even though I wasn't really sure I'd be Good company

Signed up for a mum's walking group

Posted on here how I am feeling and got some very good advice.

Got some paperwork done that I’ve been putting off for weeks (and had it cross my mind every day for weeks).

Amazing

And even the little things are a huge win 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

Got rid of the husband

Oh god

Amazing

How are you??

Detached from DD's rudeness a bit. I've just chosen not to engage. She is 18 and is....testing....to say the least.

Please teach me your ways! I take it way too personally

I lost my shit as that seems to be the only way my household will take notice

OH had a golf day in between 2 long shifts so obviously everything fell on my shoulders. I had an awful day, was due on and had enough. He came home to an unhinged woman, I told him “if you’re ever this fucking selfish with your time again this won’t work”

Oh I did too... but I realised my reaction was making zero difference to her. Waste of either my tears or energy being annoyed. So I literally just walk away now when she is rude. Mid conversation sometimes. Or just give a long pause say 'ok' and shrug and act as if she hasn't just said something deeply annoying or plain rude.
If she's really bad I will sort of laugh incredulously and give it the old Mumsnet 'did you actually mean to sound that rude?' And just leave it at that....that's probably the most effective of all.
She is a lovely girl but these last few months has regressed to how she was when she was 14 which was....not fun.

She starts full time work in a few weeks after having had a summer dossing about and working weekends at a wedding venue. She is on a gap year having deferred her uni place. It's an odd time I guess for her-no school routine to go back to, some of her pals off to uni....Im hoping working 9-5 in an office environment will knock some of the childish sullen behaviour out of her-she just needs to grow up a bit tbh.

Hats off to you, it sounds like a good way of dealing with it. Mine is 14 and it’s an awful age! Hopefully your daughter gets a bit more settled in the near future, until then you have my solidarity in being the metaphorical punching bag!

Ignored the long text message from MIL 😂

Made time to go to choir. My weekly spot of protected time.

Sat in a coffee shop alone for an hour, drinking coffee and staring out of the window ❤️

I made the time to have fresh, nutritious lunches when working from home in a particularly busy period. It's all too easy to work through without a break, but thoroughly unhelpful for wellbeing.

Not touched alcohol.

Drawn a firm boundary with unpleasant “friend”

Moved my body and been outside every day.

Currently using the time between school run and a meeting i don't want to attend having a coffee and cruffin on the seafront. I would usually be rushing about to get back, but instead I'm going to join on teams on my phone

Today I am going into work an hour late. I have stayed up until 4am for the last three nights to hit a deadline of 9am this morning (which was nobody's fault and brought-about due to something happening and causing an emergency situation that none of my managers or team could have planned for) and finally submitted what was needed at 2am this morning.

I sent my manager a message telling him that this is what I was doing and set my alarm for later before going to bed.

Walked every day usually with DH but one solo walk, played Call of Duty, had coffee with a friend and a friend came round to ours for dinner.

Went a walk and enjoyed a secret bag of thorntons toffee

I bought a pop up/walk-in greenhouse last month to grow some salads and few little flowers over the winter. Even popping in for a few minutes to check on seedlings and pick the last of tomatoes is very calming.

Went for a walk in the countryside alone. Felt so much better afterwards!

I’ve done 3x 30 min walks this week, completed another driving lesson (not good for my nerves in the moment!! but will be a long term benefit and I get such a mood boost when the hour is done), and have done homemade lunches every day for work rather than buying expensive sandwiches.

Talked to my manager about some health concerns I've got right now and got his full support.

👏 well done to all. It’s so important to protect ourselves and put ourselves first.
I went to therapy.
I journaled
Exercised
Lots of rest.

Went swimming for the first time in a long time.