How are you right now?

[UsernameNameUser]

Having a bad day? Having a good day? Something on your mind? Want to rant? Want to share happy news?

Let’s just all check in on each other

This is a good idea for a thread! Just like you say op, sometimes you need to just let it out anonymously!

I'm alright- I have a toddler and I'm still coming out the other side of pnd and trauma from the postnatal period. My anxiety is still high. But I've spotted a few things I could try to improve things, so I'm going to try a more "fake it till you make it approach". I often read threads on here from people with older children and find it helps to remind me this is just a season of my life and it won't always be this overwhelming.

Sun is out, meeting a friend and her toddler shortly. Not all bad :)

Veering between sadness (grief), frustration (I can’t do the things that need doing) and panic (finances/future).

The outside light bulb needs changing but DH stripped the screw head when he last did it. I can remember him up the ladder saying “well, that’s a problem for next time”. The stripped screw head remover tool isn’t budging it and now has made it worse. I have a leak in the utility room roof and my bathroom sink is leaking but I can’t access the bit that needs tightening. I lost DH this year and this is all stuff he would have sorted. The jobs are too small to call people out for and I’d struggle to find the money to pay them anyway. We have no street lights and I’m struggling to reverse onto the drive in the dark, as it’s impossible to see, so it’s very frustrating.

I’ve also been awake since 5am again as my mind kicks into overdrive as soon as I start waking up. On the plus side I’ve been very productive this morning shopping/cleaning/changing beds etc and it’s a beautiful sunny day so I have 3 loads on the line. I might take my book out and have a read in the garden for a bit.

Painful neck.
Interview in 3hr.
Slept so badly.
Hopeful about current big work project.

I’m so sorry for your loss 💔 I know these aren’t ideal suggestions or long term solutions but would led strip lights work around your outside light? Or even a motion activated light that just sticks on with a command strip? And there’s waterproof/leakproof tape you can purchase online to wrap around the sink part that’s leaking if that’s possible?

@UsernameNameUser Thank you for this thread OP. What a lovely idea.

I shouldn't complain about my lot 😳 but I do find it hard I have no one to check in on me. So I really appreciate this.

I think I'm okay. I'm rather tired. My mother hasn't been well. I've got quite a lot to do today but I feel very "tired but wired" so I'm finding it hard to settle. It's a case of getting on with it for a couple of hours and then it will be done. But I'm procrastinating on here 😂 I should get on with it and then relax!

Do you know what? If you’re tired and your DMother hasn’t been well, you just do whatever feels right for you today. If that’s procrastinating on here then so be it! Hopefully your mum feels better soon!!

Chilled and happy. Myself and dh got home last night from a lovely week long break in Yorkshire. It was bliss especially as I'm recovering from my second diagnosis of cancer and a bone marrow transplant. Now cancer free but it's been s hard year so we needed the break. Big step in build my stamina and strength yp too. My ds is performing with his band tonight and it's the first time I've been able to see them headline so I'm really looking forward to that tonight.

@UsernameNameUser thank you, that's very kind 😊

@Bbq1 all well deserved. Hope the band enjoy it and that you do too.

It wasn't as awful as I expected. Ridiculously foggy on the way to work though, couldn't see 5ft in front of my face. Hoping for an early finish today so I might actually get home before 7pm!

I'm expecting the clock change to cause mayhem for the night shift and I'll have to clean up the mess tomorrow, lucky me!

I dropped dd to a nearby town for 8.30 this morning because there were end of half term celebrations last night and she got an uber back.

Came home and have tidied, laundered, generally pottered. Presently in a bubble bath and then will do various jobs: dry cleaning run, charity shop run, pet shop run. Will probably just pick up tonight's dinner now and do the big shop tomorrow. Far too late for a big shop now. Then I shall Potter again.

Having a pretty good but quiet day. DH is helping set up for a friend's birthday right now. My twin daughters are still with their friends after having a Halloween party yesterday. DS12 went to town with his friends. And I dropped my 6 year old daughter to a friend's house for a playdate.

So just me and my 9 year old right now. She's not very happy today and it's making me a little stressed but we just ate lunch so I'm thinking getting out of the house wouldn't be the worst thing ever just for a walk.

Ok day. Making progress on clean in and laundry (although I have yet to tackle the handwashing). Have done to food shop but am on my way back out to buy wine for party next weekend. (I go by metro and have 1 wheely trolley to bring things back...normally fine but not for any events or entertaining).

My back doesn't hurt as bad as it can, but is bad enough. My hair has gone fluffy so I need to take it again. I feel like I need a facial and a massage but work is manic so can't happen before family descend on me next weekend.

But the sun is shining, I have caught up a bit this week on work, and I don't need my wool jumpers cleaned urgently as we're having an Indian summer day. So overall positive.

I'm brilliant. I've just collected ds from the airport after a month with his uncle in Zambia and I'm so happy to see him.

I'm hoping he'll stay in tonight and tell me all about his trip but I suspect he'll go out clubbing with his pals.

Thank you so much 🙂

Good day overall.

DS has come back for the weekend which is lovely, had a nice day with him and we are off out with friends tonight 😁

Far better than last week. Last week my mental health took a massive decline to the point I wasn't bothered if I was here or not. Last weekend I couldn't get out of bed, but a good talk and a cuddle with my Friend, felt like a massive weight had been lifted off my shoulders and this week I've started to find joy in things again. I do know there is a big chance I'll be triggered again at some point but I now know I do have support. Todays just been a mega lazy day spent in bed scrolling through Mumsnet but that's only because I'm knackered after a week of 4am get ups and it's my only day off this week.

Feeling tired and overwhelmed.

DS has Autism and this half term has been really hard, although some lovely moments. The fireworks started last night which he is petrified of so sleep has really gone out of the window it's not great usually so feeling tired and a bit flat.

On a positive notes just had fresh boiled eggs from our Ex Batt Hens who have nice fluffy butts and red Coombs hopefully there previous life is a distant memory

Ooh fresh eggs sound lovely! So sorry to hear you & DS are struggling with the half term. Autism can be so difficult to handle at times - but lovely you’ve managed to carve out good moments in between. I recently stopped looking at days as good or bad, and started instead going by moments. “This is a good moment, that was a bad moment, but all is ok”.

I’m so sorry you went through that. Once you go through something like that, it really does stay with you. We fight a battle not many others ever know about. But I believe there’s hope for you, and that good times are ahead. There’s nothing you haven’t been able to survive, and you will survive this. Be kind & patient with yourself, and indulge in a little treat. Treat yourself as you would a friend

😂😂 Always seems like the friends are more important, doesn’t it?? Hopefully he’ll have lots of lovely stories for you!

Lovely thread thank you OP.

Feeling optimistic that Sertraline may actually work. Happy that DD20 is making mushroom risotto today and I don't have to cook. Concerned about DD13 living on screens and communicating in grunts. Grateful for my lovely cat 😺.Totally overwhelmed with the cost of living but no point worrying, I have done my best.

TW

Today is the trauma anniversary of when I was attacked. I am up and down like a yo yo and have been for the last few days. Fortunately it’s been over 20 yrs and life is good. I’m more affected by the child abuse I suffered. But wow, this time of year floors me.
Bouncing back and forth between utterly happy at this beautiful sunny autumn weather in my lovely country home, miles and miles from those that hurt me and feeling like I can’t breathe in my own skin.

Sending love to those struggling. It will pass.

There’s nothing I can say to take it all away/make it better/easier, so I won’t even insult you by trying, but I’m thinking of you, and feel free to use this thread as an outlet if it gets too much. My inbox is always open as well ❤️❤️❤️

Have to admit, today has been an up and down of anxiety. Lovely early morning - got up early, went for a chilly morning walk with the dog. Pampered myself a bit. Around noon though, my anxiety began to flare up and I’m still riding those effects, good moments and bad. Looking forward to a cozy night though, so all in all, not too bad.