The positive mental health thread - part 4

[Spudlet]

Keeping it positive, keeping our sanity, people 👍

I felt glum yesterday and had zero motivation this morning and I forced myself to do a workout and I must say it set me up for the day. If you can have a bawl bloody do!!! I had one in the car the weekend before last!!

Well it was all great here until DD’s counter went down the really long snake in snakes and ladders and she stuck her naked bent-over bottom in my face as some sort of protest against this and I started thinking I saw a threadworm in there 🤔 that’s all we need

Hi @MinesaPinot I felt like you do now last week and weirdly I've done an about turn and feel fine this week. Let it pass, moods shift quickly if you let them. I have the same work issues but not getting to me as much this week. Take care

Minesa do let it out... that can only help.

I did listen to some interviews from those who have been on lockdown in Italy, and they did say by the beginning of week three it was so much better. We have to think, that is only next week. We can do this.

Thank you all. It's lovely to have this thread and know that we are all here supporting each other.

Hi all. I have been quiet - home schooling / working from home and trying to distance myself from the C word.... quite an information overload!
The weather was so good last week, helped settle into the isolation! I think we have all had ‘it’ in this house and fortunately pretty mild, nothing that would have kept us off work under normal circumstances.
Anyway, today has been good, my five year old allowed some schooling and also Ocado arrived!
Stay well and positive guys

Morning all!
@Siameasy I like the bare bum protest, let’s hope it wasn’t a threadworm!
@Bunnyflop hope you’re feeling ok today and benefitting from the “pause” - it seems strange thinking of how frenetic every day life seems at the minute. Looking forward to the Henry picture 🐰
@MinesaPinot hope you’re ok, I am so glad this thread is here - feel completely calm and accepting of it all in a way I didn’t a week or two ago

I’ve been off work (gp) last couple of days with fatigue and aching all over, but no real temp or cough. Still plenty of appetite (is that good or bad?!) The good news is my practice manager thinks I may be eligible to be tested, subject to availability in our area so at least I should know. Have had a complete 360 in that actually hoping it is now so I can go out all guns blazing to help fight this once recovered.

Seems to be a lot of good news today, Italy showing slowing of new cases, U.K. government saying social distancing working already

Oh and @Pinkarsedfly I loved your poem!

Oh @Daffodilpasta I was brave enough to briefly look at the news after you posted that and it didn't scare me!
Hope you get your test you'll feel like a superhero if you've had it!

Thanks @Arcadia, I have trained myself to only look at news in morning now and look for the positives - must be this thread!

I also thought this was quite enlightening and upbeat- how creativity and kindness may emerge from all this

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52094332

I agree @Daffodilpasta this thread has allowed me to look at even scary news with a critical eye/positive spin. I think I have helped other people too by the attitude and information I've gained from this thread.
So positive right now thanks to this thread!!!

Morning all, wishing everyone a day with calm and small positives wherever you may come across them, hoping mine will be a lovely homemade coffee later while the kids have their screens for a while. I will continue to limit news viewing as feel so much calmer without it. My husband is a medic so I don’t really feel protected at home as he is seeing patients soon/testing etc and works long days, have to keep a real lid on it when he’s out. He changes/washes whole outfit when walks in door and doesn’t touch anything other than front door/shower door but am finding it really stressful this week. Just keep going keep going and look forward to my coffee and magazine.

Just had a little weep here - DH told me he was feeling hot and cold in the night and it’s thrown me into a lather. He doesn’t have a temperature though (we did check with the thermometer) and no cough, just a slightly snuffly nose. So trying to stay calm at this point.

I then started my morning being bombarded with information - DH trying to buy multivitamins for DS, DS wanting to build Lego and have a story read, and me trying to google symptoms - and then DS sneezed all over my cup of tea 😷 So it was all a bit much!

DS was offering me tummy rubs and kisses better and saying ‘Better? You need a happy face’ between each kiss ❤️ So that was nice at least.

We’re running really low on milk and things like bananas (virtually the only fruit DS will eat) and veg, so don’t know what we’ll do if DH gets a temperature and we all have to self-isolate. Trying not to think about it too hard at the moment.

Sorry to be a downer, I just don’t have many bright sides this morning. I’m sure I’ll find one later.

@slowdownandsee it must be very hard for you at the moment having a partner on the front line. I hope you manage to enjoy the sunshine a bit today. Thinking of you.

Hope you’re feeling ok @Daffodilpasta! 💪

@MinesaPinot hope you have a better day.

Well here is today’s Henry photo, he is having some hay at the moment. I’m eating my breakfast in bed and he did pop up and say hello for a minute, thankfully he didn’t start peeling strips off the slats under the bed like he normally does.

I’m really finding the joy in the little things at the moment, the joy of slowing down. Yesterday I had a cheese and pickle bagel for lunch with a red apple. Was bloody lovely! Have also had some lovely moments with ds where we are just laughing our heads off. At one point yesterday he was blowing on my eyelids while I was trying to stop my eyes closing, it was hilarious.

I’ll try and snatch a bit of quiet this morning to meditate and use the curable app again which I’m hopeful will help my horrible fibromyalgia go away. Learning how emotional issues cause the brain to fire off pain signals in the body has been an eye opener. And the fact that you can reverse it...

Someone is hiding under my bed....

Big hug for you spudlet I hope your day gets better.

@Bunnyflop I agree there’s definitely a link of mental state and physical symptoms.

I’m trying to work but concentration not happening- this is actually just a normal state of being for me at work so I suppose I’m grateful for that!

Hope it turns out to be nothing spudlet. I think we’re all hyper vigilant at the moment and we think every cough or sneeze is “it”. It’s entirely understandable.

Just seen this on another thread and wanted to share it with you all.

Oh Spudlet it's really hard not to worry isn't it? All these symptoms we would barely normally notice we scrutinise over and over.

My good news is I finally have ds back!! I picked him up late last night (3 hour round trip) as he's just finished household isolating 14 day.

The journey there was quite spooky with so few cars and mainly lorries but the way back with ds flew by as we chatted all the way.

He's likely now finished he's university experience (apart from online exams) and is in limbo about what's coming next. However, it seems most of his friends and acquaintances are pretty philosophical about it all.

Thankyou @Bunnyflop, hope things have settled down abit @Spudlet, we are all going to be over vigilant and every symptom worrying but just take one day at a time and take it easy on yourself, I feel stressed and tired this morning so home school paused for now and watching this morning which seems positive so far.

I love this thread because it's not about pretending everything is okay and ignoring everything that is going on, it's supportive and really reading each others messages to give thoughtful and caring replies.

@Alsohuman I like that a lot, especially because everytime I'm out I mention how eery or creepy it is that no one's about, I will try not to look at it like that as that is much more positive.

Everything is perspective, everything isn't what happens to us but how we deal with it but it's bloody hard, it's a constant effort to keep our minds in check. I have anxiety and panic disorder so have learnt some coping strategies over the years which are helpful but it's a constant battle - suppose nothing worth having comes easy :)

Lots of care and positive thoughts to you all, especially those who are finding it especially difficult at the moment... it could be me tomorrow! But for today, I'm doing okay...

Little bits of light are @Bunnyflop 's bunny pics this morning, the flowers I cut from the garden are in full bloom in my kitchen, my mum sent through pics of my doggy whos "holidaying" at her house and she always gives them a caption in his voice and my (I'm pretty certain psycosomatic) sore throat and ears I had last night magically disappeared this morning!

This is a treat. A family on lockdown doing a version of Les mis!

I love this thread, thank you. Ewww at bare bum, the things we do as parents!

I’ve tidied and cleaned quite a bit today and that’s helped.

@Slowdownandsee It must be so tough at the moment for you. I hope you manage to get some self-care in somewhere.

Thank you everyone that replied to me, I FaceTimed my mum and feel better now. I know that the chances of DH having caught it are slim as he hasn’t been anywhere beyond the supermarket and he was being meticulous about face touching and staying clear of people. He’s probably just stressed out and run down, like all of us are a bit We’re also both very prone to psychosomatic things, we were convinced we were coming down with a stomach bug last time DS was unwell and couldn’t bear to eat, then when we were told DS had scarlet fever we were both immediately starving and inhaled a pizza each

I’ve just done my run around the garden, and stayed upright despite the best efforts of DS, ddog and the foliage so that’s good. About to have coffee and a cookie while DS watches Sarah and Duck. My Strava map is hilarious It just looks like DS got hold of a pen!

Keep putting one foot in front of other, everyone ❤️ Virtual hugs all round.

@Alsohuman

That was lovely - could you link to the thread it wwas on as I'd like to thank that person for those words.

Hello everyone! Haven’t been around for a couple of weeks. Busy! One DD off school because of a head-cold and homeschooling week leading up to the closures (and older DD managed to do her flute grade exam with lots of nerves, before they cancelled the rest), then two DDs homeschooling the following week. Have also done mountains of washing, and catering duties have gone up quite a lot!
Anyhoo, spent a week in the house getting used to social distancing, enjoying the sun in the garden etc. Went out this morning to get supplies, and it was actually a positive experience. Was expecting queues and limited stuff, but it was quiet and they had everything - including loo roll - so that was nice. We have fresh bread for lunch and some pies I can just chuck in the oven for tea later.
Also, have been phone-vetted for adopting a dog, which went well, but he will be staying with lovely foster lady for the foreseeable as other end of the country and can’t justify the travel. Good news though! Have always wanted a pooch!
The sun’s out, as are the cherry trees and magnolias. The diffs are out & the tulips getting there. We are walking more from our front door and scoping out walks for when the pooch comes, which has got my legs working again. Am enjoying not having to be anywhere at any time. Counting our many blessings and looking forward to the summer/future. We’ve all had a bit of a head-cold, but generally absolutely fine, and pleased there is quite a comprehensive restriction on movement and on potential for further transmission of this new virus. We’ll get there. It’s a horrible weird time, but it will pass. Keep safe & well X

This made me giggle!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52103967?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR1ungB6J-OaMuvFtv40ykio_W55W7APCGr7jSEPRXEC9Z0MnKoRyrMmZOA