The positive mental health thread part 6

[Bunnyflop]

Morning all! Welcome to the new thread!

As lockdown lives go, mine is pretty good. I'm working full time at home. Vulnerable but not shielding so not really going out very much. I have a niece doing our main shop and DH picking up odd bits but I just want to go round Waitrose and buy fripperies and baking stuff etc. because I can't ask niece as it would be taking the piss and I daren't ask DH "bicarbonate of soda? Do I get it from the paint shop?".

Work is frantic but it's like working with one hand behind your back and I feel sorry for my colleague in the office who has to deal with my printing and enclosures etc.

It sounds bizarre as I get weekends off obviously but I just want a work day off. I've got a day's annual leave booked (for a cancelled trip) in a couple of weeks so I might still take that but we're too busy for the fortnight I had booked later on. Hmm.

But: our favourite Chinese takeaway is re-opening next week (jumpy claps!)

@Callybrid it was so exciting! I bought plants from my local homeware shop (all well organised didn't even have to go inside), then to m and s food then to a big boots!
Nowhere busy although a surprising amount of people around on foot and in cars.
Felt almost normal. People getting a bit close in shops though!
Loads of lovely food in fridge now for next few days.
Nice to have an outing with DD I think it was good for her to get away from her screens.

BTW M and S checkout lady said it was quiet today - we didn't queue at all - and so worth going to big food shops when wet (if you have a car obvs!)

Lovely roses Arcadia!

I feel really grotty and exhausted today. It's just stress making me feel run down so I have taken to my bed and have been scoffing some nice chocolate. I'm going to try to find a funny film to watch tonight as well. I might even have a long soaky bath too.

I feel so ground down by the virus. It feels like lots of people are too though. But I can see there are all sorts of bit of positive news too. I am trying to remember all those scientists who are working really hard on finding a vaccine too. And yesterday (can't remember where) I saw something about trials going well on a new anti-viral medication.

And oh god....Homebase!! I have one 20 minutes away. I think I could go there next time I go to a supermarket. What would I buy there? No idea. I'll need to think of something. Simple pleasures eh?

@noooblerooble buy some flowers and some chocolate!

@Noooblerooble I felt physically awful yesterday and took to my bed in the afternoon with a migraine. I thought I'd get them less whilst not working but that's not been the case. It occurred to me today that what we are coping with is so huge (for all of us, whatever our situation) that our bodies are bound to react and we're bound to feel exhausted. If you add the pressure to be making use of our time constructively, then even more so! We're doing well to get through each day in my view!

Thanks @Bunnyflop :) had a cuddle with DP and read some books with DD and that’s helped a bit

@Noooblerooble I felt really rough this morning as well - just completely exhausted, and cold. I think it’s the stress, the fact that I’ve done a lot of exercise lately and not eaten enough as we were running out of food ahead of the big weekly shop, and the weather turning colder again. I was due to go for a run again but I didn’t, and I might not go far tomorrow either - I’ll see how I feel. If I do 3k I’ll have hit 200km this year so I want to do that before the end of the month! But that might be it. I’m also going to have a break from sewing - I’ve got four more hats semi-completed so I’ll finish those but then that’s it for a few days for me. I need to put my feet up a bit, I think. A long bath sounds lovely, although possibly not very realistic for me... I can dream though And I did the big shop today so at least there’s food again!

I think we’re all just going through the mill a bit at the moment mentally and emotionally, when you think about it, it’s not surprising that it’s having a physical effect.

Yes I felt horribly cold all day too. A hot bath has really helped me so I hope you can get one

And yes we are doing so well hanging on in there.

Oh and I've stopped running too. I love the idea of it but when i get started I just feel exhausted each time. At least I'm walking every day. The running will come back in time.

I've felt pretty fed up today too and cried over pretty much nothing while cooking dinner ☹️ I've been snapping at the kids even though they're just being typical noisy kids it's not their fault.

Anyway - positive side is there are a few positive threads on MN this evening so that's good

I've had to pop the heating in for a bit the last couple of afternoons, our kitchen where I'm working/exercising/living gets chilly in the middle of the day as it faces North. The other night I had had the oven on for dinner and left it on very low while I did yoga in front of it, lovely.

Foxes - there have been days when I've been snappy with the DCs for no real reason, I've apologised and its been ok, we all need to cut each other a bit of slack at the moment.

Before all this I was hardly snappy at all. Now I know I'm more snappy. I also know she's ruder.
A combination of things but all to do with lockdown, what's going on and the impact that has on our lives. Just got to get through it....

Well, I’m in a hot bath with a g&t after having my first online Masters class of the term.

I found it surprisingly tiring! Nice to see familiar faces again, and that everyone is looking well, though.

I found myself really admiring everyone for making the best of it - even the self-confessed technophobes were there. So maybe in some ways we’ll learn new things and gain confidence as a result of all this.

“You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

@Pinkarsedfly That is one of my favourite quotes

Rassy it seems apt.

Just coming back to say if you are looking for a nice, relaxing bit of TV viewing, The Repair Shop on BBC1 is great, beautiful objects being repaired by highly skilled restorers in a beautiful setting, lovely.

Thank you! That sounds lovely. Right up my street too

Have a good day everyone

@Expletivedelighted I discovered The Repair shop last night! What a wonderful show I also really recommend it.

It was just the thing wasn't it? That chair

Morning! Woke up this morning struggling to remember the name of a city - my dream had been largely a long conversation (with my Dad I think) about cities I wanted to visit...

I think it was @StCharlotte’s comment about a working day off that had put me in mind of this - I kept remembering yesterday this time pre-kids when I was working in London and I took a week off and just wandered parks and food shops and galleries and had such a lovely time... there is definitely a different quality to the time when you have time off when you’re normally working to just a normal weekend.

I like the sound of the Repair Shop too; shall look that up!

We had an early night last night and both feel so much better for it. It’s easy to fall into the habit of staying up later than usual because you know you don’t have to get up and out the next day - well, we did anyway. Trouble is DS was still up on the dot so we were being woken up even though we could stay in bed a little longer than usual so we weren’t well rested.

Going to run today, I often feel a little bit meh when I start but afterwards I always feel great. Going to try for a slow 5k today, no pressure, no rushing! Then I think we’ll have a film afternoon, DS and I. He loves Cars, which is not my favourite Pixar film but we’ll watch it together. And I think I might leave my sewing machine in its box today - I need a break. Might bake some bread though?

They’re speculating that as part of easing the lockdown we might be allowed to expand our households to cover relatives - obviously this is speculation and we don’t know how it might work, but hoping this may mean we can add FiL to our ‘bubble’ - it would help him and ease DHs mind as well. 🤞

Hi all. Been off here for a few weeks as have been managing my mental health pretty well. But this morning managed to ramp it right back up again by reading something I should have.

Can anyone recommend any CBT apps that might help to calm me down right now. Thanks.

Morning all.

The Repair Shop is one of the loveliest programmes. DH and I discovered it some time ago and we are in awe of the talented people on it and how they bring life back to items that, quite frankly, most of us would throw away at any other time. There are always tears, or is that just me and DH .

It's the perfect antidote, along with The Great British Sewing Bee to the gloom at the moment. Everytime I feel that we might be turning a corner then up pops Chris Whitty or someone else from the Government with more gloom and 'it's not going to end anytime soon ' declarations. I'm starting to feel, probably unreasonably, that they are like the Dementors just sucking any joy out of people's lives.

Hey ho, the sun is trying to break through, me and DH are planning on having a turn out and rearrange of our loft room so that I can start my card making again, and our friends and family are all well so there are things to be thankful for. And I've got this thread which is just the ray of light I need so thank you all