thread in which the Mentally Normal sustain a stream of fascinating chat

[Mitchy1nge]

and die of being cold

I think I'm going to have a chicken sandwich. My day was going swmingly until i picked a fight with D(ish)H and decided best not to go out. Why is it the small things which seem to add up to everything's fucked up? Went for a long walk in the dark instead.

Yeah totally normal.

Best pizza is garlic mushroom or veggie supreme (mushroom, red onion, mixed peppers, NO SWEETCORN), thin crust, tomato sauce, mozzarella only (no sodding provolone, cheddar, monterey jack, ricotta, fucking dairylea...)

No sweetcorn? What is this madness?

I haven't had a garlic mushroom pizza in years, used to love them. I love pizza, but dominos are probably 1000 kcal.

Hope the walk helped. I hate arguments

Have swept garden, put my clean clothes away, moved DP's clothes pile onto bed to retrieve spare shoe rack for extra shoes, chatted to parents on phone, planned illustrious future, fretted about missing period, played GTA, eaten enormous slab of salmon, found proof of entitlement to ESA (contribution-based, support group) and DLA (indefinite, lower rate both) and "filed" them ahem, watched some Star Trek TNG, read some Germaine Greer, faffed about on MN, failed to do housework/exercise/etc., danced to Bill Withers compilation, sorted gym socks for drying. Still hungry [annoyed face]

Not in that order

Have also eaten two chicken breasts, two mini houmous pots, and a giant carrot. And a sachet of cup soup which next time I will skim the narsty bit out of.

What's happened today Mitchy?

Gosh, you've done loads enpo!

I just had a quiet day with recorded programmes from the week.

Hi again. Can I return?

Of course tooth how are things?

Hi again Toothy! How's it going? Not too bad I hope?

Hey toothpaste how's Saturday?

Just been struggling to maintain the tenor and tone of warm banter and awesome resilience needed for this thread. All I've been wanting to do has been to moan and wail. But yes, am surviving. The heating is working, which is rare in this house..

Moan and wail away!

Glad to hear the heating is working.

Moan and wail as much as you want.

(I have my own hidden thread where I moan and wail AND I do it here).

Does anyone have any techniques or tricks or magic spells for regaining concentration fast in midst depression? I need need neeeeeed to stay on the ball with work yet am feeling so bad it's difficult to maintain a clear line of thinking about anything

I'm eating a piece of this (unhelpfully not preridged into squares) chocolate.

Get signed off.

I did everything that anyone suggested to be able to concentrate and everything and yet still my boss said I needed to have time off.

Put yourself first.

However if that isn't an option, write lists of everything and work slowly through it. Take breaks every half an hour or so.

Have you ever looked into mindfulness, tooth?

Hello toothy. Sounds difficult.

I can be in a room with a TV or one with the heating working. I've gone for TV and blankets.

Agree to get signed off...but I did discover something odd a few weeks ago. If on the brink of tears, if I stretch my jaw down and out (it feels like the think Gordon Brown does) then I stop wanting to cry. Also hwlps my voice go down in pitch. I just have to remember to do it in time. Wish I knew about it decades ago!

Chocolate looks good.

Getting signed off would be ideal but I think it would mess with contracts and deadlines to make job situation worse. I need to find out from HR but even finding out seems too complicated.

Mindfulness: yes, I should.

Will try thing with jaw. I always feel s though it's about to dislocate but it hasn't happened yet..

It sort of involves putting bottom set of teeth in from of top set...and also thinking about the one main important thing to focus on/focus everyone on.

Also talk therapy/counselling to offload the distractions and keep those thoughts from interfering with work. Compartmentalising.

Hugs, Tooth