Feeling very wobbly - handhold please!

[zingally]

Hello all,

Well, we completed last Wednesday. We don't actually move in until this Thursday.

Went over to the house on Wednesday and Friday. My sister came over for a nosy on Saturday, and already the boiler is on the fritz. A man is coming to look at it later this afternoon. But isn't that just bloody typical??!

We're just about finished with packing up our current place. A place we've lived in for 14 years, and have been really happy and settled in. But can I ask? I assume it's normal to just feel massively discombobulated and out-of-sorts? I'm just feeling really sad and unsettled. Not like I've made a mistake, because I know I haven't, but my anxiety is really high and I'm not eating very well. I know it'll settle down once the move is done, and I can unpack at my leisure, but right now I'm just so on edge, and ready to cry at any moment. I'm just very overwhelmed.

Normal right?

I think this is 100% normal. Change is scary. Just take one day at a time. Enjoy planning how the new home will look and, if it's in a new area, go out for a little explore every day to find nice footpaths, try out the local cafe etc.

Tell your solicitor about the boiler. The engineer might say it has been faulty for a few weeks and maybe you can get some money from the seller. It is worth trying

Yes, normal. Moving house is just inherently stressful and emotional. We’ve just bought a new place (though it moving for a few months) and spent the weekend there. It’s a complete emotional rollercoaster! Sometimes excited, sometimes terrified, sometimes just overwhelmed. I’m trying to think of it as a transition that will take months and years and to see these emotions as part of the transition. The sadness at leaving, seen another way, is a sign that your last house and time there was a successful choice (I feel this about the house and area we’re leaving after 5 1/2 years). Our lives often have different phases in them and it’s natural to move from one phase to another at certain times. But not easy! I tell myself too that I wouldn’t want to be someone who was stuck somewhere forever due to inertia and fear of change. One day at a time!