Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
it's the last day of the academic year here on my little ship of fools. my motley crew now consists of a fifth grader, third grader and kindergartener. the extras of my own sensory perceptions are waffling between relief over taking a break from the academic grind to panic attacks over whether my tired old bones can handle the 24/7 childcare duties of summer vacation. the ups and downs of my waffling are more tiring than either extreme. can't i just pick one and make ^it^ work?
sigh. . . the heart goes where it goes. we feel what we feel. the harder i work to control those goofy emotions, the harder they vascillate.
"i fear not the storms, for i am learning to navigate my ship." ~louisa may alcott
onward through the stormy sees.
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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Years ago, I won a mirrored armoire from my job. It's in my bedroom but I rarely stand in front of it. Yesterday, I had to have a dexascan done so I had to change into a gown. There was a full length mirror in the changing room. I'm aware that I gained 5 to 7 pounds over the last year from cheating on Keto but I didn't know what it looked like. It was a reality check.
I wish you all the best as you navigate your ship through these uncharted waters.
Guess who lived at the dollar store! Some of the kids came to my friend's house. She has a son with Down Syndrome who is really cool and my neighborhood kids played with him. Sometimes we played baseball in the field. Sometimes we rode bikes. I think we did some face painting. Are you near a lake or ocean? A beach day is great for kids of all ages. Good luck with your gang.
the first day of summer vacation has arrived. yes, there is a full venue of kid activities on the agenda. enough to give me an LFL (long fucking list) of anticipation anxiety as i ponder the list and feel the moans and groans of my geriatric bones. yes, greeneyes, the prayer for strength to get through each day is part of my morning meditation, every morning. thy will, not mine, be done. letting you lead the dance. care to offer me some clues on what tune we are dancing to? just hoping.
hubs and i are pretty much in this alone, but we make one hell of a team. we'll never make a proper chick flick, but we sure can get a job done and share some non-romantic laughs in the process. we have achieved enough grounding in the local communities that we no longer suffer the isolation we did in 2019 when this trail of tears began.
methinks anticipation anxiety is the psycho demon breathing its fiery gloom over me this morning. i'm reminding myself to take life as it comes. small steps, big faith and lots of prayer.
Anyways. If you’re tired and need a break. Take one or two or three. Give them a blanket to make a tent. Or a flashlight to tell spooky stories. Etc etc.
hope it’s a great summer for you and your family.!!