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Hi everyone,
I post here often and I find great comfort reading everyone's posts, and knowing we are all traveling this lonely road together. But some days are so dark I don't know what to do. Today is one of those days. Seems like everything is getting to be a lot. My son is incarcerated for 20 years and I travel 8 hours a weekend a month to see him. Now he is undergoing tests to see if he has lupus or an auto-immune disease. We all know the wonderful healthcare penitentiaries have :( Last year my brother died of an accidental oxi overdose, and 8 months later my mom stroked out and died. My job is highly stressful and no other job opportunities are in sight. I cannot afford to take time off. I feel my health sliding....I no longer sleep and my blood pressure is high. I pray and try to keep positive....but today I can't seem to get one foot in front of another. I could not even go to work.
Please tell me tomorrow will be a better day. Thank you for listening.
Love,
Mary
I post here often and I find great comfort reading everyone's posts, and knowing we are all traveling this lonely road together. But some days are so dark I don't know what to do. Today is one of those days. Seems like everything is getting to be a lot. My son is incarcerated for 20 years and I travel 8 hours a weekend a month to see him. Now he is undergoing tests to see if he has lupus or an auto-immune disease. We all know the wonderful healthcare penitentiaries have :( Last year my brother died of an accidental oxi overdose, and 8 months later my mom stroked out and died. My job is highly stressful and no other job opportunities are in sight. I cannot afford to take time off. I feel my health sliding....I no longer sleep and my blood pressure is high. I pray and try to keep positive....but today I can't seem to get one foot in front of another. I could not even go to work.
Please tell me tomorrow will be a better day. Thank you for listening.
Love,
Mary
It will help you sleep and is shown to improve both high blood pressure and oxygenation. I had trouble with it at first because it was not enough to really keep my mind focused, but my doctor said....concentrate on your breathing and picture a color each time....so for example "breathe in red, breathe out red.....then breathe in green....breathe out green". The extra thought needed to pick a different color each time and the visual of that mental picture allowed me to block everything else out.
I highly suggest it for everyone here! We all need a little break for 7 minutes a day!!