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anxiety surges

arfie
arfie

this round of school closures is sponsored by the teacher shortage which was already a problem in 2019 and has grown to epic proportions in the years of covidic chaos. i want to take it as progress that my eldest foster children (3rd and kinder) seem to have stabilized far enough to take the most recent closure in stride, but the anxiety beast is growling like a maskite confronted with an indecently exposed smile.


plying therapy tools. . . trying to get ^it^ into words. . .


support and reality checks needed.


again i leave the mood icon on the rapid cycling median.


i am fine. how are you?

arfie
arfie
thank you gentle lioness. your privacy settings won't let me hug back, but cyber-hug appreciated.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
arfie, over the years of being here with you on DSPTSD, time and again I've benefited from how creative you are in coming up with new language for this same old same old PTSD of ours. Now I'm looking at the word "surge" and saying, yeah, that fits what I'm feeling, too.

As for how COVID is stressing me out about school, I retired early in 2021 because the pandemic had dragged on through all of 2020 with no end in sight. It was just too much as a teacher for me at this point. I can imagine how stressful it is for you parenting kids in the school system now that we're in 2022 (twenty twenty TWO--are you kidding me?) and no pandemic end is in sight.

Sending you lots of support for this, my friend.
lilmissy7
lilmissy7
(((((Arfie))))))
Sending you lots of support from me too & many prayers
Big hug <3
arfie
arfie
thank you, guys. for sure, this has been a tough one to sort, especially with all the covidic censorship going on. i may find creative use for masks on the next pocket brain user who tells me to look at THE science behind it. when did science become singular and beyond question or reproach? that's dogma, not science.

works ongoing. . ..

the good news is that the crew of my no-count ship of fools seems to have spent itself yesterday. by bedtime last night, all was calm and the sleep schedules seem to be back to business-as-usual this morning. our shared stability is still new enough that it feels like a HUGE luxury to have a business-as-usual to get back to.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
I hear you Arf.... Not only has this been a horrific virus for the world it has affected so many other parts of life and it sux

Big hug of comfort and support.... xo
Full_of_hope
Full_of_hope
arphie, it's okay not to be okay. Even so called 'normal people' are feeling the anxiety of the Covid Era. Sending you a vitamin filled hug!
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Good to hear about getting back to business-as-usual, arfie. Sending support your way.
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