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arfie
arfie
I did much better staying on task this morning, but lunch time still finds me obsessing in circles. The FIL and his "head nurse" are the objects of my current obsession, but for now, I have decided the subject is irrelevant. What I am treating as relevant in the here and now is the obsessing. I am alone here, mentally attacking people who are not present. Not healthy, however righteous the subject matter.

HALT.
1) I am hungry. Lunch time. I still haven't learned how to eat breakfast, so...
2) I am angry. I need to calm my anger before I can trust myself to act intelligently.
3) I am lonely. I am not sure that I can fix that here in my physical world at the moment. Here I am, reaching out to my friends in cyberspace.
4) I do not feel tired at the moment, but my hyper disposition often doesn't feel exhaustion while I am emotionally charged. Especially not when my blood sugar is out of whack from not eating.

For now, lunch. Small bytes and long chews.
bluedragon41
bluedragon41
Hoping lunch helps...((( hug)))
deleted_user
deleted_user
hugs.x
arfie
arfie
Lunch did, indeed, help. Had an egg, potato, sausage and cheese burrito and half an orange.
LeoX3
LeoX3
Gentle paw reaching out to yours....

:-)
LoveAlice
LoveAlice
Good! I'm glad lunch helped.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
That small bytes and long chews slogan is some advice that works, arfie. Several of us have tried it out since you've been putting it out here, so you deserve its benefits your own self now. Support being sent your way.
arfie
arfie
It has served me well. I was one of those kids whose adult teeth came in rotten. In the literal sense, slow eating was never a choice for me, but I was always as hyper as a child in pain can be. The metaphorical sense of "small bytes and long chews" is still a struggle for me at 60 years old, though my physical energy level has finally dropped to that of an normal, athletic teenager.

But it is worth the effort.

Thanks for the support, guys.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
You betcha, my friend.
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