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Day 173 of Quarantine Meme

Secouya
Secouya

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What little pleasures do you have in your life that keeps your spirit uplifted? These little pleasures can help pull us out of rough times and help us cope.


For me it's my husband. my dogs. chocolate, a text from a friend or just realizing small little things like a roof over my head, tv or a book.

Thor2008
Thor2008
Coffee. Black hot coffee.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
If you noticed I stopped replying to the Day ___ of Quarantine Meme posts you faithfully put up daily, Secouya, please accept my apologies and know not to take it personally. It's me and how counting the days starting turning into an experience for me like that of the character Bill Murray plays in the movie Groundhog Day. In it he gets stuck in time and keeps living that same day over and over in a cycle of deja vu he couldn't get out of. COVID-19 lock down started to do that for me.

So my psychiatrist and I decided it would be better in my case for a while not to count how long we're all stuck in this pandemic and try to turn myself toward a "be here now" Buddhist approach. I've been doing that for a couple of weeks since he suggested that now. At least it got me through this past week's first week of school 100% online scrambling to learn live streaming instruction.

Thanks for what you do posting these memes counting the days. It's important work. When this is all over you might consider gathering them into a book that tells the story of how we all got through this. By then I hope it doesn't feel like deja vu, it feels like history.
Secouya
Secouya
Thor, yes coffee is one of those little pleasures that helps us through each day.

Muji, no apology needed. You need to do what is best for your recovery. I completely understand. My surgery was postponed until Sept 22nd, so I will continue to post until then.