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Not Worse

arfie
arfie

It is a scientific fact that it is easier to pick something up than it is to stop a fall in motion.


I have been in a downward spiral since the tri-city shuffle with considerable family drama to add to the impetous of the fall. I am still alone and isolated at the job site. There are plans to hire help, but I don't feel competant to begin that process yet. I have been able to stay focused enough to do grunt work myself, but interviewing applicants and bids feels daunting just now. I don't believe I am stable enough to do the job(s) well. Raking and digging are about as far as I feel I can access my intelligence just now. Been working on the big barn floor and compost pile.


For now, I am shooting for, "Not Worse." Just trying to stabilize my condition.


Support and/or reality checks needed.

Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
It's hard to trust our own good judgment when in the midst of a crisis, especially with PTSD clouds over our heads. Yet that's usually when our good judgment is demanded of us. Much support to you, arfie, as you stand on your past hard recovery work now to stabilize you through this. You can do this, and we're here for you.
arfie
arfie
It is good to know I am not alone.

Good judgement with PTSD clouds over my head? Might be easier to see through a North Atlantic fog. Ya works with the weather forecast of the day. Emotionally wet and foggy. Think I'll let the proverbial weather clear before I go looking for my own good judgement. I know it's in here somewhere, but the intellectual fog is pretty intense at the moment.

But it be a good frame of mind for digging. Been rescuing the compost pile from the wild grasses and herbs that have been thriving on it. I got down to the roots this morning. I love tearing up roots in this kind of "weather." Literal plant roots make an intriguing, complex weave. So do PTSD roots.

Persilly, my support dog, discovered three entrances to a rabbit warren under the landscaping timber alongside the compost pile. I moved the timber for her this morning. Looks like she has nearly dug her way to the narthex. There sure are allot of rabbits up here. Cotton tales, I think.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Big hug for you sweetie..... That sounds like hard labour.... Is there anyone else in your family that can hire someone to help with the work involved??
If I was there with ya we could shoot the shit!!.... Another hug......xo
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