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Lost in Thought

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  1. Hi @malina Thanks for your reply! I hope it gets better, because today was awful and topped off by the team leader and the other long term member of staff both going home separately so we were left to fend for ourselves for most the afternoon. Just think thats unprofessional and not a good first impression.
  2. I am struggling a bit at the moment. Firstly wife keeps getting upset and unhappy because she's fed up with the virus and I feel she takes it out on me. Last week I started a new job, and everything was fine until Friday when I started feeling anxious. I didn't feel the training we got last week was thorough and the trainers went off topic a lot. Today was my first proper day, and I felt anxious this morning. I felt like I didn't get the support and help needed & I emailed my agency to tell them I am unhappy. It's not the work, its not rocket science, but just felt like can't cope, and hoping it will improve after a few days. I can cope, but it is a struggle to cope and I feel really low right now.
  3. I don’t know why but I feel really restless and unable to sit still!? Last night I couldn’t sleep because my head was swirling away and so I got up and did some tidying up. Hate this feeling in my body of being on edge, like I can’t sit down and relax. I have been doing a to do list and getting things ticked off it but it still doesn’t seem to be enough. Had thoughts of maybe better dead but I haven’t made any plans or thought any further than that. I don’t know what to do about it.
  4. Hello, I feel bad and like Im being strange! You see I’ve have been losing my temper and shouting quite a lot recently and a lot of it is to do with my OCD. I don’t mind my kids using my CD player but they keep moving it so it’s no longer lined up straight. I know it’s silly but I want/ need it just so or it annoys me and makes me really irritated. So I swear and shout. I know it is crazy but I just don’t like other people touching it especially children with sticky and dirty fingers. I don’t know I’m so possessive of this CD player except for I have owned it for many years so maybe it is a sentimental thing. I don’t like being so precious and also so materialistic about inanimate objects but don’t feel I have control over this urge to keep it nice and straight. Anyone offer any advice?
  5. Thanks @Handy So don’t use caffeine at all? I have been having 2-3 coffees a day during lockdown
  6. Hi @cashewnutsandraisins I’ve found not drinking fizzy drinks and Tea has helped me enormously. Went for my first run in months yesterday but I didn’t measure how far or fast I went as was just happy getting around in one piece. Find it does give me too much time to think and I start going over ruminations when I run.
  7. Fantastic stuff Lucy Well done, not easy but very brave if you! You can and will do it again
  8. Hi @unsureandunstable Im not an expert but in my strictly amateur opinion it does sound like it could well be intrusive thoughts you are experiencing, however I would get expert advice and see if you can get a diagnosis. avoiding situations like with children will only give the thoughts power as your head will think maybe there is something in the thoughts as your going to such lengths to avoid contact. Remember they are just thoughts not facts and just because you think something doesn’t mean you will act on it.
  9. Thank you for your response @UpsAndDowns I can't wait until its over and think I will book a hotel room just for me and sleep for a whole week.
  10. Hello, I hope this doesn’t sound like, come across as showing off but things have improved for me in some ways and I feel less stuck about my relationship with my wife after a long chat where I got everything off my chest and felt physically lighter afterwards. I had built it up to be this big thing as with most things it was easier then I expected. I have made a to do list and prioritised the tasks and then made a little schedule with two or three tasks a day over a week so I no longer put pressure on myself to finish all the tasks in one day like I used to do. a it’s been three months but it feels like 3 years since I started being the main carer for my kids while my wife works from home and it feels tougher then ever. My youngest can be impossible to control, going around the house non stop either making mess or decorating the walls, tables and anything else with crayon and ir doesn’t stop unless my youngest is either eating or sleeping. It’s so draining and I just feel like I can’t cope. I find myself losing my temper, getting irate and shouting at them both more & more, which I’m not proud of. It’s just I feel at the end of my tether and it’s badly affecting my mental health. My other half is very worried (maybe OTT) about the virus and the possibility of any of us catching it so she won’t let the eldest go back to school until it’s safe so probably not until September and doesn’t want to travel to my parents home which is not far away as she doesn’t think social distancing will be adhered to. Don’t know what to do, feel like walking out the door, but where can I go and it would be unfair leaving my partner to cope with the kids by herself. But despite the fact it is unfairness I’m tempted to pack my bags.
  11. Listening to your favourite songs can help distract you and access feelings if you listen to emotional music
  12. Thanks @AmandaG for your reply Being more aware of amount of sugar I eat this week and trying not to eat white bread. Have found it helped my mood.
  13. The earth is not flat? Next you will be telling me they didn't stage the Moon landings ?
  14. Does anyone find what they eat or drink effects their mood? I used to drinks tons of diet fizzy drinks but the caffeine would bring on my anxiety and since I stopped drinking it at all my mind has been so much less anxious. When I ate a sweet yesterday and not long after had a bad headache, felt grump and agitated as well. I don’t know if this was related or just coincidental. Anyone have similar experiences?
  15. Hi @Roroyouboat sorry to hear you get so upset and you feel overwhelmed. It sounds really hard. I don’t like mess either and feel uneasy/ restless until I tidy it up. It’s difficult as a parent with children as they make mess non stop and it constantly feels like I am tidying up after them. It is all about control for me and I am a bit of a control freak. I need objects to be just right, lined up straight and a certain way. Do you find this? It’s good you are or are looking to get help. That’s very important. I have found talking to counsellors helped me but getting CBT therapy really helps.
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