Not Coping

[creative_writer]

@Birdofparadise8 I’ve been trying to control manic symptoms for a couple of days but they kept returning. I was okay in the morning. I do read sometimes but my attention span has shrank so I’m not as good of a reader anymore.

@Jynx, I’m just in bed resting. Might try some prayers. Right now I just feel low and feel like crying

[Birdofparadise8]

Ah okay. I hope things settle down for you soon @creative_writer 

[Shaz51]

Sending you understanding hugs @Jynx about ADHD 

My stepsons and husband has AdHd 

D1 has no diagnosis but sure she has something like bipolar 

[Birdofparadise8]

Does anyone have an idea what colour cushions and throw would go with this couch @Shaz51 @creative_writer @ENKELI @Jynx 

 

[Jynx]

@creative_writer I hope that if you do need to cry, you're able to. Always feels better to get it out. Do you have particular prayers you like to recite, or is it more just expressing what you feel in the moment? 

[ENKELI]

@Birdofparadise8 It would depend on the psych, 2 of the psychs I've seen gave me a hug and I returned the hug, but another psych I saw I wouldn't have hugged. 

If the psych is okay with it and you are comfortable then I don't see there being a problem. That is my personal opinion only of course.

[Shaz51]

@creative_writer , I had a cry last night , sitting with you my friend ❤️ 

@Jynx 

[Birdofparadise8]

Did you ask to have a hug @ENKELI? 

I've been getting very mixed opinions. Some say yet if they are okay with it, and others are flat-out no. 

I just don't want to ask him, and then he says no because I will most likely get upset. 

[Jynx]

Aww thanks @Shaz51 - yeah used to chew through books as a kid, now I struggle a lot. Audiobooks have helped, but I never remember to put them on! Too busy grooving to music most of the time lol. 

@Birdofparadise8 haha I don't think I've ever read a spicy book (if you're talking about spicy=sexy, yes?). I tend to avoid them because they're usually very cisheteronormative. You been getting your spice on lately huh? 

[creative_writer]

@Birdofparadise8, can’t see the couch yet.

@Jynx, I’ve done both. Prayers soothe me that if I don’t do them I feel worse. I want to feel protected and safe. I had a psych app today. We discussed reauthoring my story. She did emphasis that it is okay to feel angry about what has happened and acknowledge it. I have always felt so guilty with wanting revenge, but I guess it’s natural. I do believe that people ultimately pay for what they do in the end