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Posted 10/14/2012 1:59 PM (GMT 0)
hi, my screen name is display.

i am feeling so weird today. i am in a lot of pain. i just can't seem to take pleasure in anything.

my morning started early with the dogs waking me up. now i feel all out of sorts. there are various things i need to do today, but i get very anxious about being able to do them.

i am also under some financial strain. my unemployment has run out. i am currently on a temp job, don't know how much longer that will last.

i get very anxious about being able to do all the things i need to do.

would appreciate some words of comfort or hope. i feel hopeless today!

thanks for listening!
Posted 10/14/2012 2:59 PM (GMT 0)
Hey D,

Sorry to read that you're having a bad day. God knows i've had those. Sometimes in our modern lives, even the stress of everyday chores and obligatory activities can feel like a trap. I don't like to feel trapped. I can tell you what often helped me when i just didn't feel like i could do what needed to be done on a given day. I told myself that if i could jus NOT do those things that were stressing me out. I didn't HAVE to do groceries, fill in my tax returns or have dinner with my girlfriends family. After all, what were "they" gonna do about it?

Once, i was expected to present a paper on international trade for about, oh, 200 people. Even though i was well prepared and didn't think i'd mind speaking to a large room, i noticed myself getting stressed out by the prospect. So what i did? I packed up my travelling bag and went into the mountains for the weekend. I didn't plan on coming back for monday's presentation. Screw them! As soon as i made the decision to just let it go, i realised that i was the only one in control of my life, not anyone else. If i didn't want to give the presentation, that was my call. It was like a weight being lifted and i returned home well in time to give a speech that would probably have bored the bejeezus out of anybody not in my field of study.

Also, sometimes when you're in a bad way, you can snap yourself out of it with a cold shower of a good run. Try it sometime.

Sincerely,

Max
Posted 10/14/2012 7:01 PM (GMT 0)
Good Afternoon Display,

Sorry to read you are having a tough day but try to shut down the anxiety and start your day over.  Make a list of all your "to do" things and then sort them by importance.  Next choose only what you can handle that is doable today and stay in the moment.  Don't get caught up in "what if?" thinking as that never serves any of us well.

Plan on doing at least one thing you really enjoy and know that along with the bad days there are many good days.

Blessings,

Kitt

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