YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

my "primal panic" response is "Freeze" (the others are "Fight", "Flight", "Fawn")

you do not choose your "primal panic" response

please love yourself, as we do, seeing the amazing you

please take care

For some reason MM your comment brought a tear to my eye!

So you run, run, run and pedal, pedal, pedal
While I scribble, scribble, scribble and doodle, doodle, doodle
Sometimes aimlessly
Always necessarily

Hehe that made me giggle ! Without my ability to run and ride I feel useless

Yesterday I singed up for a 12 week course on the bodies nervous system and how to help treat disorders with our systems.

After Joe woke from nightshift we installed our new sauna and went for a drive. We talk better in the car at times. On our way home we stopped by our local cafe to have some brunch together, something we hardly ever get chance to do. Half way through our meal Donya walks in and we all have a coffee together. We laughed, I tried not to tear up as i felt so lucky to have such a good friend. Joe opened up about things and Donya explained to him about negative energy and what it does to the body. Being a kinesiologist she full of interesting information. Joe took this on board. After the coffee we ended up going for yet another drive and talking more.
Only to come home and part ways back to night shift for him and me into the sauna to sweat it out.

I did apologise to Joe for being such a shit wife for many years while i battled with things. I felt a lift of emotion that has been brewing for a few days. Currently feel like a walking zombie.

Mental Fairy wrote: ↑March 29th, 2024, 9:52 am I did apologise to Joe for being such a shit wife for many years while i battled with things. I felt a lift of emotion that has been brewing for a few days. Currently feel like a walking zombie.

this paragraph hit me. i wish i had the ability to make people love themselves like they deserve. Please take good care of your wonderful self

Lol I was actually going to quote the same paragraph
Apologising is like baring your soft underbelly.

So….. I ate some food yesterday at cafe. Rice and veggies. Guess who’s in hospital with internal bleeding today! Me! Hi Crohn’s, welcome back! Grrrrrrrr

Mental Fairy wrote: ↑March 29th, 2024, 3:40 pm So….. I ate some food yesterday at cafe. Rice and veggies. Guess who’s in hospital with internal bleeding today! Me! Hi Crohn’s, welcome back! Grrrrrrrr

Oh no! Please take care, Mental Fairy! Praying for you!

So far just iv fluids and going home. Looking at options for infusion treatment, discuss with oncology mid April.
Takes one food to react and shit hits the pan!! Got to laugh or I would cry more than I need too.

Hugs to you all.