Anxiety & Depression relatable

[irisblue]

"When my anxiety and depression get really bad I dissociate and it makes me feel like I’m not really there, like an out of focus picture."
found on the interwebs, don't know source.
Here is working for better days in 2018.

[democratisphere]

1. We're ALL hoping for better days ahead in 2018.

Hope your New Year is Happy and Healthy irisblue!

[irisblue]

2. Back at you

[TEB]

3. A hug from the boog and me

[irisblue]

5. Ear skritchies for boog

And of course, the other 2, having been owned by a golden retriever, long ear length pats and rubs. Newbie cheer rubs.

[MLAA]

4. Ive recently taken up meditating twice a day.

That and mixing in lighter/more cheerful reading than my usual diet of murder mysteries from around the world has helped.

[irisblue]

6. I've been getting books from my local library.

Reading Jane Mayers Dark Times & Dark Money back to back was not a good idea. I should have put a cosy mystery in between them.

Meditation huh?

[MLAA]

7. 2 other friends and I all took a Transcendental Meditation class.

We did it because Impotus and GOPs were getting us down. We have all stuck with it ( 20 mins twice a day) for the last couple of months. They both had trouble sleeping and meditation improved it for them. I just feel generally better.

Here is one of my favorite cozy series authors for when I need a break from hardcore murder mysteries: Rhys Bowen. She has a sense of humor.

[PennyK]

8. I've actually been reading mysteries like mad

But stuff very far removed from reality, like Laurie R. King's Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series. When at my most anxious, I found these stories took me away into another world, and trying to figure out who somebody really was kept my racing mind busy.
To a better new year for all of us!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

9. I can relate.

I’ve been dissociating a lot. That and isolating. Drifting off in fantasies of being productive. Ha!

This wave of exhaustion hits and I go to bed. It’s been bad lately and I have no energy to pull out. My meditating isn’t pulling me out; it helps me feel better but pulling out takes effort.