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Mental Health Support

SheltieLover

(59,821 posts)

7. No problem at all

Reply to Sunriser13 (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 08:42 PM

Apr 2020

I thought perhaps I'd missed a previous thread.

Awwww sweet kitty. It is tough when they get older for sure.

Take a few minutes & do several deep, diaphragmatic breaths, focusing on the nice, cool air you are breathing in. That can really help to recenter yourself.

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Another "How are you" post... [View all] Sunriser13 Apr 2020 OP

Hi SunRiser SheltieLover Apr 2020 #1

Frazzled - would probably benefit by sedation! Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #2

Sounds really intense. SheltieLover Apr 2020 #3

Oh, crap! I'm sorry! Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #4

No problem at all SheltieLover Apr 2020 #7

I am trying to grasp control. Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #13

Breathe....slowly & deeply SheltieLover Apr 2020 #14

Take care + been there . In a few days the old cat did OK after dental surgery and started to lunasun Apr 2020 #11

Thank you, luna! Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author lunasun Apr 2020 #12

Oh, very hard taking care of elderly cats. Used to have to wrap mine in a towel GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #6

Oh, he hates, hates, hates the towel! Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #18

Oh, the poor guy. I hated having to cage mine to keep them safe, and they'd dig their GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #19

Didn't binge/purge today. That was something. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #5

Definitely a wonderful something! Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #8

That's great news! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #9

OK, I just have to ask. Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #20

This one? SheltieLover Apr 2020 #21

Argggh! My internet just came back up! Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #24

Ooooh SheltieLover Apr 2020 #26

I'm sorry I made your applause a potato! Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #29

I'm crying and worried. I'm achy and littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #10

That sounds very scary LoveMyCali Apr 2020 #15

Oh, honey! I hate you're not feeling well. Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #16

Oh boy SheltieLover Apr 2020 #22

Thinking of you. How are you feeling? Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #28

Thanks for thinking of me. I slept all day. littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #30

Sleep is good. Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #31

I'm a big-time procrastinater. But today I telephoned my dear college friend No Vested Interest Apr 2020 #23

I'm glad you got to talk to her. Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #25

And you lift me up as well, Sunriser. No Vested Interest Apr 2020 #27