Check-in, Depression Support, August 1 to 5, 2022
Let's reflect on the past weekend and what it told us about our emotional health.
And what we expect for this week.
Today's check-in questions are:
- How have you been feeling these days?
- How was your weekend, overall?
- Which were your best times this weekend?
- Which were not-so-good times?
- What do you wish to achieve this week?
All questions are optional. You can add any comments you wish, as they come to your mind.
I look forward to your answers!
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It's technically still July 31st where I am, but I'm going to post here any way.
My weekend sucked.
I've been waiting all weekend to get a call from my best friend and things are still too hectic for it to happen. I'm trying to not hold it against her, but I've been waiting so long to hear a friendly voice that this falling through hurts.
I also had been trying to assist my younger sister get ready for her GED exam. Weeks ago I had sent her a simple quiz that was only meant to clarify what her preferred learning style is. In the beginning of July I had been working on a guide to help her study but ran into a road block when I wasn't sure how to advise her to study. She balked every time I'd suggest just reading some books or magazines or newspapers, and refuses to get a library card. I was going to suggest alternate methods like visual learning by watching YouTube videos or auditory learning by listening to audiobooks.
I'm just really frustrated because she was responding to my texts this morning and even agreed to a call once she was done doing her laundry, but then refused to pick up when I did call, then didn't answer any of my texts after the fact. I waited around for her all day, just like I waited around for my friend to call me all day and I feel bad now.
Its stupid. I know it is, but now I'm just in a bad mood and don't want to go to sleep.
Sorry that the day was so frustrating. It is hard when people don't follow through.
How has your own writing been coming? You might find some relief in that. @integrityblues
@bestVase7265
It just sucks right now.
My writing hasn't been going well at all. I technically won Camp NaNo on the 30th only because I dropped my word count from 50,000 to 38,000 words. I was just too far behind and not feeling it at all. I won't have that luxury during the event in November, so I'm going to do some in depth planning and outlining to try and prevent failure through lack of plot or whatever.
So what kind of thing are you trying to write now? @integrityblues
@bestVase7265
Nothing for now, though I'm trying to persuade myself to edit some of the fics I wrote in July. I'm just not really feeling very creative.
Editing is a fine way to get restarted just a bit. Even a few sentences a day will give you some sense of accomplishment. @integrityblues
@bestVase7265
Thanks. I really should try and parse it down into smaller and smaller bits so I don't overthink it or stress myself out too much.
Yup. The smaller pieces definitely help. @integrityblues
It has been pretty rough the last couple weeks and just gets worse and worse. The weekend was okay. I had to push through my comfort zone and do a few things I didnt want to do but it ended up being fun in the end and I am working strengthening my social skills and mental processes. Getting to go to dinner with my family was nice. Even shopping for brand new clothes before a fancy to us dinner in celebration of my promotion at work. We hardly get to do that. But then as I feel any sliver of happiness it has to be balanced with unhappy things and we got some bad news about a family member. I long for the days that there is just happiness and no torturous balance of good and bad.
It would be so nice if those days existed, but there are lots of days of good and bad. What really helped me was to focus on the good and train my brain towards it. Even if I only got an hour a day when I could smile, I told myself that hour was more important than the rest of the day crap.
Sending strength and peace.@SamaelDila
Answer 1:
Not exactly good, experienced a breakup and made me really sad, surprisingly I managed to recover by myself and with some friends I made here
Answer 2:
Decent, this marked my full recovery from the breakup mentioned in the previous answer
Answer 3:
Made lots of friends throughout the weekend!
Answer 4:
The breakup mentioned in the first answer.
Answer 5:
Lose fat by the end of September
Overall, the last week was pretty crazy and I have to move on from it, but now it's all good :)
Glad to hear that things are going a bit better. @OvixHideout
Flunked my summer calculus class. Still possibly going to be arrested for assaulting another patient when I was in the hospital. Nothing is going well.
im really only here to say goodbye. I’m not carrying out any plans, but I’m back to giving up on my treatment. This site doesn’t give me any suggestions, assistance, or help whenever I ask for it. All I get are people who “send hope and peace” like that does anything.
so goodbye.
@Server8462
Welcome back Server!
Thank you for checking in!
Calculus is tough. What level of Calculus are you doing now? (say from limits and derivatives, to multivariate differential equations?).
I strongly recommend the online classes by Khan Academy. They give excellent, easy-to-follow explanations:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/calculus-1
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/calculus-2
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/multivariable-calculus
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/differential-equations
And the exercises you can find linked on this webpage:
https://tutorial.math.lamar.edu
I hope the fight in the hospital doesn't give you more than some bureaucratic trouble.
I am sorry you don't find here the resources you are looking for.
You might find more specialized support from the Lifeline Chat, clicking here: https://988lifeline.org/chat/ or calling by phone the number 988
(From all your previous posts and answers, I understand you live in the US, do you?)
In any case, you are always welcome here.
I hope to see you soon again in this place.
All the best!
Marcelo.
Thanks for coming back. What kinds of help would you like to be getting that we aren't offering?
Sorry about the calculus class. I can tell you that a good percentage of the students that I work with fail as well. It is worth trying again if you get a chance. @Server8462
