Weekly Check In May 7 - 13
[A gif of a dog running circles down a stream of water within a rut]
Sometimes we can feel like we're stuck in a rut and while this dog seems to be having fun, being stuck can bring up a lot of negative emotions.
Have you felt like you were stuck recently?
What emotions do you tend to feel when you're stuck?
What do you do when you feel like you're stuck in a rut?
How are you doing this week?
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Have you felt like you were stuck recently? - Not Recently
What emotions do you tend to feel when you're stuck? - Sad, Anger and Depressed
What do you do when you feel like you're stuck in a rut? - Go for a walk or Journal
How are you doing this week - Really Good
@CaringCabbage I'm glad it was a good week!
I like the ideas of going for a walk and journaling.
@AffyAvo thanks for posting a check in for us all.
Have you felt like you were stuck recently?
That picture looks like my dog lol!
What emotions do you tend to feel when you're stuck?
Not sure I would say stuck really, but I can imagine that there would be frustration.
How are you doing this week?
Doing ok, it's a short week as we had a holiday Monday :)
Oh wow someone actually did get stuck in the mud!
Listening - One Step At A Time!
Have you felt like you were stuck recently?
Not "recently" but I felt that way more days than not in the early 2000's, due to issues with my immediate family. Since the onset of my main chronic illness, my life has been held back in most ways. So the feeling is rather normal now.
What emotions do you tend to feel when you're stuck?
They used to alternate between atavistic rage & sullen gloom...now, my more usual reaction is depression which, at times, is an absence of emotion itself. (Sometimes I think incredibly clearly. This isn't as great as it sounds) Occasionally the fury returns.
What do you do when you feel like you're stuck in a rut?
Try to find a way out of it...that was my response until fairly recently, anyway. Since there's no way out of chronic illness & its consequences, sometimes I wonder why I keep going. It seems pointless, you know?... Occasionally this shades over into a certain kind of ideation.
How are you doing this week?
The latter half was particularly s**tty.
@slowdecline48 Yes, I think sometimes getting out of the situation isn't possible but hopefully coping better with it can be in those cases. Understandable the negative thoughts and feelings that can surround that.
Have you felt like you were stuck recently? - yes recently
What emotions do you tend to feel when you're stuck? - i felt sad , unworthy,
What do you do when you feel like you're stuck in a rut? - i took risk to explore new ways
How are you doing this week? - way better than before