Personality Disorders check in 13-19 Nov. 2023
Hello community!
Hope you had a good weekend 🌷
❄️ What do you like about winter?
❄️ Are there some difficulties you struggle with during winter season?
❄️ How do you cope with them?
❄️ What's your plan for the week?
❄️ Any news in your life you want to share?
Wishing you a good week 😊
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@MeaningfulSilence
❄️ What do you like about winter? nothing
❄️ Are there some difficulties you struggle with during winter season? the cold
❄️ How do you cope with them? I sort of mentally hold my breath until spring.
❄️ What's your plan for the week? healing
❄️ Any news in your life you want to share? I have covid
@purpleTree4652
Hi purpleTree4652!
Sorry to hear that you caught Covid, hope you can heal soon and that it's not too heavy.
Yes cold weather is something to deal with, I understand it's not so easy. I try to keep my walks as a daily routine also when it's cold, the thing that impacts more is that the hours of light decrease compared to spring and summer. I wish you to find something to enjoy a little this winter.
For the moment focus on healing from Covid, take good care of yourself 💙
@MeaningfulSilence
Thank you, Silence.
@purpleTree4652
Sorry to hear!
Send positive vibes in your direction.
@Barltik2065
Thank you Barltik!
❄️ What do you like about winter? Just one, two, three or a big blanket is enough. No need for extra electricity. No sweating.
@Healing0Pillow
I hear you on the heating bag.
I like those things you put in the microwave and heat up. The wrap things.
@Healing0Pillow
Hi Healing, congratulations 🎉🥳
Glad to have you in the community 😊
I've heard there are some gels with natural ingredients (plants) that help with pain and soreness but surely to keep yourself warm helps it a lot!
Hope that in between your tasks you will find a "winter routine" that feels nice! Something like....a tisane to prepare or anything similar that is good for you.
Take care!
@MeaningfulSilence Thank you so much for the suggestions and the warming words. I hope you have a great time and wish you best.
@Healing0Pillow
I meant it, hope to hear from you soon. 💙
@MeaningfulSilence
❄️ What do you like about winter?… It’s not winter here just yet, but I suppose what I like most about it is the Christmas Holiday & time with family. And I get to wear some of my favorite colder-weather gear…. Growing up as a kid in the North and getting snow was a fun thing. Now that I live in the south, we only see snow maybe once a year or once every 2 years. So I get excited to see it “at least once”. But after that I’m over it! Lol
❄️ Are there some difficulties you struggle with during winter season?….I don’t consider it a struggle, but I prefer to be warm and not cold. Sometimes I have trouble keeping warm the way I want. I just prefer warmer seasons over colder ones.
❄️ How do you cope with them?….Central Heat, Space Heaters, & Sweatshirts! Fortunately here in the south it doesn’t get much colder than needing a sweatshirt. I haven’t worn an actual winter coat in years!
❄️ What's your plan for the week?… To finish getting up my Christmas decorations, get in all my workouts, spend time with family, & be happy.
@PoliteOcean
It is a struggle LOL.
Keeping warm during this time of the year can be complex. Right now it is close to freezing (~5 degree C) .
And I moved south (a while ago) to get away from the snow. But of late it seems to snow more here than it did when I moved here :(
@PoliteOcean
Ocean!! Hello 🤗
Thank you for your post!
I love decorations for the house! What type of decorations are yours?
@MeaningfulSilence
Thank you so much for this wonderful post!!
"❄️ What do you like about winter?"
Winter usually means cold and snow. A couple decades ago I moved further South to deal with Less Winter.
"❄️ Are there some difficulties you struggle with during winter season?"
Winter means stiff joints, slow moving, feel less active, wrists hurt.
"❄️ How do you cope with them?"
I don't go out as much, usually dream of places that the tempature moves less and stays more constant around ~65 F or 18 C.
"❄️ What's your plan for the week?"
Still playing catch up with work since my self-care break LOL.
"❄️ Any news in your life you want to share?"
I live a very boring life LOL.
@Barltik2065
Hi there Barltik, welcome back!
Yes I understand that very cold weather can be sort of challenging. Maybe we can have some coping mechanisms for it too?
Sorry that you feel like your life is boring 😔
What if you try to add small things you really like to your daily or weekly routine?
Also... what does boredom feel like to you? Is there something specific you would do to feel better?
Answer just if you feel at ease Barltik, I never experience boredom so I don't know what it really feels like but I am here if you want to share.
Take care!
@MeaningfulSilence
❄️ What do you like about winter? not much tbh. It's nice to watch it snow sometimes if I don't have anywhere I need to be
❄️ Are there some difficulties you struggle with during winter season? depression gets worse. The holidays are triggering
❄️ How do you cope with them? I just riding it out rn
❄️ What's your plan for the week? try to finish up some things outside before it gets too cold
❄️ Any news in your life you want to share? Tbh I'm really struggling right now. I have a senior dog with dementia and failing health and can't be left alone. My father is dying. Cancer. We just reconnected not too long ago. We're not close. I didn't think it would affect me the way it is
Thanks for the check in
@mytwistedsoul
Hi mytwistedsoul, it's a very difficult moment for you. I hear you.
If there's something I can do please ask, any specific topic you want to see in forum posts? Any specific discussion we could host in PD room?
I'm here, don't hesitate to ask for something that can help a little. Sending you a big friendly hug,If accepted 🫂
@MeaningfulSilence I can't really think of anything for a topic right now. I really appreciate you asking and the hug - thank you so much ❤️
@mytwistedsoul
It's okay, whenever you have something in mind, feel free to drop me a message in chat!
@MeaningfulSilence
❄️ What do you like about winter?
I like snow and frosty patterns, and I like the 'dragon breath' that happens when it's cold. I like having an excuse to wrap up warm, and being able to tell people I'm cold without them looking at me strangely (I'm often cold even around the summer!)
❄️ Are there some difficulties you struggle with during winter season?
It's cold, which can be solved by wrapping up. But my main problem is that it's very dark - there isn't much sunlight. That can often make me feel quite depressed.
❄️ How do you cope with them?
Wrap up, close my curtains, turn on the light, get a hot drink, and snuggle into bed with some YouTube.
❄️ What's your plan for the week?
I need to start writing an essay and I really need to do my laundry. Cleaning my room would also be nice. But apart from just attending lectures I have no plan really - no guarantee I'll be able to do anything.
❄️ Any news in your life you want to share?
Good news: recently started testosterone replacement therapy (yes, prescribed by a doctor). Bad news: got told I have moderately severe depression after I thought I'd already recovered from that. SMH.
@ItsReganingRain
Hi there, don't give up! If you feel better that counts a lot, don't let the word depression define you!
You are more than it and bad moments can alternate with good ones 💙
Best wishes for your essay, hope to hear from you when you get it finished!
....stay warm and safe 😊
@MeaningfulSilence
Thanks. I know it does count that I feel better, but looking at it more I know I am not free of depression yet, only the most severe part of it has gone away - which is still a win, but I am still having problems with functioning because of this disorder unfortunately. I've been having more worse moments than good ones right now sadly, but it's nice to go splash in a puddle outside and forget everything for a few minutes.
My study skills mentor made me a plan for the essay. Hopefully it'll go as planned. We'll see I guess. I had to adjust my plans a lot today, fortunately I still got the stuff done that I originally planned to do :D
i will do, you too!
@ItsReganingRain
I understand that the disorder hits at a time, hopefully you will be able to deal with the negative of it when it happens 💜 I also see from your words that you took a big step, because you have perfectly described the situation, being able to see the positive and the negative, which feels to be a well balanced view 👍😊
There's chance that the essay will be a good work, we'll see! 🤞
Have a good weekend over there!
❄️ What do you like about winter?
Not much
❄️ Are there any difficulties you struggle with during winter season?
I used to hate winter, but as I get older I find peace in the early darkness. So no, I don't struggle much with this.
❄️ How do you cope with them?
Thankfully, I don't have to cope with winter struggles
❄️ What's your plan for the week?
I worked all week, tomorrow I'm going to Austria. So not much
❄️ Any news in your life you want to share?
I got promoted last month at my job, but that's about it
To the first question I wanted to write *Not much to hate*
I'm a ***
@Xander28
Congratulations 🎉
Sounds like a good job achievement 😊
@MeaningfulSilence
❄️ What do you like about winter?
I like the comfy clothes.
❄️ Are there some difficulties you struggle with during winter season?
None more than the usual other than the cold.
❄️ How do you cope with them?
Functional freeze.
❄️ What's your plan for the week?
Get through it.
❄️ Any news in your life you want to share?
Nah.
@communicativePond1728
Hi there, thank you for your post, have a good week ahead 😊