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Grateful for getting through the busiest days of the work week and managing enough resolve to get the grocery shopping and the budget done before giving in to relaxation.

Littlelostchile: That's a GREAT start. Good luck.

Uneasy: I'm going to be observed tomorrow. I'm trying to get my head together and my lesson prepared, but my anxiety is interrupting my moments of clear thinking. (((littlelostchild)))

Great thread, but, ugh, lots to list... Well, exercise and nutrition -- I'll start there. (And, forgive me, but I'm going to start out slowly.) 1. Full walks for the dog at least 3x a week. (I'll increase that come spring temperatures, highs in the mid 50s F). 2. Yoga stretches 2x a week...

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Although it's another gray day here, it's been nicer than I expected thanks to some informal chatting with students between classes. They almost always pull me through the muck.

Hi Amanda, welcome to the forum.

and I couldn't agree more! Hi anniereborn, we are both in the same age range and both still coming to terms with the whole Jeez-not- this-again! realization. This forum helps me deal with it all; I hope you will find it helpful, too. Welcome and more cake, please!

(((Gizmo and Safenow)))

I hope you get the job; perhaps, that will help you more than you might think, especially if you find it worthwhile. Moving to a new city makes things even harder, I'm sure. Is there some place in the new city that intrigues you, or places, perhaps, to such a degree that you could "make a date...

Hi Conquer, I like xena21 am trying to figure this problem out, too. I've been trying to minimize how many times I call in sick. Can you program a tv alarm to a favorite show or to a favorite radio station? That's helped me some. I even changed the position of my bed so that the morning...

I think it's great that you tried, Ms. Spock. I was so anxious this morning that I debated calling in sick. I'm pleased to say that I didn't, and I had some good classes. The sun finally came out today, which was helpful.

unsettled but maintaining

Actually, I think you did a good job describing the differences as I have come to know them. I was diagnosed with DIDNOS. However, that was several years ago, and I wasn't aware of the subtypes within the DIDNOS. I'll have to update my understanding.

I wear my shirts inside out on the weekends to celebrate (in a rebellious, albeit ineffectual, way) that I am away from any supervisory code! My way of rebelling against authority.

So true. I have two colleague observations coming up (they're going to observe my teaching). Being observed, period, is a YIKES affair for me regardless the context. Anyway, my depression has been heavier and, likewise, my anxiety has sped out beyond the spedometer! Breathe-breathe-breathe...

Ugh. Gray-gray-gray. Fourth or fifth gray day in a row and cold. I'm trying to remind myself that this weather serves a purpose, and that it's not my turn for sun. (But, I'm growing very impatient...)

I agree. Welcome. Glad you found the forum.

If I get startled, it's pretty severe. Sometimes I fall flat on my butt on the floor and gasp for breath (hyperventilate). It's embarrassing. This has happened at the workplace, but my colleagues know I have ptsd. In a way, it reminds us all that ptsd is real (though so much of the symptoms...

Great proactive decision on your part, MissMacD. I've had to let some lovely but mindless, self-damaging friends go. Many of them survivors who haven't made that step to try to reflect and work toward something better. It is so heart-breaking. I love them dearly, but they are own their own...

Yep. I too have that problem. Sometimes it seems ridiculous how getting myself to simply prepare something and eat it is such a huge task. I try to choose instant foods (or low prep items) that at least have as many nutrients as possible: oatmeal, protein bars, etc. Here in the U.S. there...

In the practical world: errands. In the personal: reconnect myself with my sense of humor (I've misplaced it the past few weeks).

Welcome to the forum. Though my PTSD stems from a different source than yours, I hope you find help, support and hope for better days here. Thanks for your sevice.

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Winterrose, I'm so thankful that you posted this. These internal dialogues are so LOUD sometimes. What's so frustrating about PTSD is that, perhaps, on the outside know one knows that all this is going on in my head, until a flashback kicks in and all semblance of outer normalcy breaks down...