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[Survivor3]

Got you got anything unrelated to read? I don't know if it is this way for you, but I have found that being in support forums while trying to distract myself actually makes it worse because I am constantly reminded of my problems.

I hope you feel better very soon.

Thanks RS. I find that interacting on here with people helps me and is a distraction. It's when I'm pacing around the flat with intrusive thoughts is worse. I find it difficult to read at the moment. Can't concentrate. It's a goal of mine to start reading again. It's the bullying that I received which is distressing me.

 

[RussellSue]

Thanks RS. I find that interacting on here with people helps me and is a distraction. It's when I'm pacing around the flat with intrusive thoughts is worse. I find it difficult to read at the moment. Can't concentrate. It's a goal of mine to start reading again. It's the bullying that I received which is distressing me.

Yeah, I wondered about the concentration.

I am sorry. Bullying is hard to deal with. But you do have lots of friends around here (who wouldn't treat you that way) to verify that you deserve better.

So, I guess I can now see why being around here would help.

 

[Rani G2]

Hiya Survivor, guess we are doing virtual co-regulation here.. get you when it comes to the intrusive thoughts thing. It’s hard to cool down our survival systems.. sending you something soothing like lemongrass chicken curry...

 

[Survivor3]

find that interacting on here with people helps me and is a distraction
Hiya Survivor, guess we are doing virtual co-regulation here.. get you when it comes to the intrusive thoughts thing. It’s hard to cool down our survival systems.. sending you something soothing like lemongrass chicken curry...

ah yeah! I've never had lemongrass chicken curry. I know I would like it. Thankyou @Rani G

 

[Rani G2]

I feel we should play drums and dance.. it doesn’t have to be shamanic trance Drumming and humming..! Anything..

 

[Survivor3]

When I get intrusive thoughts about bullies I fantasize about attacking them. I won't because id end up in trouble but that's how I feel. Someone in my bullying thread said it's like playing tug of war over a pit so the best thing to do is to let go of the rope. Good advice whoever said that.

 

[Survivor3]

I feel we should play drums and dance.. it doesn’t have to be shamanic trance Drumming and humming..! Anything..

I'll play drums with you we can take it in turns to dance. We can be the rhythm section.

 

[Survivor3]

 

[Rani G2]

bullies I fantasize about attacking them.

Understandable.. sometimes there’s a desperate need to change the narrative, it’s being played over and over again, there’s a need for a different outcome.. . can relate to what your saying about revenge. It’s not easy to escape the time-feeling-Loop.

 

[Survivor3]

Understandable.. sometimes there’s a desperate need to change the narrative, it’s being played over and over again, there’s a need for a different outcome.. . can relate to what your saying about revenge. It’s not easy to escape the time-feeling-Loop.

Yeah that's right. I haven't felt about them for a while. It's due to boredom and isolation that their sneaky thoughts come back into my head.

 

[Rani G2]

It's due to boredom and isolation

Subconscious has its sneaky ways.

 

[Rani G2]

When folk talk about conceptions like hope, purpose, meaning I’m usually not able to access those dimensions. Do admire that in someways.. for me it’s more that what needs to be dealt with today, it’s harder for me to take in beliefs like hope or meaning, they come off too idealized or romanticized because it’s also like you are projecting something into the future, it feels like an illusion. Too much of reductionism here maybe! And who knows, tomorrow things will look different because someone said everything is in flux.