Down And Tired

[Sailor_Jerry89]

With the heightened workload and people making mistakes I have to fix, I have felt extremely down today. I am not normally one to look or ask for positive messages, it feels like fishing for compliments, but could use some good words today. Military life certainly makes PTSD harder, and I could use a pick me up.

 

[joeylittle]

Hey, @Sailor_Jerry89. I'm sorry you're feeling ground down; it's a rough way to live life. And I don't think you're asking for compliments at all - frankly, it takes a lot of guts just to say, "hey, I'm having a really hard time and need some support, please". I know I struggle with being able to do that, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Try and remember that it's just one day at a time, one hour at a time, one breath at a time. You're handling the workload; it's totally legit to be exhausted by it. But know if you keep going one moment at a time, you are moving through it - things can feel stuck when they really aren't.

I don't know if any of this helps, but I wanted to try :)

 

[leelee]

Tomorrow is a New Day :)

 

[Sailor_Jerry89]

Thank you for the support everyone, it means a lot. Those moments can be rough, especially when you feel like you are letting others down. I also wanted to mention how amazing my girlfriend is in helping me through my moments. As a veteran herself, she has a good idea of what the struggles are, and is amazingly patient and compassionate. I tell her this all the time but she isn't great with compliments, so I figured I would give her praise elsewhere.

 

[bring em all in]

If you have access to Youtube, you might try checking out Leonard Cohen's "Come Healing." It tends to cheer me up at times:)

 

[honeypie058]

I want to thank you for your service and I admire your courage to ask for help to get you through another day.