Goal of The Day-Challenging Your PTSD

[Definitely..maybe]

My goal today is to make some family members feel less in the middle of me and another family member I'm uncomfortable with. I will just be quiet about it and tolerate it.

And look forward to moving in 20 or so days- yay!

 

[EverOnly358]

Let's see. I did pretty good with my doctor's appointment. Minimal freaking out, which, honestly, would have been like a miracle a couple months ago. So, hey, better than pretty good, pretty awesome, actually. I did a tiny bit of Christmas shopping, but it worked out okay. We went out to dinner. It was a pretty good day, yesterday, overall. :joyful:

I have plans to go out tonight. I really just want that to go smoothly. I also really need to get out and get some sunlight and get some exercise in, too, but I'm feeling totally, totally unmotivated. So that's a maybe goal... even though I should stop being lazy and depressed and just do it! :confused:

 

[EverOnly358]

I went out last night and it was definitely fun. I felt a little disconnected, but y'know, it happens. :cool:

Today I've got an appointment at the hospital (for medical stuff not psych) and it's routine, but hospitals TERRIFY ME OUT OF MY MIND. Survival is the name of the game today. So far my anxiety isn't too bad, but I'm so afraid that's because I'm burying it. Yikes! :eek:

 

[EverOnly358]

On Tuesday, I did end up going out and getting sunlight and getting exercise, good for me! :)

And today at the hospital... Jeez, it was an awesome situation for me to TOTALLY FLIP OUT a couple times, and y'know what, I did GREAT! I was totally calm and good the whole time, just like a normal person. My husband was actually more worried and upset than me. It was amazing. Pats on the back for me!!! :joyful:

I also went out walking and got some sunlight in the afternoon today. Bonus points! :cool:

 

[Britt.f7]

Nothing so much today. Tomorrow I have to take the dogs out to get groomed, and, Saturday, I get my hair done. Two days in a row of getting out of the house. I can handle this. This is a good thing for both the dogs and myself. Today, I will try not to let myself get overwhelmed by the thought of leaving the house.

 

[EverOnly358]

Okay, so I'm running behind schedule... My goals for today were...

:eek: To get to therapy and do good. (And I did, it was appointment #3 with the new guy, and it went very well.)
:confused: To manage my anxiety and my slight move towards mania. (Did really good there, too, I think. (We'll see how it plays out in the next couple days.))
:roflmao: To get some Christmas shopping done. (Did really great, practically done and no stress in the stores.)
:joyful: To go out to dinner with my husband for date night. (We did, we went somewhere new, reminisced about some of our first dates and fun stories at the company we both worked for (where he still works now).)

It was an excellent day, especially considering I was at the hospital yesterday (routine med stuff) and at therapy today. Just one of those used to freak me out so much I would collapse for several days just two or three months ago. Great job!

My goals for tomorrow are to be nice and calm. Take care of myself. Bob and K are putting up the Christmas tree and putting on lights. (Finally getting that done!) There's a little more shopping to do, with me and K. We'll see how all that goes. If I'm just calm and take care of myself tomorrow, that will be a victory, goal-wise. It's been a very busy week. I've done great. Best to put on calm day at the end as punctuation, instead of pushing until I collapse. So, no pressure about the tree (Bob and K can handle it, R will join in, too, I'm sure) and the shopping can happen over the weekend, as well.

 

[Britt.f7]

Getting the dogs to the groomers without panicking.

 

[EverOnly358]

Best of luck getting these trips out of the house done with as little anxiety as possible, @Britt.f7. I'm rooting for you every time. :D

Goals... like I said yesterday, plus I want to get some of the house cleaning done, at least a start. :joyful:

 

[EverOnly358]

I was nice and calm on Friday and rested a lot, instead of rev-ing up more and turning into the Energizer Bunny (she keeps going and going). I drank tons of water, did some fun things. :)

Okay, the tree is up and the lights are on. Victory! :D More to do, but it's always starting that's the hardest.

Another goal was to go out and get more Christmas shopping done today and we did. K had a lot of fun. And I've foisted off wrapping onto the kids this year, for the most part. :laugh:

I have not been doing well on the house cleaning stuff. It's not like it's too messy or dirty, it's just that I kinda wanted to obsessively clean it for Christmas, and I can't or at least haven't yet. Now I'm thinking about maybe just cleaning a little instead of spending hours and hours like I used to. It's still weird, not being all OCD about cleaning the house. I still haven't gotten used to new habits. I'm sure it'll get easier. In a way, I'm actually doing really well with this, not being all C7 about the house (C7 = clean, clean, clean, clean, clean, clean, clean). I just don't want to freak out on Christmas Eve or Christmas when the stress ramps up. But I'll figure it out. :joyful:

I think I did really good today. :cool:

 

[EverOnly358]

Whatever! :) Maybe I'm just taking a day off. I'm doing great and all is good in the world. I'm sure I'll get some stuff done today, but even if I don't, that will be okay. :joyful: Wow, how zen of me. :eek: Freaky. ;)

 

[Britt.f7]

I did some minor cleaning and now have free time on my hands. Not liking this. Husband is at work. I am challenging me not to become flustered and crawl back into bed because I feel I have nothing else to do and it is just easier then coming up with something to do.

 

[EverOnly358]

Goals for today?

:cool: Stay calm and balanced

:laugh: Make sure the final bit of Christmas shopping gets done and that more presents get wrapped

:coffee: Put together the menu and grocery shopping list

:D Make sure grocery shopping gets done

:rolleyes: Some cleaning

:joyful: Go out in the afternoon

:O_o: Therapy appointment

:wideeyed: Don't try to do too much, learn to be okay with getting done what gets done

:chicken: Hang out with the chickens (that's what we call our kids; my eldest daughter is coming home from college today!)