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Mood out of 10. Contributing factors.

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6/10
+ it's nearly dinner time, anticipation of summat good is the mutt's
+ excitement over learning new things I can do with procreate and the excitement over praise from one of my fav artists
- slightly frantic / distracted headspace
- functioning less than I'd like
- waiting for test results
- still not fully better from covid
+ I'm so dam happy I have some thing to be happy about.
 
6 of 10.
Better if I could thwart chronic pain and the constant buzzing in my head.
Better too if I would just rewrite my appointment book which has so many scribbles I gave up and it's turned into notes on the backs of envelopes, or odd scraps of paper. Ack.
 
I'm sorry to read that Ronin. What are the contributing factors?

4 of 10

Contributing factors:

  • Continued weird mother behavior... obsessing about the cat again and creating drama although the cat is healthy and well. I blew up and then called a friend to tell on myself. I told her that being under stimulated, stuck at home and leading an uninteresting life right now is not a reason to make up false illnesses about a healthy cat when I have two others who could die.
  • Fear and frustration... if mom can't accurately report her own stuff or stuff about her cat. If/when something big happens how accurate will the info I'll be expected to act on for her behalf be? Not wanting the responsibility at the moment cuz it seems like a trap.
  • Continued ear ringing, allergic inflammation and pain.
  • An increasingly distressed and cranky spouse. He's eating his pain and it shows. When he's not eating or sleeping he's taking some pretty major swipes at the safe one... me.
 
About a 4. That's up from a 1 earlier today. My stress cup has been underwater these days - way too much for me to deal with. I've been trying to just "be," but unfortunately I have a lot I have to do, things that just can't wait. Better right now because it's late and I have no more I HAVE to do.

What contributes?
- 2 sick cats, one of which isn't eating and sleeps all the time, the other which poops all over the place because she has lymphoma
- no job (and really no interest in working, which is just not going to be possible for much longer)
- no one except my mom to really connect with
- a million "little" things that are mostly inconveniences, but they are so inconvenient right now I want to go to bed and just stay there
 
6/10. Wow. I think I'm moving up a bit.

- cats have been better today

Ok, that's about it. Seems my mood these days is dependant in large part on how my cats are doing.
 
@ Ronin... the perceptions/perceived contributing factors can be a revelation. Relate though... fact is that the day starts and ends, each day whether I think things through properly or not. Best ya can is initiating habits & new behaviors eh?
 
Low 2.

Contributing uppers (yo @The Albatross, wasn't ignoring you the first time you asked... just genuinely spaced out the Q / brain didn't read it, and the 2nd time normal avoidance. So now tryna remember we also log factors in this thread. :whistling: Thanks for the hand up / care, then.)

.... food & that I'm working on that trigger / acknowledging it's really not the norm.

The downers don't get the spotlight.
 
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