R U Ok?

[fly away home]

Hugs for you @macbeth glad you made it through the morning. :hug:

 

[fly away home]

R u ok @fly away home?

The reason why r u ok day is so important to me is that I lost my partner in September 1998 then our closest friend in 1999. Both to suicide. My partner's death contributed to my ptsd Considering how triggering this time of year is I think I am actually doing pretty ok today. Thanks @digger and everyone else.

 

[Bookoffee]

I am trying my hardest to be ok. The past couple of days have been hard. Yesterday I was full of suicidal thoughts as I am this morning. I would never act on them, I love my marriage way too much to destroy it or my wife.

I am starting to wonder if my suicidal thoughts are more of a way of wanting an end, not to my life but to my PTSD.

 

[fly away home]

Sometimes the thoughts can be so overwhelming @Bookoffee and you might just be right with thoughts being about wanting an end to ptsd.....anything that looks like escape. Hang in there, sending you kind thoughts.

 

[maryiscontrary]

Things are really kinda crappy. But I am OK. Actually somewhat happy.

 

[passerine]

I feel like I don't get asked this enough, so thanks for putting it out there, @fly away home. Right now I am actually not OK. I've been battling suicidal thoughts and self-harm urges for a while, and right now they are especially strong. I'm struggling to stay grounded and feel safe. I'm off to see my therapist in a bit here and will be open and honest about how I am feeling with him. Thanks again for asking the question, "R U OK?" It's easy to forget how much of an impact such a simple question can have.

 

[fly away home]

Gotta love being happy through the crappy @maryiscontrary ! It is good to hear.

 

[fly away home]

@passerine it is not easy battling those urges, I'm glad you have the support of your therapist while your having such a hard time of things. Know that I will have you in my thoughts. Keep strong, as I believe we are all strong for making it this far. We have survived trauma and ptsd. We must be strong.

 

[Weremonks]

Thank you for posting this @fly away home, it seems like such an easy question to ask, but it is seldom asked enough. Right now things are actually pretty good despite my almost restless night last night and my trouble adjusting to college. Sleeping for the little time I did last night helped tremendously as well as some words of encouragement from the friend who showed me this website. My problems don't seem as grand now and it feels like things will get better.

 

[TonyG]

R U Ok day is a big joke to people without a problem, I was getting very angry at work today with all the R U OK jokes, I'm flashing in and out of intrusive memories and everyone else is having a laugh, It really made me loose respect for some people I work with

 

[Jane.l]

No not ok - totally overwhelmed - everything is dark and desperate.

 

[scout86]

Sorry to hear that @Jane.l ! I've been told that my grandmother used to say "It's always darkest just before the dawn." I'd like to think she was right about that. (I wish I'd met her!)

You know, if anyone ever asks me that question (and they almost never do) I always reply by saying that I'm "fine". I don't even think about it. @fly away home , because you asked, I'm thinking about it. Thanks for asking! :)