What Are You Feeling Today? Not Thinking, Rather Feeling! Can You Identify Yours?

[Philippa]

I'm feeling a general resistance to my own apathy with the coming election approaching. I've been trying to be not apathetic, but I think that doesn't help, so I am just wanting to accept my own sense of apathy, and not fight it...but I am feeling influenced by my peers looking down on apathy towards politics. I wish I could be more interested...I'm just not.

 

[intothelight]

Keeping in mind that each day is a fresh start and a new beginning of its own. No matter what has happened in the past, there is only today and what I make of it.

 

[Philippa]

I'm feeling lonesome, melancholy, missing my cat and companionship, bummed that the man who I want to be with is a million miles away and frustrated that I keep spending my free time on facebook playing stupid candy crush instead of painting and doing what I really love doing, making good use of my time. I have a life and I'm squandering it. I feel like screaming, but I don't want to wake the kids in the house up. Unsure how i am going to go back to work and massage people with my ankle still not fully healed and my back the way it is. It is not as sore as it was, but it's still not great either.

I guess I need to be easier on myself though. I think the sore back and ankle are legitimate reasons why I am not painting. I don't have an easel, so I am limited to painting on the floor which is not very comfortable with my back and ankle the way they are. I have a table and chair though, so I feel like I am making excuses here. I can paint on the table, I'm just not doing it, for some reason?

 

[zaniara]

Today I've been more social with people than in a very long time: and I felt joy, love and compassion and laughed(though my brain felt pretty messed up and there was some waves of anxiety on/off). But now I feel panic, anxiety, and am overwhelmed, freaking out, wanting to escape my body/me/reality, impulses to hurt my self, run away and my body feels angry(though I can't feel the feeling or know why I would be angry or with whom).

 

[NIKI]

I am feeling happy that some family issues have been worked out. :)

 

[NIKI]

I am feeling grateful today.

I am trying to think differently about things, such as, the house needs to be cleaned today: well I am grateful that I have a house that needs to be cleaned. The laundry is heavy to bring downstairs to be washed: I am grateful that I have the strength in my body to be able to bring it downstairs. (also try to think of this as a way to get some extra exercise) Also, car needs gas again: I am grateful that I even have a car. And there are so many other things I am grateful for when I think of them in this way.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I am home alone today. I am sort of feeling good. I am working on simple acceptance of what is and trying not to get my hopes up and trying not to let my hopes get crushed by my expectations when my hopes and desires get put on hold. I am trying to just take good care of myself today and keep myself busy.

I am doing way better now than when my husband died four months ago. I try to keep myself busy with people I care about. I find it challenging to fill my days with people and activities. I am slowly getting used to living alone.

 

[Deleted member 6617]

I am feeling disappointed, and I continue to feel physical discomfort and exhaustion. It is not at all helping my mental or emotional state. One of those days when I could really use a gentle hug!

 

[Abstract]

Terribly irritable and agitated. Feel like I am going to crawl out of my skin.

Gentle hug to you if you want it pottershand.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Hugs to you pottershand. I am so sorry you are going through this.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I made it through a whole day by myself today and was fine. I think I am slowly getting used to living alone.

 

[ms spock]

One of those days when I could really use a gentle hug!

Gentle hugs Pottershand.