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

[Lionheart]

I feel sad and lonely. I'm spending Valentine's Day / Friday night, alone at home with the computer and a few sleeping cats. I am a hopeless romantic and would love it if I had a partner to share this evening with, but be that as it may, I will feel the sadness and let it go.

 

[Britt.f7]

Guilt. I threw out a birthday card while cleaning the kitchen counters that apparently meant something to my son. In my defense we have never kept birthday cards more then a week past a birthday. And it was just sitting on the kitchen counter.

Still feel like sleeping the day away. The guilt isn't helping of course.

 

[EverOnly358]

I've been MIA on the forum pretty much since Sunday, January 26th, I think... I was feeling a little depressed, but okay-ish. Things were hectic IRL, though. Y'know. These things happen, and now I'm trying to get back on track without worrying too much about falling off the bandwagon of updating this stuff daily. :meh:

What am I feeling today? :cautious:

:joyful: Pretty content and happy.
Manic, but not too bad... manic in a calm, productive way, not bouncing off the walls [yet]. :O_o:
:confused: A little tense. I should probably make a special point to go out walking today, or do something in the realm of physical exercise.

I guess that's it. I'm all behind on how everyone else is doing... I'll have to come back later and catch up. But I wanted to send out hugs :hug: and good wishes to everyone. I hope everyone has the best possible day today. :smug:

 

[Spiderallis]

I'm an agitated mess- grandpa died, his kids from the first marriage found out from one of the grandkids posting about it on facebook and there's a disgusting frenzy of people trying to go through the house and grab whatever they can. I have to go into a cleaning frenzy on my own house now, making room for some furniture and avoiding the lectures and embarrassment when my parents bring over a desk and some things.

 

[Britt.f7]

Spiderallis, sorry for your loss. I'm always amazed at the bad behavior people show when a loved one dies. My sister and I heard a lot about that from when my Great Grandma died, and even when my grandma died, by the same people who complained about it the first time. When my mom died, we were very civilized and handled everything without fighting. There were only the two of us and our kids to consider, but we did invite friends and family in afterwards. Still ended up without issue. Second marriages make it hard though. I can't imagine what it will be like when my dad passes.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Spiderallis I am so sorry you have to go through this experience. People can be very greedy sometimes and it makes me feel so sick. Hugs. Hang in there.

I am feeling pretty good. The good days are more and more lately and they are getting better too.
I feel so good today.

 

[franciemarnie]

Sorry to hear this @Spiderallis. Death of family really brings out people's true nature.

I am feeling good. Vigorous walk in cold air. Love the oxygen! Slept well and GI tract somewhat better so hooray. Hungry. A little hyper. Content too but body in on the move mode. Have to spool down.

Good to see you @EverOnly358.

Sorry @Britt.f7 - it was an honest mistake we all make.

 

[Abstract]

Sorry to hear Spiderallis. People can be vile.

Sickened by myself and by my experiences and mostly sickened by the fact that they seem to have effected me whilst being sickened by thinking that they affected me when they didn't. Sigh.

 

[ninja]

I've been feeling kind of quiet today. Reflective. I feel like I have made some progress. :)

 

[Miss_Understood]

I'm feeling anxious today.

 

[EverOnly358]

@Spiderallis, I'm so sorry about your loss... and the loss of manners from related people, too. I went through something like that... the total disrespect for the people who had just died represented by a mad scramble to judge all their material goods and decide what's of value and what's not and who gets what and the greed and the resentment and just tearing apart the landscape where they had lived their lives... you said it, disgusting! :shifty: I'm so sorry that a difficult time is being made worse... if it helps, just remember no one is at their best when someone has just passed away and it sometimes comes out in weird ways like this. I hope you can take a little time for yourself and sit and breathe... maybe a warm beverage :coffee: or some little distraction from the current chaos to ground you in the fact that this too shall pass? Hugs if you'd like them. Take care!

@Britt.f7, that birthday card thing... I would beat myself up over that for days and days until I collapsed into a shame spiral. :depressed: And my husband would keep reminding me not to do that, and that these things happen, and despite teenager drama, it's really not a big deal AT ALL, and it's our job as parents to help our kids understand the harsh realities of life... that bad things happen, often by accident. This is so important because we are the kindest teachers they'll ever have in that regard... the world is a cruel place and won't care about their hurt feelings the way you do, so they need to learn to manage all that and now's the best time to learn to deal with any type of disappointment. To be clear, you didn't do anything wrong in throwing away the card, nothing at all. :hug:

@gizmo, I'm so happy to see you saying, "I feel so good today!" Me, too. Isn't it weird? I'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts and I hope you are, too. Everyone here deserves lots of good days. :joyful:

Hi back at you, @franciemarnie, I've missed you and everyone else, too, these past couple weeks. :cool:

(Jeez... look at me spouting all this helpful advice. :rolleyes: Take it all with a grain of salt... I'm riddled with complex PTSD, I'm bipolar, many days I'm a red hot mess. But I always want to give back to the wonderful people who have helped me so much on this website... so this is my lame attempt to do so... take it for what it's worth.)

As for how I'm feeling... I think I already said it all above. I feel so good today. :happy: And I feel so weird that that's true. :wacky:

 

[Britt.f7]

@EverOnly358 Thank you. I admitted to my son that I threw it away. My husband offered to go through the garbage's for him, but he declined the offer. He seemed to handle it better then I did. I even teared up, though he didn't see.