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

[roaminggnome]

Fed up, sick, anxious, exhausted, crying, hopeless, lost, hurting, and used are what I feel right now. Helpless, too.

 

[ms spock]

Feeling both good and bad.

Feel like I can do stuff. Feeling a little insecure and worried.

 

[ms spock]

Feeling like in chat I am going to start saying I am just hanging out to say hello and talk about achievements. So if people want to have a deep and meaningful, that is fine, but I need to leave as part of my self care and management of my PTSD. I feel I need to do this.

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

I'm in so much pain. And I'm stressed out because of a near car accident tonight due to someone else's roadrage.

 

[ms spock]

Feeling I did well in managing writing the submission.

Feeling pretty vulnerable being back at home. Another member talked about how reactivity is core to PTSD and I would like to get on top of that.

 

[therisa]

Strangely, am feeling hopeful, as I just found out that my friend is being transfer back to the rehab centre. Otherwise, feeling drain of all energy. I need to get my grocery shopping done, but I am scared to face the crowds, right now, and that angers me.

 

[Hope4Now]

Feeling like I want to stay home and rest and putter around today. Frustrated that I have to pick up my mother and spend six hours with her, eating, doing shopping, taking her to her church, etc.. She is my most intense trigger even when she doesn't do or say anything that should trigger me. I feel guilty that I wish she weren't in my life, that I feel so burdened by her. Angry that there is nobody else to support me in all this and no money to hire someone to help. Feel like my back is against the wall because if I don't do my once-per week stint with my mother, she gets even needier and more clingy, and eventually angry and resentful. I am playing out my whole childhood on a weekly basis..."if I just do x, then y won't happen." My husband has 5 aging relatives for whom he is responsible, so he helps me when he can and I help him, but I am an only child. She has no understanding at all of what she has done to me, and she never will. I still feel like a captive. Hate myself for not being able to figure out another way to manage this.

 

[roaminggnome]

I am feeling really sick today. I fell back asleep and am still in my pajamas from last night. I guess a week of putting my father first while I am sick has caught up with me. Plus he coughed the whole night long keeping me awake.

@therisa I hear you about grocery shopping. I went yesterday and it was crowded-I have trouble with crowds.

 

[EverOnly358]

What am I feeling today?

:unsure: Tired. A little rundown. (Going to rest up today, as much as possible.)

Hungry. (Ha!) :wideeyed:

:eek: Anxious.

Overall, though, things are okay, so basically, I'm feeling content. :joyful: I'm going to focus on the content part.

 

[Britt.f7]

Felt a bit weary about getting up this morning. Knew I had to drive my son to his friend's house. I handled it just fine and feeling a little lighter because of it. I might just be okay with this day. Cautious.

 

[Spiderallis]

I've been stressing out for a couple weeks over my parents coming into my house to bring over some furniture, now mum's too sick to do it. With the expected snow later tonight, it won't happen tomorrow either. Relieved, but quite aware it's only temporary.

 

[macca]

Anxious. Had trouble sleeping last night, due to hyperarousal. Feeling apprehensive, like something bad is going to happen, but feel like that's related to finally talking to my mother about my PTSD diagnosis. Feel validated, and that's a huge thing, that information from my mother confirms some things and adds even more evidence to my suspicions of what may have happened to me when I was very young.