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

[Ronin]

All the cognitive distortions of hopelessness and futility keep flooding in so strongly I can get on top of them.

Think of it this way: You're helping your child, and to you, you're the help you needed then, now. The fact memories reach to you that deeply proving you're capable of solving this: for your child, and for emotionally younger you's. Your mind trusts you to have whatever it takes to resolve this successfully, and is damned right.

Comfort to you, & soothing to your tears.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Feeling down because of the clouds, but also feeling cozy in my home. I have a new day to look forward to and that feels good.

 

[VioletButterfly]

(((((((@Rosewater))))) I hear you and will say a prayer for you if that is okay. I was bullied as a child and as an adult (at work), and abuse has abounded all the way around with family/relationships, so I hear you, and feel your concern and fear. I also see in your writings how brave, competent and intuitive you are, and that you are a wonderful mother to step in and step up for your child. What a blessing for her. :)

Today, I've got a mixed bag on board. Just feeling like a crouton again in a big bowl of vegetable soup; soggy and bobbing around with a bunch of weird shapes (emotions). Hoping that this weekend I can try to color again and maybe try to take an excursion over to a store to walk around and window shop as I couldn't do it last weekend. Maybe one day that won't be such a challenge for me, so hope is on board in a tangential way.

 

[Rosewater]

Thank you @Saelben @Cashew and @VioletButterfly

The school are very on top of it & they found it helpful for us to tell them how it's affecting her at home. They'd already spoken to the whole class today about friendship groups and acceptable behaviour.

At school they say she is mature, taking good decisions about how to handle the situation and turning in impressive schoolwork. They didn't appreciate how much it was affecting her at home & we didn't realise how well she's dealing with things during the school day. We are having another meeting in a weeks time to review how they're all responding to the measures the school has put in place. Our daughter is much happier, knowing there is support at school and that she doesn't have to face the confusing situation on her own.

My reactions to it have surprised me. Before PTSD I was able to deal with professional bullying in a robust way and had done for many years. Now the thought of it triggers more distress than I can handle. It raises all sorts of things from my childhood, that I now have to work through. I slept for 3 hours when we got back from the school!

Thank you too @VioletButterfly for your supportive comments about our parenting. I'm actually her father,so I suppose it's a compliment to be mistaken for her mother online :). However ill I am there will always be enough strength to support and strengthen our children.

 

[Lionheart]

I am feeling unsettled, excited, and curious, but also sad and nostalgic. A little lonely and still grieving for my cat and my father (even after 3 years), it seems like it happened yesterday. I wish I could tell them one more time that I love them, but I guess I can when I pray.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Finally one day without crying, and like, feeling generally good throughout the day. Gonna see how I deal with the following days...

 

[Anrish]

Excited and hyped up! It's handball European championship! The only sport I watch...and it's soooo exciting! I hope we will beat Spain! :laugh: ...it's halftime and were three points behind....:wideeyed:

 

[Teasel]

Feel relieved, possibly panicky slightly. After speaking up for myself and Experiencing terrible fear and depression because of it. Also slightly giddy, like a child.

 

[ms spock]

I feel sad that all the skills I did not learn about getting on with people as a child, I am ever so slowly learning now. Happy that I have a chance at learning these skills to get to behave in appropriate ways.

 

[Spiderallis]

I'm confused that it's been nearly a full week since I clicked on this thread, it's one of the most helpful on the whole forum for me. I feel like I should be feeling something. I'm aware of the numb distance and trying to remember how to get my me back into myself.

 

[Heather]

Confused, scared and angry.

 

[Lionheart]

I feel "old" but don't know if this is a thought or a feeling. But, I feel like I was old before I was ever young and as soon as I finish my first childhood I am going to have my second one!!! ;):D:p:laugh::roflmao: