Mental health check-in

[Monson]

Positive vibes, everyone, for what it's worth.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Positive vibes, everyone, for what it's worth.

^This, in proverbial spades.

 

[Mark Wein]

Just fucking angry about everything.

 

[Tig]

Just fucking angry about everything.

My only suggestion is to triage everything that messes with you. The shit that you can't do anything about (big world problems, politics, etc...) can be shoved onto the back burner.
The problems that can't be worked on until later can be set aside until their time has come.
Removing these leaves some time and energy to deal with the front burner shit.

YMMV

 

[jbj]

I'm tantalisingly close to being able to respond to the workplace bullshit. So close.

 

[Mark Wein]

 

[GomezAddams]

Strange new old age suckage discovered. For about the last year, my dreams (at least the ones I remember) are never pleasant. They are always of some sort of anxiety inducing situation. Anything from the relatively benign scenario of heading to a college final exam for a class I've not attended and did not study for, all the way to the almost nightmare of helping someone dispose of a body.

These dreams (and a full bladder) wake me up. What sucks is that the fight-or-flight adrenaline response from the anxiety keeps me awake for hours. I have found that a shot or two of whiskey takes the edge off so that I can eventually get back to sleep.

 

[Tig]

Strange new old age suckage discovered. For about the last year, my dreams (at least the ones I remember) are never pleasant. They are always of some sort of anxiety inducing situation. Anything from the relatively benign scenario of heading to a college final exam for a class I've not attended and did not study for, all the way to the almost nightmare of helping someone dispose of a body.

These dreams (and a full bladder) wake me up. What sucks is that the fight-or-flight adrenaline response from the anxiety keeps me awake for hours. I have found that a shot or two of whiskey takes the edge off so that I can eventually get back to sleep.

Mojo. I have those occasionally and have even died a few times. Once awakened, I have difficulty getting back to sleep.

 

[GilmourD]

Just fucking angry about everything.

 

[PunkKitty]

I am not in a good place right now. Not at all. I was doing fine until I got a email from my mortgage company telling me that my escrow is projected to have a $4800 shortage so my mortgage payment will increase by 21.5% on November 1. I have no fucking idea where I am supposed to get this money. I don't have the savings. I live on disability. I guess I could change my diet to air and water. How far can I get on that??? Does anyone have an extra $5k lying around that they want to contribute to a good cause??? Oh, and my 62nd birthday is on Saturday. Happy fucking birthday to me. I'm surprised I'm not dealing with SI right now.

 

[Tig]

I am not in a good place right now. Not at all. I was doing fine until I got a email from my mortgage company telling me that my escrow is projected to have a $4800 shortage so my mortgage payment will increase by 21.5% on November 1. I have no fucking idea where I am supposed to get this money. I don't have the savings. I live on disability. I guess I could change my diet to air and water. How far can I get on that??? Does anyone have an extra $5k lying around that they want to contribute to a good cause??? Oh, and my 62nd birthday is on Saturday. Happy fucking birthday to me. I'm surprised I'm not dealing with SI right now.

Real estate taxes and/or insurance rate increases are killing people all over the place. This is a crisis without any viable way out.

I was able to knock down the latest county appraisal piracy by using realtor.com's "RealEstimate" value on mine, lowering the value by $29,000. Maybe you can shop insurance companies.