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[outlander]

Sometimes we dont really think when we are struggling @lifeisstupid but they are there if you need them just as im sure your there for them if they need you too

[outlander]

is anyone around atm?

[Appleblossom]

Hi @outlander Just logged on and thought I would check your regular haunt ...

[outlander]

Hello @Appleblossom
Thanks for checking in ❤

[Appleblossom]

How are things today? @outlander

My day was pleasant.

[outlander]

Im glad your day was good and i also read the upcoming week is quieter for you too which will be good @Appleblossom 

Im not really doing  that well. Life and its pressures are increasing. Its to much but i cant do much about it. Life is defeating me.

[Appleblossom]

Would you like to talk about the pressures.  I think it is sad when you say LIFE is defeating you.  To me you seem like a fighter of the best sort.

 @outlander

[outlander]

Life is defeating me @Appleblossom
I really dont have much fight left.
Im responsible for many things and its increasing again and i cant do anything about it. I keep thinking.. hoping... that life would get better. But it doesnt.
I cant turn off anymore. My worries are exhausting and half the time i dont know what is real and what isnt or at least to the extent im worrying about them on the news latley is all about dog attacks and its so triggerring and its makng things alot worse.. I dont sleep much because of dreams either trauma related or strange upsetting dreams about anything and everythingm I am on the edge constantly trying to maintain a balance on one foot so i dont crumble and fall.

[Appleblossom]

Responsibility is extra difficult when you dont have a say about what and how.  Can you push back on those making demands?  In the carer terminology it is about putting boundaries in place.

Sometimes it is important to back off from news sites.  I check the news regularly now, as I want to stay in touch, but for many years I really did not have time.

@outlander