The Mental Health thread

[pagey]

Thanks all, grandsons responding to antibiotics, still waiting on blood results but I'm good, just felt I couldn't catch a break, and felt I had to be strong for daughter/sister/family.

Needed to use something to let it out.

Hope he gets to experience his first Wolves win soon. Trumps ended 38 wars since our last.

 

[sycophantia]

Hope he gets to experience his first Wolves win soon. Trumps ended 38 wars since our last.

Tonights the night!

 

[Alan]

Hope he gets to experience his first Wolves win soon. Trumps ended 38 wars since our last.

 

[Trips]

Need somewhere to just put some talk out there, not looking for anything in particular.

Not really been myself last few days, been having a bit of a downturn. It happens, quite regualrly annoyingly, but felt a bit different this week. Been a real struggle and had a bit of a breakdown this evening.

Not felt as bad as this for about 6/7 years when I was at my absolute worst. I've hidden myself away in bed, and praying things turn for the better tomorrow.

As I said earlier, not looking anything from anyone, just need a place to type and release, hoping it will be cathartic

 

[darlowolf64]

Need somewhere to just put some talk out there, not looking for anything in particular.

Not really been myself last few days, been having a bit of a downturn. It happens, quite regualrly annoyingly, but felt a bit different this week. Been a real struggle and had a bit of a breakdown this evening.

Not felt as bad as this for about 6/7 years when I was at my absolute worst. I've hidden myself away in bed, and praying things turn for the better tomorrow.

As I said earlier, not looking anything from anyone, just need a place to type and release, hoping it will be cathartic

Hey Dave, hang in there mate.

We need to have a catch up some time

 

[Del Woppio]

You'll know from experience the clouds always pass. I've got no real advise other than trying to not let the duvet drag you down, because it definitely won't help you

 

[AndyWolves]

Need somewhere to just put some talk out there, not looking for anything in particular.

Not really been myself last few days, been having a bit of a downturn. It happens, quite regualrly annoyingly, but felt a bit different this week. Been a real struggle and had a bit of a breakdown this evening.

Not felt as bad as this for about 6/7 years when I was at my absolute worst. I've hidden myself away in bed, and praying things turn for the better tomorrow.

As I said earlier, not looking anything from anyone, just need a place to type and release, hoping it will be cathartic

Thinking of you mate. Maybe try to get yourself outdoors today and get a bit of sunshine? See if you can convince your brain to get some fresh air.

 

[Alan]

I’d love some perspective from y’all, if willing.

What fills your thoughts when you’re out in public, by yourself? Particularly if there’s no real “goal” (like getting groceries), but more things that are just about enjoying the moment. Going to a pub, restaurant, park, that sort of thing. How do you go about feeling comfortable in those spaces? Is it even something you have to think about at all?

I can’t waste another 99% of a year trapping myself in my apartment and I need a mental foothold.

 

[sycophantia]

I’d love some perspective from y’all, if willing.

What fills your thoughts when you’re out in public, by yourself? Particularly if there’s no real “goal” (like getting groceries), but more things that are just about enjoying the moment. Going to a pub, restaurant, park, that sort of thing. How do you go about feeling comfortable in those spaces? Is it even something you have to think about at all?

I can’t waste another 99% of a year trapping myself in my apartment and I need a mental foothold.

Interesting query. I've just started a 'get fit' regime, started gently with a 3 mile walk yesterday, did a 4 mile and 1.5 mile today.
On my own so I was listening to music but also I find my mind wandering to random stuff going on in my life, things I need to do etc. Tbh its fairly easy for me as I have kids and grandkids, plus a few other interests outside football.
I must admit I never feel anything other than comfortable when I'm out and about on my own.
Hopefully others can give you more relevent options.

 

[Keef]

I’m always listening out for birdsong, mainly because birdwatching ( yea I know) is my main hobby, once you tune in you realise how much is out there, and after years and years of listening you even pick up rare stuff flying over from just a flight call, I’ll take my binoculars with me even for a walk around the park just in case something “odd” is on the football pitch and after looking it’s a different type of gull to the others walking about.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I’d love some perspective from y’all, if willing.

What fills your thoughts when you’re out in public, by yourself? Particularly if there’s no real “goal” (like getting groceries), but more things that are just about enjoying the moment. Going to a pub, restaurant, park, that sort of thing. How do you go about feeling comfortable in those spaces? Is it even something you have to think about at all?

I can’t waste another 99% of a year trapping myself in my apartment and I need a mental foothold.

I run through our results year by year against various teams and test myself if I still get them right (I do). Scorers are a bit more of a challenge.

I wouldn't copy me though.

 

[Wolftone]

I run through our results year by year against various teams and test myself if I still get them right (I do). Scorers are a bit more of a challenge.

I wouldn't copy me though.

I struggle to remember results from two weeks ago.
Physical work is my only escape from thinking too deeply about things that concern me in a bad way.
That can be raking leaves up, washing the car, any mundane stuff that doesn't require much technically, but a physical result can be achieved.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

If I'm walking in a park I love to just look at trees and feel grateful to live in a world where they are so beautiful and (like snowflakes) there are no two identical. Or leaf colours. Then there are squirrels, deer, birds, and other wildlife. And there is always sunshine.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I’m a daydreamer so I just lose myself in my thoughts. Having said that, I’m not sure I could sit in a bar or a pub by myself.

 

[AndyWolves]

I’d love some perspective from y’all, if willing.

What fills your thoughts when you’re out in public, by yourself? Particularly if there’s no real “goal” (like getting groceries), but more things that are just about enjoying the moment. Going to a pub, restaurant, park, that sort of thing. How do you go about feeling comfortable in those spaces? Is it even something you have to think about at all?

I can’t waste another 99% of a year trapping myself in my apartment and I need a mental foothold.

My brain flies all over the place all the time when I'm out. One minute I'll be thinking about what I'm going to do with my finances over the next few months and years and testing out various scenarios. This time of year I'll spend a bit of time thinking about how the amount of daylight starts compounding each day and how it might look like on a graph.

I'll probably think about my mental to-do list and work through a few tasks on that and then some work things will pop into my head which I'll also work through until I start thinking about some other interesting things.

This is all whilst I'm trying to accomplish whatever task / activity I need to do be it shopping, socialising or whatever.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I’m a daydreamer so I just lose myself in my thoughts. Having said that, I’m not sure I could sit in a bar or a pub by myself.

Ah mate, I love a solo pint. Preferably with a paper and a crossword.

My issue at the moment (apart from having bipolar) is impostor syndrome. I've done really well at work since I started but my heid cannot compute this so I think I'm a fucking fraud all the time.

I know it's stupid but that's what I have to battle.

 

[Mel Evo]

Ah mate, I love a solo pint. Preferably with a paper and a crossword.

There are few things better than that. It’s a public house after all.

Who said bird watching, or listening to birds. That’s good. While screens are a little intrusive in pubs or the outdoors, the (mentioned before) free Merlin app is great for revealing the world of birds around you.

 

[Jack Regan]

I'm frequently a solo traveller (away this weekend until tuesday) and I'll happily sit in a pub on my own having a quiet drink, in fact I'm doing it right now. I really like my own company though and keep myself occupied when I'm away with podcasts or an audiobook if I'm feeling a bit isolated.

My internal monologue never shuts up either, so it's very rare I actually feel on my own

 

[EpsomWolf]

There is much to be said about being alone, appreciating nature on a walk and so on but while I’m fortunate enough to have plenty of that am paradoxically frightened by it. I’m very comfortable in social settings, navigating interactions etc with relative ease and I suppose have an accomplished mask if required, but my internal monologue is so (at times) painfully intense to the point being alone to ‘clear my thoughts’ is the very last thing I need, with the net result being the opposite happening.

I’m at peace and have dealt with whatever is whirring around but there are times I’d give anything to just ‘not think’ and the pursuit of that seemingly unachievable desire sits very uncomfortably.

I’m not sure if you can ever win, always seems like a compromise and we’re trading one thing for another.

 

[EpsomWolf]

I'm frequently a solo traveller (away this weekend until tuesday) and I'll happily sit in a pub on my own having a quiet drink, in fact I'm doing it right now. I really like my own company though and keep myself occupied when I'm away with podcasts or an audiobook if I'm feeling a bit isolated.

My internal monologue never shuts up either, so it's very rare I actually feel on my own

Your reply was posted as I was writing mine. Interesting reading your thoughts on your inner monologue. I enjoyed the humour and the fact you’re comfortable with them. It’s troubling when you’re not and want to escape them.

To be clear, there’s a guilt as my circumstances are not as challenging as others, it’s just the way it is.