Everyone looking after themselves? I started a new workout routine and I’ve quit smoking (mostly) and it’s really helped.

Hope everyone is okay wherever you are!!

  • Ratette (she/her)@lemmygrad.mlOP
    10·
    2 years ago

    Hahaha 7ish, I won’t pretend to be consistent with it at all!

    Have you found the standing desk helps? I’ve had my eye on them ngl

    Awwwh I’m sorry I left everyone 😔 I realised that I was falling into obsessive habits with social media again and not just on here and that combined with how fragile I felt raised some red flags. BPD is a removed and I was only enabling it so I took a break and worked through some stuff. I’m trying to be better this time but I just like chatting with everyone so much that I’ve noticed I’m overusing again (it’s so easy to do nothing and just sit on the Internet) so I think I still need to reign in my usage a lot but I’m definitely in a better place than I was the previous month so that’s good 😊

    • seahorse [Ohio]@midwest.social
      10·
      2 years ago

      BPD is awful. I’m sorry you have to suffer with it. My mom has it and somehow got convinced to stop taking her meds after 20 years of them working and blew away like $40k, then crashed really hard from her manic high. Luckily my brother and I were able to get a decent amount of her money back by selling the stuff she bought. She’s now back on her old meds and functioning like anyone else.

      • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
        9·
        2 years ago

        This is a huge problem with meds that work, unfortunately. I’ve guided multiple people that took meds for different thing (BPD, schizophrenia for example) that felt good while taking meds who suddenly decided they’d be fine without them. But the meds is what’s making them feel fine and what’s keeping it all together. This is a very common thing really.

        Sorry you had to go through that. Mental health problems are a removed.

        • seahorse [Ohio]@midwest.social
          9·
          2 years ago

          Thanks, yeah I’ve been guilty of attempting to get off my medication because I think that I feel fine and don’t need them, yet they’re the reason I do feel OK. I think I know better now.

          I didn’t know manic episodes could last that long. Hers went on for about a year and a half before she crashed.

      • Ratette (she/her)@lemmygrad.mlOP
        6·
        2 years ago

        Oh no I can only imagine how stressful that must have been. I don’t think I’m bad enough to be that chaotic hence I’ve survived without meds but I can imagine the shitstorm that manic period must have being.

        I know when I get them I get very impulsive and essentially child like. It feels great weirdly but I’m so embarrassed because it’s like I’m a kid on a sugar rush!! Then the crash is erghhhhh…

        Glad to hear she is back on the meds and doing okay! How you managed to claw back some of the cash and handle that situation is beyond me!!

    • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭@lemmygrad.ml
      6·
      2 years ago

      I don’t know what effect it’ll have on my back when I’m an Old Man™, but it’s probably better than sitting (although it might be best to sit and stand intermittently rather than just standing for ~8 hours, so you’d need an “adjustable” desk). It’s mostly nice to be able to move around a bit and stretch m’legs wit’ th’chair

      BPD

      That sounds rough. At least you’re able to recognize when you need a break. (Judging by my comment count I should probably calm down a bit too)

      • Ratette (she/her)@lemmygrad.mlOP
        6·
        2 years ago

        Hmmmm yeah remembering back to service industry work and standing for 8 hours or more was hell! Breaks plz haha.

        I tend to try and walk t’ shop at lunch t’ get ma bait as my break from sitting down at the moment but I do need more time away from my desktop.

        Yeah ngl without any proper help due to shambolic mental health care provision it gets really rough but healthy lifestyle changes etc have helped a lot! I’m getting better at recognising my triggers and combating irrational thinking but sometimes I don’t catch it and once I’ve split my day just becomes a write off 😔