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How Are You Feeling Right Now?

Aurelia

🔥 A Fire Inside 🔥
SF Supporter
Talking is always challenging. Why? I ask this rhetorically. What could I possibly say and why would anyone care?

Why is ever the word of the day. I lie awake, but I don’t know why. I feel compelled to get out of bed and do something with myself, but still I ask “Why?”

Why are the objects of my most fervent desires a pipe dream? Why are even the simplest, most prevalent comforts beyond my reach?

More than anything, why am I still talking?
This is just my personal experience and I'm only sharing it with you because I hope the same feeling of freedom for you someday as well. God helps me answer all my "why" questions about existence, and even though i still struggle in other aspects (a belief in God isn't going to make everything perfect), but its still freeing to finally have answers to the "whys". Why am I here? For the glory of God. Why should I do this or that? For the glory of God. Who am I in this world? God's child. Why continue to suffer and not just die? Because it would utterly break His heart, and because suffering builds a stronger character and always has purpose behind it. And someday, it will be gone and only joy will remain.
 
Just sick. I look at food, and I’m compelled to vomit. I look at a task to keep me busy, and I’m encouraged to destroy it. I try to rest, and I’m driven to run. There is a pit in my stomach where there was once nourishment but is now a bottomless well of dread. How much longer until I catch a break? How much longer until I feel the least bit human again?
 
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Great. And weird. Bored crazy so I stayed home today to "work" and the boss calls up to give me an unexpected raise. We talked about workload and I'll be busy finally starting next week! Here I am doing nothing and I get a raise! I figured having a job doing nothing was good enough. My suspicion is that the raise was designed to keep me interested in the company because the company has been losing employees at a high rate. But I will enjoy it while it comes and look forward to retirement at the end of next year (that's the plan).

On reflection I thought the boss was calling me to lay me off. What a surprise!
 
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mosaic hearts

I am we - working hard at getting it together.🦋🐻
Not well. On top of everything else, I'm starting on an asthma flare. I notice for the past two days that I'm suffering multiple attacks during the day & night. I live with severe persistent asthma. So, I have an asthma action plan that tells me what to do at every stage of acute severity from mild to the bad stage. (Everyone with asthma should have an asthma action plan, not just people like me who are severely affected. Right now I'm at a moderate stage with my attacks. So, what I'm doing is increasing my daily maintenance inhalers & using my nebulizer via a mouthpiece for acute symptoms rather than my inhalers because the medication particles are smaller & get more deeply into my lungs & the dose is much stronger. Hopefully this'll keep us out of urgent care or the emergency room. The last time I was in the ER with severe, acute asthma was last February. So, six months ago. Going to the hospital for asthma treatment is scary for me because I'm very afraid of doctors. I actually dissociative, that's how bad my fear of doctors is. If I would be the kind of person who believes in conspiracy theories, I'd say God is playing a cruel joke on me, putting worsening asthma on top of flashbacks & suicidal thoughts & impulses. :(😥
 
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Dante

Life-long ponderer.. and Git.
SF Pro
SF Supporter
Tired, apathetic, achy and queasy. Someone microwaved a croissant and the small made me want to hurl. It wasn't a bad smell, just today's reaction to food. The queasy had tapered off by the end of the work day so I tried to eat something and now Im too queasy for dinner.
 

mosaic hearts

I am we - working hard at getting it together.🦋🐻
Not well. On top of everything else, I'm starting on an asthma flare. I notice for the past two days that I'm suffering multiple attacks during the day & night. I live with severe persistent asthma. So, I have an asthma action plan that tells me what to do at every stage of acute severity from mild to the bad stage. (Everyone with asthma should have an asthma action plan, not just people like me who are severely affected. Right now I'm at a moderate stage with my attacks. So, what I'm doing is increasing my daily maintenance inhalers & using my nebulizer via a mouthpiece for acute symptoms rather than my inhalers because the medication particles are smaller & get more deeply into my lungs & the dose is much stronger. Hopefully this'll keep us out of urgent care or the emergency room. The last time I was in the ER with severe, acute asthma was last February. So, six months ago. Going to the hospital for asthma treatment is scary for me because I'm very afraid of doctors. I actually dissociative, that's how bad my fear of doctors is. If I would be the kind of person who believes in conspiracy theories, I'd say God is playing a cruel joke on me, putting worsening asthma on top of flashbacks & suicidal thoughts & impulses. :(😥
This is what a nebulizer/compresser looks like. The one in the picture is the model I have from Pari. An air compressor changes a medication solution into a fine mist that you can inhale. It's used for adults & children with severe asthma, adults & children with other severe breathing problems like cystic fibrosis, copd, etc. 1000005532.jpg
 
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Great. And weird. Bored crazy so I stayed home today to "work" and the boss calls up to give me an unexpected raise. We talked about workload and I'll be busy finally starting next week! Here I am doing nothing and I get a raise! I figured having a job doing nothing was good enough. My suspicion is that the raise was designed to keep me interested in the company because the company has been losing employees at a high rate. But I will enjoy it while it comes and look forward to retirement at the end of next year (that's the plan).

On reflection I thought the boss was calling me to lay me off. What a surprise!
Congratulations on your raise!
*hi5

peace
:)
 
Not well. On top of everything else, I'm starting on an asthma flare. I notice for the past two days that I'm suffering multiple attacks during the day & night. I live with severe persistent asthma. So, I have an asthma action plan that tells me what to do at every stage of acute severity from mild to the bad stage. (Everyone with asthma should have an asthma action plan, not just people like me who are severely affected. Right now I'm at a moderate stage with my attacks. So, what I'm doing is increasing my daily maintenance inhalers & using my nebulizer via a mouthpiece for acute symptoms rather than my inhalers because the medication particles are smaller & get more deeply into my lungs & the dose is much stronger. Hopefully this'll keep us out of urgent care or the emergency room. The last time I was in the ER with severe, acute asthma was last February. So, six months ago. Going to the hospital for asthma treatment is scary for me because I'm very afraid of doctors. I actually dissociative, that's how bad my fear of doctors is. If I would be the kind of person who believes in conspiracy theories, I'd say God is playing a cruel joke on me, putting worsening asthma on top of flashbacks & suicidal thoughts & impulses. :(😥
I'm sorry, that really is a lot
:(
We're here for you
You're cared for

peace
 

AvidFan

Retired Cat Staff
SF Supporter
Great. And weird. Bored crazy so I stayed home today to "work" and the boss calls up to give me an unexpected raise. We talked about workload and I'll be busy finally starting next week! Here I am doing nothing and I get a raise! I figured having a job doing nothing was good enough. My suspicion is that the raise was designed to keep me interested in the company because the company has been losing employees at a high rate. But I will enjoy it while it comes and look forward to retirement at the end of next year (that's the plan).

On reflection I thought the boss was calling me to lay me off. What a surprise!
I'll have a job there if nobody else wants it lol ☺️
 

1964dodge

Has a monkey as a friend
Safety & Support
SF Supporter
Just sick. I look at food, and I’m compelled to vomit. I look at a task to keep me busy, and I’m encouraged to destroy it. I try to rest, and I’m driven to run. There is a pit in my stomach where there was once nourishment but is now a bottomless well of dread. How much longer until I catch a break? How much longer until I feel the least bit human again?
unfortunately, suffering is a part of life and for most people so is joy. try to fight through your pain and also look for joy any joy

mike.....*hug*console*shake
 

1964dodge

Has a monkey as a friend
Safety & Support
SF Supporter
Not well. On top of everything else, I'm starting on an asthma flare. I notice for the past two days that I'm suffering multiple attacks during the day & night. I live with severe persistent asthma. So, I have an asthma action plan that tells me what to do at every stage of acute severity from mild to the bad stage. (Everyone with asthma should have an asthma action plan, not just people like me who are severely affected. Right now I'm at a moderate stage with my attacks. So, what I'm doing is increasing my daily maintenance inhalers & using my nebulizer via a mouthpiece for acute symptoms rather than my inhalers because the medication particles are smaller & get more deeply into my lungs & the dose is much stronger. Hopefully this'll keep us out of urgent care or the emergency room. The last time I was in the ER with severe, acute asthma was last February. So, six months ago. Going to the hospital for asthma treatment is scary for me because I'm very afraid of doctors. I actually dissociative, that's how bad my fear of doctors is. If I would be the kind of person who believes in conspiracy theories, I'd say God is playing a cruel joke on me, putting worsening asthma on top of flashbacks & suicidal thoughts & impulses. :(😥
i hope your asthma attacks get better. asthma is very serious so please take care of yourself

mike....*hug*shake
 

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