Day 12: Do one chore you’ve been putting off.
I did a load of laundry that was well overdue. I like doing laundry, but I lose track of time because of my psychosis. So a pile of laundry built up and I only noticed today.
I like doing laundry, but I hate putting the washing out, even indoors in my flat. Otherwise, I don’t mind doing laundry.
No one needs to see my laundry, clean or otherwise, so there’s no photo today.
1 reaction I was in a bad place last Tuesday. Deep depression was kicking my ass. I managed to get out of it. My big wins are staying out of the hospital. It takes lot of strength to get out of bed during a depressive episode. I opened up to my friend for the first time telling her I needed help. My thoughts were telling me to do harm to myself. My therapist was gone the whole week because of Thanksgiving. Last week my depression started on Monday and got worse on Tuesday. I had strength to work through my depression.
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Below is a link to a page from my blog that contains some accounts of how my Bipolar Disorder has impacted my life. I know that everyone is different and that there are different experiences that we all have, but I hope that if you are to read it, it can help you in some way 👌
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3 reactions I started getting really restless on Aripiprazole, and have since been taken off of it. Has anyone experienced akathisia from an anti-psychotic? How long does it take for the restlessness to go away after stopping?
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Day Two: Unplug from (unnecessary) electronics for one hour
Day Two was hard! I did my hour and I didn’t know what I was going to do. It made me realise how much of a comfort thing my phone is, and how lost I am without it. It also made me realise that I rely on my phone and other devices to help manage my psychosis. I found an hour without my devices or computer, hard because of my psychosis. I must use devices for distractions and to calm me down more than I thought.
So with my hour without devices, I focussed on housework and attempting to walk the dog. I was going to have a nice walk with the dog and not look at my phone at all except for the time, and then come back and do some housework until the hour ran out. But in the end I had to have a shorter walk than I was planning because of Storm Burt and the torrential rain and massive puddles. But I didn’t let this stop me, I continued with my hour and did some housework. My bathroom was fire and now it’s clean, and I had a break from devices at the same time.
Time away from devices is self-care because it makes you focus more on the world around you, and it helps look after your eyes. It also gives you room to think and time to catch up on things.
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They LOVE to play so our day revolves a Lot on hearing his bark from our bedroom and then Rosie races off the bed and spins and spins and spins in happiness while barking with her playful yips.
It is so much fun (Nixing the part where my joints all painfully pop out as I try to hurry and let her out) then she races up to the fence to bark and spin a lot more.
She was scared of his big self at first but me going up to him and giving him scrapes helped build up her courage ❤️
Can you tell she is my LIFE? 😁❤️✨️💖
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Ever since her bad teeth were removed she has been more energetic and super happy! She has always been super fast but now she is like the Flash superhero!! I definitely can't keep up! It warms my soul that she is feeling so great. She absolutely deserves it!!!
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