How do you feel ?

[Shantel]

That's just a theory. Nobody really knows how they stand up. 

Well lets see, I usually get up on my feet and straighten up and that seems to work for me! hehehe me baaaad!

[ativan]

Oh, it works just fine. Nobody knows why though.

Did you hear about the giant hole they found in Kansas?
Scientists there are looking into it.
*runs away.... 

[Jamie D]

Oh, it works just fine. Nobody knows why though.

Did you hear about the giant hole they found in Kansas?
Scientists there are looking into it.
*runs away.... 

Pffft.  That's nothing.  I heard they had 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.

[brainiac]

Urrrrgh frustrated. I've had a bad muscle spasm in my neck and shoulder since Monday and it's preventing me from going to the gym or really doing much. CHILL OUT, SHOULDER!

[Shantel]

Urrrrgh frustrated. I've had a bad muscle spasm in my neck and shoulder since Monday and it's preventing me from going to the gym or really doing much. CHILL OUT, SHOULDER!

Sounds like it's time to see a massage therapist and get it ironed out, it always works for me!

[Jamie D]

I can say that I feel relieved that they caught bombing suspect #2.

[Shantel]

I can say that I feel relieved that they caught bombing suspect #2.

Me too, it was amazing that with all that gunfire more people didn't get killed!

[Phoeniks]

Feeling somewhat lost and depressed. Mostly because I'm so unsure about whether people really care about me. One friend is not able to call me with my new (genderneutral) name and I don't have energy to talk about it yet again. And I feel pretty left alone right now for other reasons, too. It'd be nice to just talk with someone, but it seems like there's no-one I can call when feeling this depressed.

And I'd like my body just to disappear.

[Shantel]

Wishing you well Phoenix, these things allow us to sort out true friends from those who simply held us in reserve as a convenience, this too will pass dear!

[Phoeniks]

Thank you, Shantel That's a good think to remember, all the pain of losing friends that didn't appreciate us makes way for the true ones to come into our lives.

[Shantel]

Thank you, Shantel That's a good think to remember, all the pain of losing friends that didn't appreciate us makes way for the true ones to come into our lives.

That's right Phoeniks, so cheer up hon and try to find something to get busy with and focused on so that you can work your way out from under the dark cloud. Do that and you'll fell better fast, trust your Auntie Shan on this....((hugs))

[Phoeniks]

That's right Phoeniks, so cheer up hon and try to find something to get busy with and focused on so that you can work your way out from under the dark cloud. Do that and you'll fell better fast, trust your Auntie Shan on this....((hugs))

You're probably right, I should just get something meaningful to do and wait for this to pass while doing that

[Shantel]

You're probably right, I should just get something meaningful to do and wait for this to pass while doing that

It's the best plan, keep us posted will you? Good luck, be thinking of you....~ Shan ~

[Mayonnaise]

I'm feeling BLEH. I made an appointment with my anxiety/depression shrink for Tuesday. I don't have a gender shrink, though I wonder if I should.

I'm just feeling super discouraged because I'm still a contractor at my job after over a year, and they keep promising me a real hire, and I never get one and I'm feeling worthless as a result. I want to be worth hiring.

8^(

[hazelspikes]

I had to talk a friend down from suicide tonight. Via text message. She's okay now-managed to get her onto a topic that was about her problems. Took a while though. Tried telling her to go to the ER because I can't help with these issues. Also not qualified and in a different state.  She didn't want to talk to strangers.

So, hopefully that all will be better later today. Right now I need to sleep. And feeling a mix of anger, sadness, and guilt.

[ativan]

You did what you could, that's what counts.

feeling a mix of anger, sadness, and guilt.

Those feelings come from the frustration of it being unresolved.
I know that mix well. Hopefully things will work out. Sounds like you did well.
Ativan

[Phoeniks]

That feeling of not being appreciated or important was first some kind of a sadness, but it is now being replaced by determination. I really want to make my relationships more valuable and learn to appreciate myself as much as I respect other people. Sadly, there are some who greatly enjoy the fact that I've been such a doormat for them. Luckily I just had the courage to face one last night. I'm so not going to swallow my needs and feelings this time. ^__^

Pheoniks, if you want, get ahold of me on Facebook, same name. That really goes for anyone who needs to talk. We will.
I'm sorry I don't use the personal message system here. Facebook works. Emails work too.
Ativan

Thank you, Ativan. I really appreciate this and your words in general as well.

[Shantel]

That feeling of not being appreciated or important was first some kind of a sadness, but it is now being replaced by determination. I really want to make my relationships more valuable and learn to appreciate myself as much as I respect other people. Sadly, there are some who greatly enjoy the fact that I've been such a doormat for them. Luckily I just had the courage to face one last night. I'm so not going to swallow my needs and feelings this time. ^__^
Thank you, Ativan. I really appreciate this and your words in general as well.

I can relate. It starts by feeling sorry for someone and having excessive empathy toward them, I want to fix them because they are broken and I get sucked into their drama and ultimately wind up with their footprint on my face. I'm getting older and wiser through experience rather than the application of any sort of common sense going into it. I have learned to ask myself these questions whenever I'm faced with some new poor soul. "What's their motive for wanting to be close to me? What's in it for them?" Then again I have to ask those same questions of myself and question my own motives. This exercise can be quite revealing and liberating because often times the answer is No I'm Not Going There Again! Then comes the pragmatic concluding thought, "Oh well sh*t happens, but it usually comes from some as*hole!" It's a means of being dismissive of those who want to draw me into their problematic ego-centric lives with no real regard for me at all. No need to be anyone's doormat hon, we have allowed it, but no longer have to.

[Dace]

I'm so happy and joyous; I have a new beautiful gecko, I've put my hair into dreads and I have a new piercing... Pure bliss.

[Shantel]

I feel scared, angry, and frustrated. Feeling this way for quite a while now due to starting transition and issues in finding a job

You're certainly not alone!