Mental Health Group: Please try to have hope

[viva la]

2. I had a minor nightmare that I was in a foreign country and lost my wallet.

I woke up and sighed with relief, because I was still home and still had my wallet.

Then I remembered... the evil won.

Major nightmare, only it was real.

I'm trying to avoid dwelling too much. I need to get past the rest of this month. (There's also a big doctor appointment/test in two weeks.) I think by the time December comes, we'll have more ideas about what we need to do in the future.

But this next couple weeks are going to be full of anxiety. I'm trying to find ways to distract myself, like decluttering my closets. I found a whole box of old CDs (remember them?) and decided to get a CD player and listen to them. The randomness of the music choosing -- just whatever CD is on top-- will be more calming that calling out commands to Alexa. I don't want to make choices now.

In a couple weeks or months, we'll have regained some strength. We have to take some time to recover from the trauma, no matter what form that takes.