Respect to everyone who has had the courage, and it does take courage, to post in this thread. My ‘problems‘ are very trivial compared to what some of you are going through so I apologise in advance.
I’ve been feeling low for quite a while now, nothing I can put my finger on. My health is not the best but at the same time not the worst, if you see what I mean. I’m not going to go into details as to how or why but suffice it to say there have been days when I’ve wanted to just run away and hide and not come back.
Just over a month or so ago I decided that this was stupid, I’ve got a great family and good friends, plus no money worries. It was time to sort myself out. Anyway I decided that every day for a month I would post something positive that had happened to me on my Facebook page, don’t laugh please. :-)
Anyway I did this, every evening I looked back over the day and chose something. Some days it was hard but even something as simple as my great-Granddaughter sending me a message that she had got 10 out of 10 for a spelling test, or a text message from a friend saying that my posts were encouraging her were a help. I called it my ‘Smile a day’. Some days it was a few lines, other days practically an essay but even on my hardest days I managed to find something!
For example (although this was after the month, in fact just last Thursday) I trapped my thumb in the door and tore all the skin and flesh off, broke a bone and basically it was a mess! It bled for nearly 3 hours due to the medication I am on. To cut a long story short I should have gone to the hospital but I thought don’t be daft it’s only a thumb! Friday I ended up at the birth place of the NHS, Trafford General. I was in excruciating pain but had such a laugh in the x-ray department with some patients and the staff that my sides were aching! Then the nurse practitioner who had to drill 2 holes in my thumb nail, decided that the table thing was too high for her to get at it properly so she made me put it on the bed whilst she knelt beside it! I said you don’t have to say a prayer for me it’s not that bad. Oh, says she, I always kneel for the queen! So, although it was painful, the whole experience at least gave me a smile for my Smile a Day!
Life may treat you rough, you may feel everything is against you but please, please remember there are always people on here who will read and listen. Thank you
@Bill for starting this thread, thank you
@Ric for providing us with these forums and thank you Blues for reading and being there.