Published on 12, July, 2020
We all have really bad days and when I do I often feel I’m floundering and don’t know where to turn to find some comfort and make the world feel like a less completely hostile place. What strategies do you use on those days when everything feels completely overwhelming and bleak and you’re feeling hopeless about life? What helps?
I disappear into an audiobook and listen with noise cancelling earphones, I also need to be alone when I’m struggling.
I love audiobooks too. I sometimes feel the urge to be alone when I’m struggling but deep down I don’t think it really helps me. I sort of retreat into a mental black space and find it hard to get out, and hard to connect with my husband - even though we normally are so so close. I withdraw from everything and find it hard to move or do anything.
Yes. My body wants to shut down and not move so probably doing the opposite (moving about and being active) would probably be helpful. The problem is that I struggle to find the motivation when I get like this. I sort of ‘freeze’.