I can't praise the Admiral Nurses helpline enough. I rang them today and they were so patient and listened to me as I cried and told them everything. The lady I spoke to was so calm and knowledgeable and it gave me such a lift after a miserable Christmas Day, by the end of which I was genuinely wondering what the point of my life was.
I also find this forum useful because there are always posts that give me extra ideas and posts that remind me we're all in this together. I also use a form of meditation we were taught at 6th from college, which I used to find quite amusing and bit hippy-is at the time, but now it's one of my default coping strategies.
I close my eyes and focus on all the sounds I can hear and then, gradually, block them out and think of a place where I was happy. In my case, I go back in my mind to happy days on family holidays at a relative's house where we all used to stay. I picture all the detail, from furniture, ornaments, sounds, smells, people until I feel calm. I use the same technique to get to sleep some nights when I'm so bewildered with all the 'what ifs' and 'how longs'
I also find this forum useful because there are always posts that give me extra ideas and posts that remind me we're all in this together. I also use a form of meditation we were taught at 6th from college, which I used to find quite amusing and bit hippy-is at the time, but now it's one of my default coping strategies.
I close my eyes and focus on all the sounds I can hear and then, gradually, block them out and think of a place where I was happy. In my case, I go back in my mind to happy days on family holidays at a relative's house where we all used to stay. I picture all the detail, from furniture, ornaments, sounds, smells, people until I feel calm. I use the same technique to get to sleep some nights when I'm so bewildered with all the 'what ifs' and 'how longs'