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You do have a lot of physical stuff to deal with for a young un.
I am alright. Met an old friend for dinner last night. It was lovely to catch up.
Choir was good.
Zoo today was good, but an annoying new worker kept talking, being negative, over dramatic and aggressively asking questions, not listening, and then changing tack in conversation. She was newish and maybe it was her nervousness, but she kept saying she was not backward in coming forward. I'll say!
After a few hours of it, I was telling her to calm down, stop being contagious. I almost told her to shut up. We finally got her to leave so we could finished up the shift, the other worker was a lovely young quiet girl. I was getting agitated and went into a mild panic attack. Not too bad,but obvious, just tying myself in knots doing simple tasks. So I talked straight to her and she was straight with me. She was patient, steady and calming. Most people at the zoo are great... most staff and public.
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Driving lesson with son, another choir plus I need to do some tidying up and messages.
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As in your teaching him to drive? @Appleblossom
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Yep, though I try and keep it low key. He does not want to be "taught" by mom. Its good he feels up to it. He is a pretty cautious kid.
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Just emerged again from my cave of sleep.
So sorry you are doing it so tough with physical and mental health, @outlander. I had both very badly when I was young too, around your age. It was hard to accept that I had chronic illnesses, the injustice of it especially when young and there's more spiritedness in us. As I've got older, I've come to accept both much better for the most part, it's a relief to not be fighting it all the time. Big hugs for it all.
@Appleblossom, it's the interractions with people in the workplace that is so impossible for me. The energies of other people and my own paranoias in action too. It all gets too much for my mind, nervous system, body. Then crash. It happened even when I tried volunteering. I admire your and others' capacity to find meaning and occupation in those social settings. Great that you find most people there great.
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