I've been crying all week. I'm 31 weeks pregnant and just diagnosed with gestational diabetes. It's been a really hard week being bumped up to a high risk pregnancy. I'm so tired, and scared, and now i am on an exhausting eating schedule and plus, no little treats, ever. So many doctors appointments that I am attending alone when my brain is so slow.
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That's exhausting and scary. High risk pregnancies are high pressure, and it's having a massive effect on basic day to day things like eating. Eating is supposed to be enjoyable. You've also got loads of doctors appointments which is more effort. How are you doing with it all?
Having to put down my beloved cat Buttons less than 24 hours ago. She was suffering and had been nearly catatonic the entire day after 5 years of well managed kidney disney. She was 17.
Best cat I've ever met. She slept in our bed, under blankets. Loved to be carried around and held, especially as she got older. Was chatty, loving and just the most wonderful kitty ever.
Well, my mom died two weeks ago and my girlfriend of eight years left me this week, I suspect once the shock wears off the flood gates will open.
been there. when my dad died my girlfriend of 6 years left me for being 'too depressed and no fun to be around'. i was going to ask her to marry me before he got really sick.
she was an awful human being.
Should be happy you dodged a bullet there man. Imagine how miserable your life would be spending it with a fair-weather only life partner ✌️
HUG
My input is meaningless, but thought it might be worth sharing from experience that everyone processes grief differently, and in their own time.
A support network helps, whether that be friends, family, or even a professional. Doesn't need to be right away, but having someone to talk to or confide in when the time is right can help with managing grief in a healthy way before the proverbial levee breaks.
There are two things.
My first girlfriend tricked me into getting her pregnant. My sister adopted our progeny. He turned eighteen a few months ago. He'd be well within his rights to hate me, but recently he's been reaching out to me. I've been reaching out to him, too, and he's responded. Every time we talk I want to cry from relief. I'm so happy he doesn't hate me.
The other is the only dog I've ever had whom I chose to put down. She was the best dog I'd ever met but her pancreas had failed. She wasn't eating and she was peeing blood, but what right did I have to decide her life was over? I hope I spared her some suffering.
Recently my nephew talked to me about my ex-dog. My goodness were there some emotions that night.
edit: Grammar.
The Expanse, "you're not finished yet"
Trump survived another possible assassination attempt
My partner's grandfather passing away last night
Like just a tear or two or full on weep? Because I would prefer not to dig in my memory for weeping, but just a tear or two? Cat claw in boob.
One of my kids said thank you for some work I did to help them.
It's hard being a parent. Even a little gratitude can go a long way.
Speaking of games, ending of Outer Wilds.
spoiler
After discovering everything you can, you still cannot stop the end of the world. Everyone dies. At least you can get the astronaut band to play together one last time.
My single favorite game of all time. Made me cry like a baby.
Playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Drawn in by the grandness of the story but it all came down to the one thing that hits close to home for most everyone
I enjoyed the game, but I found myself wishing I’d felt any of the same emotional beats others did. The first few dramatic moments were impressive, but later parts of the story basically did nothing for me.
Think how much it resonates is going to depend on how it relates to your personal experiences with grief and how people deal with it. I think what hit home for me personally is how I could fully sympathize with all of the character's motivations.
Yeah it wrecked me as someone whose family fell apart in the process of grief. It was so good
That my mom will never tell me she's proud of me. I'm 40 I just want to hear it a few times
You made it to 40, you didn't die, and you have enough disposable income to access the internet! I'm proud of you! I hope you are proud of you.
Video on Gaza children
Lost my soul-dog to bone cancer at the end of February.
R.I.P. Ripley. Love you, baby-girl.
The song The Flood by AURORA
It really resonates with me due to my struggles with bipolar disorder
Therapy
Breakup after a 9 year relationship.
HUG
Worrying that my ADHD 8 yr old won’t have any friends that aren’t relatives because he is so weird with other kids and they lose patience with him.
It's a lonely life.
❤️ autistic, ADHD adult. I cried watching the movie "I swear" last night about a boy through to man with Tourettes syndrome. It's too relatable just how hard life can be why you're different. I liked the message of the movie though which was that the disability isn't the problem, it's the lack of education for society that puts up the barriers. A lot of truth in that.
I hope your son finds people who he connects with without having to change who he is.
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Found my depressed little brother going to his garden finding a bit of joy. It was so nice to see him better.
Telling my therapist that my birthday is coming up and I just wish there was one person besides my dad who would wish me a happy birthday or want to go hiking or something with me on my birthday but I don't have any friends or anyone in my life who would even know I have a birthday.
Happy early birthday! You'll find your people one day, don't give up :)
It shouldn't be too hard to find people to go on a hike. Maybe look around for local hiking communities?
Friends aren't magic, they don't appear out of thin air, you have to find them and make them yourself. Go out, find a group, and let things happen
I've been working on making connections and trying to spend time with people. I definitely don't sit around at home and hide away. Friendships also don't just happen out of thin air, and I don't have any yet.
Yet!
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I've rewatched Andor a few times now. Quite a few scenes still hit me hard, even after knowing they're coming.
I could say the same for LotR also.
I was at a family wedding this weekend, and I teared up at the speeches made by the maid of honor and the best man.
Last week I learned one of my cats (my first feline buddy) has cancer. He's 14, so we are going to keep him as comfortable as we can until he's in too much pain.
My friend just wrote a song about Uvalde. It's the 6 most recent things that made me cry.
Watching The Pitt, season 1 hit me in the gut
Okay so I cry about everything, but this year the thing that has made me cry the most (and most recently) is heated rivalry. Even on my umpteenth reheat. No shame, I just love that show and I'm often overwhelmed by the amount of love within the show, that went into making that show, and that people feel towards it. Genuine joy is such a hard thing to come by these days.
Six hours ago, I did my first round of IPL hair removal. It hurt so badly, I wept. The attendant who did the procedure was so amazingly kind and supportive emotionally that it made me cry even more. Sorry it wasn't a cry with deeper meaning. 🤣 For me it was deep, because it was my first step towards doing something - anything - for my body, of my own volition. 🩵
I don't understand why but a certain type of movie trailer or similar with dramatic music makes me cry a little, even if I think it's a stupid movie trailer.
For some reason, music makes me cry all the time, but never a movie or TV show etc. Not once
I went to apply for a US Passport...
Then I remembered that a lot of immigrants from Fujian are undocumented...
And like... I have been in highschool with these kids whose parents are from Fujian...
And I kinda just felt sad...
Cuz I'm also from China, but I got lucky and got citizenship... and they didn't...
So I just cried... :/
Cuz I can imagine what it's like with the uncertaintly
I mean... I kinda feel the same in some ways... I mean with current political atmosphere... who even knows anymore... I could get denaturalized and end up the same as them anyways...
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Thinking about my dogs today, as I was driving home. They died in 2023 and 2024, each after being very ill. I don't process emotions all that well and them being gone still affects me.
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