Not coping so well...

[CaterpillarGirl]

Hey guys, sorry I've been away for a few days I just got really busy, I had my first counselling appointment yesterday, it went well, she's offered me cbt and I have to write down some occasions when I have anxiety and how it makes me feel ready for next week, my counsellor seems really nice and understanding so it was a good start I'm mostly okay at the moment I've just been really tired, I'm going to take Mia out for a walk shortly, hoping some fresh air will wake me up! Hope everyone else is doing well

[Paula]

Counselling/CBT takes a lot out of you so you need to be prepared to take a day or so to recover after each session itms?

[CaterpillarGirl]

That does make sense, I wonder if that's why I'm feeling so low now, ever since I came back from the vets this morning (I managed to get Mia booked in just after I posted this morning as she has been scratching excessively) I've just felt really down and had no energy to do anything, I've just been sat watching TV since about 11 o'clock

[Suzi]

Counselling is exhausting. It's facing the things we try to push away and actually deal with them and that's really, really hard! You have to be really kind to yourself - pizza for dinner and a movie on the night of counselling then something really easy for the next day too....

[Paula]

How’s Mia?

[CaterpillarGirl]

She's fine, they've given her some medicated shampoo so I bathed her with it yesterday and she's not scratching as much now, she'll need it doing again in a couple of days, thanks for asking

[Suzi]

Glad she's a bit better. Hope you're having a lovely day x

[OldMike]

I thought I'd posted about Mia and her visit to the vet but can't see it, I probably forget to press the post button silly me. I see she's got some shampoo so she should be okay now it's always a worry when pets are not well isn't it, hopefully she'll soon be better.

[Suzi]

Morning lovely, how are you today?

[CaterpillarGirl]

I'm feeling much better today, just wish it would stop raining! Mia's doing great too, she's hardly scratching at all, I'm just going to type up my next assignment while I wait to see if the rain calms down a bit so I can take Mia out and then later on after work I'm dropping Lena with my mum where she's staying until Sunday