Mental Health Check-in (7.23 - 7.29)

kayjay44 · July 2018

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BourbonBiscuits · July 2018

I'm feeling cautiously optimistic right now - the past few nights I've actually been able to get up and clean after DS goes to bed instead of sitting on the couch paralyzed by anxiety. And I've felt some sense of accomplishment looking around at our clean apartment, which I haven't felt in a long time! Today is my first day back at work since my SCH essentially exploded all over my office on Wednesday (I work at a school and we're mostly off for the summer), and I was worried just being in the office again would make me anxious but I'm doing okay! Trying to be proud of myself for baby steps right now.

kayjay44 · July 2018

I'm doing ok - I've been able to find the HB every time I've tried except for one. My coworker is back (finally) from vacation so that should help with some of the mental load I've been carrying. Mostly, I'm struggling with having to re-set boundaries with MIL for the third time this year alone - I'm barely able to deal with all of my own shit (working 50-80 hours a week, taking care of two kids, making sure everything gets cleaned/paid/etc, oh and being pregnant) and really don't need to be her BFF right now. I need space but every time we try to re-set boundaries, she throws a fucking fit. I hate having to be the bigger person.

BourbonBiscuits · July 2018

That is so tough @kayjay44 - does it work to put that on your husband? My MIL posted on Facebook about DS when I was like 25 minutes pregnant (literally we called her after we took the test and she posted on Facebook the next day), but I made DH deal with her because I couldn't handle it. I'm sorry she's such a looney bird.

kayjay44 · July 2018

DH takes a lot of it on, @BourbonBiscuits. We've even gone so far as to have therapy to figure out how to best deal with her after an especially bad summer where she accused me of all kinds of crazy, untrue things. We've figured out that it doesn't matter how we deal with it, honestly, she doesn't react well. She's not super stable. And FIL, who is awesome, has chronic leukemia which is making her extra crazy. I just don't need anymore crazy in my life (and nor does DH).

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