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“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
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My anxiety is awful. So much worrying keeping me up at night makes the days worse. Then its a vicious circle.
Hope you're all safe and well x“Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”6 -
WannabeFree said:My anxiety is awful. So much worrying keeping me up at night makes the days worse. Then its a vicious circle.
Hope you're all safe and well x"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee6 -
Morning WB
Sorry to hear your struggling with your anxiety. Lack of sleep is awful for making things seem much worse than they are. Did your counselling sessions ever start up again, even over the phone, although with 3 children at home I don't suppose that would be ideal anyway
Try to have a relaxing day and take things easy. xx
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Good morning. Ive not posted for a while but have been reading.
So sorry you are struggling at the moment. You have done absolutely amazing to keep on top of everything the last few months.
I know you're still waiting to hear about youngests DLA but was wondering if you had thought about claiming PIP yourself as its not just DD that makes it difficult for you to work right now, your own health matters too xLBM in April 17 - Starting card debt £33554
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Hi Wannabe, just sending you some hugs. Anxiety is a nightmare, I hope you can get some decent sleep soon xI think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
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Morning WB
Hope you and the children are all OK and your anxiety/lack of sleep is a little more under control. Can you believe we're halfway through the summer hols already. Think I'd better make an effort with DS's uniform this week. Hope you've managed to make a start on buying what you need for your little ones, or rather 2 little ones and one big one now
Have a lovely day. xx
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Afternoon
Thank you still plodding along. The start if school is getting closer! Doesnt help my anxiety.
Thank you again for stopping in
“Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”6 -
Good to hear that you are plodding on. Will youngest go back to school or is that too risky for her. How will eldest travel to his new school, will he make his own way?January spends - £587.584
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Hi WB
Lovely to hear from you and that you're all doing OK. Sorry to hear you're still feeling anxious. I expect a few parents can relate to that especially if like yourself, people in their household aren't well
Does the consultant just take DD's situation into account when he talks about shielding or does he always talk about you as a whole family if that makes sense and could that have a knock on effect for the elder 2 going back to school?
It feels a little cooler here today which is nice. Have a lovely day. xx5 -
Our scools went back this week!
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