Daily Check-In

[mecurtin]

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Thursday, March 3rd, to midnight on Friday, March 4th (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #26715 Daily check-in poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 36

How are you doing?

I am OK
27 (77.1%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
8 (22.9%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
14 (40.0%)

One other person
16 (45.7%)

More than one other person
5 (14.3%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Comments

[ratcreature]

I guess I could use some help: if anyone has any good strategies to keep doom scrolling in check? The last week that has really escalated for me. :(

I've had trouble to stick with reading anything for a while, but now the frazzled lack of concentration and pointless but frequent news checking has gotten even worse.

[mecurtin]

I use Cold Turkey Blocker (free). One of my block lists is "Shabbat", which is all the news sites I normally go to. I add a block to tumblr when that, too, is too much news.

cw: frank talk of suicidal ideation

[hitokage]

I'm just so, so tired. The pandemic, the politics, the bullshit censorship dance I'm having to do on Patreon *again* because people suck. If I didn't need the money, I'd give up on Patreon entirely. The suicidal ideation is real bad this month and on the one hand it's probably a good thing I can't just will myself to wake up dead. And on the other hand, I'm just so fucking tired and beat down and ready to just quit. I don't really want to do that to my wife or our cats, but I'm just so tired of the constant struggling that just nets me another day of yet more struggling with no real light at the end of the tunnel. The NEISVoid is especially dark right now and I'm just ... tired. So very, very, deep in my bones tired.

Re: cw: frank talk of suicidal ideation

[mific]

I'm so sorry things are very hard for you now. Sending you hugs from New Zealand.

Re: cw: frank talk of suicidal ideation

[ride_4ever]

It's hard to care about things when there are too many things to care about, but there are people (and cats) who really want you to continue being alive, so if you can focus on that and push the other stuff to the background it would be good self-care.

Re: cw: frank talk of suicidal ideation

[lexin]

I'm sorry to hear this, I hope things pick up.