#isolation
Feeling happy for the first time in years. Soaking up that self love in self isolation
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I have been in isolation for 6 days now I believe. I lost count.
its not a big deal because I am not sick
I am just not getting paid which is majority of what is annoying me.
During this time, I have caught up with all the sleep that I never had and I am feeling much better because I can think and read properly. I walk around all day when I work so that I have the energy. I don’t really drink coffee to keep me awake.
I also asked myself to do some journaling because I think I have a lot of subconscious anger and just a general jist of quick dissatisfaction to wards life sometimes when I have to interact with other people. I find it too easy to pass judgement than to let something slide.
Sometimes I don’t know if I stand more as a people pleaser or as someone who is so caught up in rules.
In my first year of proper work I do see myself slowly becoming like my mentors that just kinda have a short temper and get annoyed with everything real quick. But before that, I am a total people pleaser and just couldn’t care more or less if the whole world burns down.
Both have good and bad outcomes to be very honest. Its finding the balance or a better way of communication.
Anyways, be it rain or shine, I still do my quiet times in the morning. After writing up my notes I just fell asleep in the middle of a park by accident with all my possessions with me. I think its bad but Jesus is Lord.
I have the great joy of reading Romans 4 because it is helping me to just see why Abraham is such an example of great faith that is credited as righteousness.
Vs 19-22
Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness
I think I am in a similar situation whereby I am really just dead meat. I think I just have a big dreams of being able to work flexible hours so that I can live properly in this country and then have time to go to church and still have time to cook for myself on a daily basis. But right now, I am not even earning any money and I don’t even know where will I be working and whether or not I want to stay in England. This visa issue happens annually and just tests my faith a bit too much. I just have to keep praying and keep going.
Apart form that, just learning from Romans 3 that the law of faith and the law in general is meant to go hand in hand. To not practice one without the other in verse 27. I think that is very challenging because I shared that I am judgmental by nature, I need to give a lot more grace.
I think I have a lot more to say but I am gonna go now
Isolation
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“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” - Hans Christian Andersen
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I haven’t left my room for two days. Which is not good, but at the same time I think I finally learned how to put my feelings into art.
re: unhealthy coping mechanisms
I’m just trying to survive
[if no one but you is hurt, this is okay]
[you deserve this]
They treat you inhumanely and convince you everyone else has worse intentions.
Theyare the devil you know.
Once you’re finally able to go out into the world, you’ve been trained to see everything & everyone as a potential danger. You know nothing else.
& When you’re always silent & shaking like a leaf people are less likely to want to be your friend.
Because your fear is visible, you look scary to everyone else.
So you continue to be alone.
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… and here is a gift for all of us.
Read!
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A contemplation.
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#poem #poetry #contemplation #meditation #grief #death #loss #spring #perennials #quarantine #isolation #path #flowers #poetsofinstagram #poetryofinstagram #poetrycommunity #eldritch #tree #eldritchtree #eldritchtreeprints #phillyartist #philadelphia #queerartist #queerpoetry (at Havertown, Pennsylvania)
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Without drugs id be dead. Lets talk?
i know that personally the start of this year was a bit of a mess, but i wanted to congratulate every single one of you for making it to 2021, even when things got tough we made it together and i hope we can find happiness and good things this year and make it to 2022 together
heyyyy it’s rosie here, i feel like i haven’t ever really spoken to most of you so i want to try and get to know some of you now!! i know most of us are in isolation and i’d love to know what you guys have been up to in that time, so feel free to send in an ask with your adventures, they can be as big or small as you like, i’m just really intrigued to know more about our followers
a quick reminder
hey guys i know everyone is talking about all the amazing things they’re going to do and learn in isolation. i just want to remind you all that if the only thing you can do some days is get out of bed that’s ok. you don’t have to accomplish something spectacular, just existing and being alive is enough.
you’re doing amazing and i’m so proud of you.
MUSIC VITAMIN VOL. 02
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Here’s the second volume of the Music Vitamin series with beautiful music from all around the world to help us raise our vibration through this difficult time of confinement
#music #mixtape #mixcloud #inmunesystem #booster #goodvibrations #immunebooster #boostvibes #dance #isolation #mogollon #mondo #radioshow #world
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A selection of music from around the World that will help you raise your vibrations and enjoy your day during these difficult times of isolation.
MUSIC VITAMIN VOL. 02.
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1st week in forced isolation due to permanent WFH requirements
Honestly, I’m struggling.
Being in forced isolation is hard. Prior to the pandemic, I never really was able to hang out with my friends because I would always get turned down. I was the only one ever planning anything, but of course they have their own friends and their own lives. I’m not a priority in their lives, and that’s okay. However, the only human interaction I had was at work. Now that we all have to work from home, I feel like I am cut off from the rest of the world.
I am lonely. I try to chat with others during the day but I don’t want to be distracting while they are also working from home. I’ve asked if they would like to have Zoom/Skype sessions like everyone else is doing but they all decline.
I am struggling. The boredom kills me. I don’t have any hobbies I genuinely enjoy, there’s only so much Netflix I can watch. I don’t have any energy to even leave the house to go for a walk, despite not actually doing anything. It feels like a kind of depression without the obvious sadness. That is something I know I need to sort out.
I am an introverted extrovert. I need my down time to recharge, but I can’t be alone for days on end with no human contact. This pandemic is destroying my mental health but I know by me staying home it is giving everyone else a fighting chance.
Study: Rise of Psychoactive Substance Use Among Older Adults Poses Risks
Drug and alcohol use among older Americans has increased sharply over the past decade, as Baby Boomers use psychoactive substances at a higher rate than previous generations. This creates a growing public health problem: rising numbers of older adults at risk for harm from drug use, including substance use disorders. Older adults are often more susceptible to the harms of psychoactive drug use due to age-associated physiological changes, social factors such as increased isolation, increases in comorbidity and the use of medications that may interact with a range of drugs.
Benjamin Han, MD, MPH, is a geriatrician, addiction medicine physician and clinician-researcher in the Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Care in the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Along with UC San Diego medical student Jason Leddy, UC San Diego undergraduate student Francisco Lopez and Joseph J. Palamar, PhD, an associate professor at the New York University Langone Medical Center, he recently published a new study in JAMA Ophthalmology that found an association between severe visual impairment in older adults and a higher prevalence of cannabis use as well as substance use disorder, including alcohol use disorder and nicotine dependence.
In this Q & A, we’ve asked Han to break down some key points of this study:
Question: How prevalent is the issue of older adults using psychoactive substances and how does this compare to substance use in other age groups?
Answer: While psychoactive substance use is lower among older adults compared to younger adults, its use has increased sharply among people age 65 and older. Past-year cannabis use has increased from 0.4% in 2006 to 4.2% in 2018 among people age 65 and older, according to an analysis of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health data that I published with Dr. Palamar in 2020. Additionally, a study I conducted along with Dr. Palamar and Dr. Alison Moore, chief of Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Care here at UC San Diego found sharp increases in unhealthy alcohol use.
Q: What types of health or mental health issues are older adults using drugs for?
A: There are many reasons older adults use psychoactive substances, including to treat undertreated chronic symptoms such as insomnia, chronic pain and anxiety. It is also important to note that increasing isolation can be a risk factor for risky psychoactive substance use, which is relevant to this paper because vision impairment, particularly among older adults, can increase isolation, lead to significant psychological stress and loss of independence.
Q: Has the COVID-19 pandemic caused an increase in use?
A: The pandemic has been particularly difficult for many older adults, often increasing their isolation. Some studies suggest that drug use and drug-related overdose deaths have increased among older individuals during the pandemic, but data on this currently remains limited.
Q: What signs should loved ones and physicians be on the lookout for?
A: Due to physiological changes due to aging, the presence of chronic disease and increased use of prescription medications, older adults — especially those with impairment (such as visual impairments) — are at risk for harm related to use of psychoactive substance use. Intoxication can potentially lead to marked deficits in coordination, leading to an increased risk of injury or worsening of chronic diseases. Unhealthy psychoactive drug use can often be difficult to detect among older adults, so it’s important that clinicians ask all of their older patients about drug and alcohol use.
— Corey Levitan
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social distancing doesn’t only apply to big crowds. -
thank you to our doctors, nurses, pharmacists, scientists, janitors, grocery store workers, delivery drivers and everyone else who can’t stay home.
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Life has been crazy!!!!!!!
Covid -19 has been crazy and truly an experience I and many others will never forget!
Just want to send all my love to everyone who has been affected by covid-19 now and in recent months those who have lost someone due to the virus my thoughts and prayers are with you from wherever you are
This lockdown truly does teach you so many things about life and what you appreciate and what you are grateful for .
I was in isolation at home keeping safe and literally going crazy in recent weeks yes I was going for walks but from having a massive team of people that I was working with to then being in my unit for seven weeks alone with my bird and only seeing my partner at night it was starting to affect me I had good days and day’s where I would be doughting everything, I wanted to share this with you , as this time has been hard for everyone of us but just in different ways .
On Thursday I received a life changing phone call I was told I could come back to work I know many of you would laugh at this , but I say this with my heart I absolutely love the work that I do and was so grateful to receive the news by phone .
Saturday was a day i will never forget and one i will appreciate more now than ever before
and to tell you the truth I am just so thankful to have a job as I know their are allot of people who do not .
The team were engaged and we were all elated to see each other and just to be back at work together I don’t take this likely, as I know how lucky I am and I truly plan to work hard , now more than ever!
I am so grateful for the opportunity to build amazing lasting relationships with my teams and with the people in my work place and am thankful for the time I get to spend with them everyday .
#Covid-19 #work #retail #life #experiences #love #relationships #work #mentalhealth #team #engaged #lifechanging #isolation #grateful
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Me to my SAD lamp
