the quiet is strange isnt it
#mental-health 2026-05-30
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Highlights from this day
- eight_mm — ok so how do you handle a partner who is not pleased about you doing this 20:53
- night_pin — somebody said the easy way thing to me and i just said it was not easy and changed the subject. it worked fine 21:50
- night_pin — im at month 18 and doing well and feel strangely sad about it, is that a thing 21:51
thinking of you
[edited]we are a chat channel. good company, not clinicians, and it matters that we keep saying so
my partner was not pleased at first and came round. what changed it was my blood pressure, not any argument i made
ok so how do you handle a partner who is not pleased about you doing this
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hold on if you can. week three is not the whole experience and a lot of us nearly stopped right there
i told my family at month four rather than week one, and the timing is what made it go well, take that with a pinch of salt
nobody says you took the easy way about a blood pressure tablet, and i keep that sentence ready for when i need it
youre not a fraud
the running out anxiety is real and worth naming. i keep a spare month in the fridge and i sleep better for it
somebody said the easy way thing to me and i just said it was not easy and changed the subject. it worked fine
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im at month 18 and doing well and feel strangely sad about it, is that a thing
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i get anxious the night before a dose increase, so i take it in the morning now and sleep first
update from 8 months ago: the flatness lifted, slowly, and i did not have to change anything to make it