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  • Paired

    Holly4 May 2025held energy 4

    Short one tonight. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and…

  • My sister started too

    Ollie4 May 2025close energy 2turning point

    A gentle week, mostly. My sister started too, three weeks after me. We compare notes badly and lovingly. His brother started too and they compare notes badly and…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Rin4 May 2025held energy 3

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. My buddy…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Posy4 May 2025held energy 2

    This week: My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday…

  • Nothing to report

    Toby4 May 2025steady energy 5

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been…

  • What is your secret

    Rowan3 May 2025warm energy 5

    This week: Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still…

  • Protein first

    Aleks3 May 2025steady energy 1

    Short one tonight. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. I have found five things I can get down when nothing…

  • Quiet

    Bridie3 May 2025flat energy 5

    Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. Quiet. Injection…

  • No mask

    Bruno3 May 2025rested energy 3

    Evening. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better,…

  • Circle tonight

    Cato3 May 2025warm energy 3

    This week: Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. The facilitator stopped…

  • Paired

    Harri3 May 2025held energy 4

    Recording this for the record. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Kai3 May 2025organised energy 2

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision.…

  • Two lines a day

    Linnet3 May 2025organised energy 5

    A gentle week, mostly. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision. New sharps bin,…

  • Sunday lunch

    Mo3 May 2025warm energy 5

    Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank…

  • Paired

    Prue3 May 2025held energy 2

    Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it.…

  • Laces

    Sonia3 May 2025grateful energy 2

    Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Full shift on my feet and my knees…

  • No mask

    Wilf3 May 2025foggy energy 1

    Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I…

  • Come back in a year

    Lucas2 May 2025relieved energy 3

    A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a…

  • Eight minutes and a chair

    Abel2 May 2025tired but good energy 5

    Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for…

  • No news

    Bo2 May 2025flat energy 5

    I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. No news. The dog is…

  • No mask

    Cass2 May 2025rested energy 2

    The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying…

  • She read the diary

    Gigi2 May 2025frustrated energy 3

    Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. She reduced one of my other…

  • Quiet

    Gilly2 May 2025steady energy 4

    No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Steady. That is the whole entry.…

  • Quiet

    Harlan2 May 2025fine energy 2

    I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. An unremarkable week.…