A peer support community, independent and not for sale. Since February 2024.

GLP CircleA peer support community

Journals

Every entry, newest first

6.7k entries from 153 people. Page 189 of 279.

  • She read the diary

    Zeb6 Jan 2025frustrated energy 4

    Week in order: Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Took the diary in. She…

  • Nothing to report

    Aleks5 Jan 2025fine energy 1

    Short one tonight. 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.…

  • Two sessions

    Bo5 Jan 2025tired but good energy 1

    Late, and writing anyway. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March,…

  • Steady

    Clemmie5 Jan 2025flat energy 2

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…

  • She reduced it

    Dilly5 Jan 2025brisk energy 2

    She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it…

  • Two lines a day

    Duncan5 Jan 2025organised energy 4

    Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually…

  • The list on the fridge

    Ephraim5 Jan 2025steady energy 4

    A brief account of the week. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I…

  • Two sessions

    Ives5 Jan 2025tired but good energy 3

    Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Two sessions this week, both short, both done.…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Maple5 Jan 2025organised energy 5

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six…

  • Two lengths, badly

    Martha5 Jan 2025pleased energy 3turning point

    Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Got up from the floor unaided for the first time in four years. Slept flat.…

  • Into town and back

    Nan5 Jan 2025grateful energy 2

    This week: Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second…

  • Hiding the box

    Nuala5 Jan 2025prickly energy 1

    Hid the box for two months. Not sure who from, exactly, in a house this size. My sister started too, three weeks after me. We compare notes badly and lovingly. A…

  • Slept through

    Peggy5 Jan 2025tired energy 1

    The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so…

  • No mask

    Ravi5 Jan 2025foggy energy 2

    Recording this for the record. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find…

  • Back without making it up

    Solomon5 Jan 2025tired but good energy 1

    Week in order: Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Walked instead of…

  • Three cool bags and a thermometer

    Toby5 Jan 2025organised energy 3turning point

    Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Built a five-meal rotation the whole family will eat. New…

  • A rough few days

    Lucas4 Jan 2025sore energy 2turning point

    Well then. Constipation, which I have avoided writing about for six weeks out of pure squeamishness. It is the thing making me most miserable and I have said nothing…

  • Across the day

    Mina4 Jan 2025steady energy 2

    Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Was undereating without realising. The nurse…

  • The limits of yoghurt

    Rohan4 Jan 2025practical energy 1

    Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Was undereating without realising. The nurse…

  • Day one

    Aria4 Jan 2025wired energy 4

    Three things this week. Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to…

  • No news

    Bay4 Jan 2025steady energy 3

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Nothing to report. Writing it…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Bly4 Jan 2025held energy 5

    A quiet week. 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 noticed something…

  • Paired

    Esme4 Jan 2025held energy 5

    Evening. 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 noticed something in my…

  • A different shape

    Gavin4 Jan 2025tired energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and…