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  • A printout I cannot read

    Carl18 Oct 2024heard energy 5

    She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and…

  • Not writing about this would be dishonest

    Dev18 Oct 2024flat energy 5

    Very tired. Not the kind of tired a nap fixes. I slept nine hours and woke feeling as though I had been awake all night. Bad week and I am writing it down anyway,…

  • Into town and back

    Hannah18 Oct 2024pleased energy 4

    A quiet week. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning.…

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Kez18 Oct 2024organised energy 4

    New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four…

  • Off the floor

    Lil18 Oct 2024quietly delighted energy 5

    Evening. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I…

  • Day one

    Minnie18 Oct 2024hopeful energy 2

    So. First one done. I had been carrying the box around the house for four days like it was something I had borrowed and needed to give back, and in the end I did it…

  • Paired

    Ottoline18 Oct 2024held energy 1

    A brief account of the 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…

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Pippa18 Oct 2024organised energy 5

    A gentle week, mostly. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. New sharps…

  • I have started

    Ravi18 Oct 2024hopeful energy 1turning point

    Notes for the week. What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. Knew the pharmacology and was still…

  • She read the diary

    Tavia18 Oct 2024brisk energy 4

    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 read it…

  • Fewer, heavier

    Lena17 Oct 2024steady energy 5

    Notes for the week. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening…

  • Circle tonight

    Bay17 Oct 2024warm energy 4

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the…

  • Steady

    Bertie17 Oct 2024fine energy 2

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then…

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Bly17 Oct 2024wired energy 2

    So. First one done. I had been carrying the box around the house for four days like it was something I had borrowed and needed to give back, and in the end I did it…

  • Circle tonight

    Bunny17 Oct 2024warm energy 5

    Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the…

  • A wedding

    Dot17 Oct 2024loved energy 4

    Well then. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. Sunday lunch…

  • No mask

    Hedda17 Oct 2024rested energy 4

    Recording this for the record. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Vivid dreams, every…

  • A wedding

    Inês17 Oct 2024warm energy 5

    Late, and writing anyway. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word.…

  • Laces

    Ollie17 Oct 2024quietly delighted energy 2

    A gentle week, mostly. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Ozzy17 Oct 2024grateful energy 1

    Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Tied my own laces standing up. I…

  • I did not know

    Sonia17 Oct 2024unsettled energy 1turning point

    A gentle week, mostly. The hum is back, quieter. I panicked when it started returning and Jonah pointed out, mildly, that nobody had promised it was permanent. Taste…

  • No mask

    Matt16 Oct 2024rested energy 5

    This week: Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of…

  • Into town and back

    Mina16 Oct 2024quietly delighted energy 4

    A quiet 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…

  • Fewer, heavier

    Poppy16 Oct 2024tired but good energy 3

    Quickly, before bed. 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…