I’m very tired.
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I hope you feel less tired! Make sure to get plenty of rest, and drink water! <3
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Since some folks are talking about financial troubles, I want to plug a recipe site that focuses on cost-cutting. I have no personal tie to the place, it’s just something I use a lot because the recipes are also very good and well-written.
Specifically, here’s a post about their SNAP Challenge, which was a project to eat on the amount of money that food stamps cover in the United States. I think it’s a good piece of general advice for people on tight budgets: https://www.budgetbytes.com/snap-challenge-final-thoughts
You can also find handy articles on how to freeze different ingredients, if you get a chance to buy in bulk. Basically, if you already have some kitchen basics and just want to cut your grocery bill, you can still have lots of tasty, healthy stuff. Probably about 80% of the meals I cook are from here because they’re awesome.
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I’m starting to experience the joy of work nightmares again. Seems like every time I doze off, I start having nightmares about work, or I’ll start falling asleep and start panicking before realizing, no, I’m not in fact at work and can in fact sleep.
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It is a horrible thing because you feel like you’re constantly there, and you can’t seem to shed any anxiety as a result.
I’ve found anything that can get you immediately to sleep can help bypass the worst of it, such as some brandy or sleep medication (take only under a doctor’s supervision!), but if it is continuous, you should probably seek a professional’s assistance.
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If I could afford it, I would, but I can’t. Also I’m stuck living with my parents and the last time I acknowledged my emotional/mental health issues, I was told it was unfair to “put it on them” and that they shouldn’t have to hear it and so on.
If I need, I can always take nyquil. That usually knocks me out for a good, uh… 16 hours or so, lol.
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To the first part, I can understand they’re trying to deal with everything, but still, that is an amazingly 
-y thing to say to anyone, let alone their own child.
To the second, use caution. Sleeping medication is habit-forming for a variety of reasons, nonetheleast of which is that your body will eventually adapt to needing the stuff to ‘turn off’, so to speak, and if you don’t have it, your body won’t shut down for sleeping.
Be careful, okay? I’ll do some digging to see if there’s a free call-center or some other resource you can use to get advice from a proper medical/psychological professional.
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Oh, they’ve said worse. This came from the man that also told me he was worried I was going to become a school shooter because I wasn’t sociable irl, and that I ruined the vacation he took shortly after my first attempt because I walked out of my job shortly after.
At this point I’m well and truly used to it.
Yeah, that’s fair, I don’t do it very often unless I absolutely need to sleep right now, or I’m having trouble sleeping due to allergies. It’s a last resort, especially because… well, like I said, if I take it I’m down for a solid 16 hours and if I try to do stuff earlier than that, it’s like interacting with a crabby zombie.
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I mentioned it earlier in the thread but on the topic of work… I’ve taken on more responsibilities at work and, due to the nature of said responsibilities, covid has made it especially challenging. I’m training for a promotion and I feel really honoured to get it, as I’m only in my mid to late twenties… but I’m worried it’s effecting me. My wife tells me I seem constantly stressed and even a little angry of late, and I’m concerned in that I know it’s true. I am angrier of late. All the responsibilities at work combined with leading a guild, being a parent, and a few other things… they’re weighing on me. Sapping my enthusiasm for work, and for life in general. I’ve always considered myself a pretty happy and optimistic person but to be honest, looking at myself now… I feel like I’m becoming jaded and pessimistic and I don’t know how to pull myself out of this spiral without losing everything I’ve worked for.
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I’m not doing so well tonight, I can’t sleep and I’m doing really bad off tonight. I know it’ll get better though. I hope everyone whose struggling and going through a lot - has things go easier and better for them. And they enjoy themselves and be happier!
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I hope you can get to sleep! Insomnia is a terrible, terrible feeling D:
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It is! But It doesn’t help I’ve had a few things go wrong tonight, and it’s got me a bit in the feels, but yeah. Insomnia demon is staring at me again! It’ll be okay though! I’ll get through this! :^) just like all of us will get through our struggles!
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A friend of mine once told me “one day you’ll look back on all this bullsh*t you’re going through and realise it’s just a tiny negative blot on the story of your life”
That gives me hope honestly. There’s light at the end of the tunnel if we can just persevere.
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It’s a good saying, and it’s true. There will be a day far off where I’ll think back to this and realize it was just a small blot in my life. I just haven’t reached that point yet!
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As a person who is in a supervisory position at their place of employment, I’ll level with you.
You’re going to have to give up the Guild.
I’ve been in your shoes before and the fact of the matter is Guild Business becomes a Second Job, and on top of being a Husband and a Father…you can’t juggle all that. Game time needs to be relaxation time, and Guilds are a lot of effort.
It royally sucks because Guilds are also one of the best aspects of WoW, but especially as one climbs the corporate ladder, one’s free time has to be used for decompression. I know people that thrive on zero down-time and are juggling work, kids, relationships, and Guilds, but the bulk of us just aren’t wired for that kind of thing.
Especially if your wife is commenting on your stress and aggression levels, you need to start divesting yourself of excessive responsibilities.
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Yeah, at this point I’d agree that it’d be wise to take a hard look at whether or not this promotion is more or less important than your guild to you. There’s absolutely zero shame in backing out of it if you can - and good management will understand entirely.
On the opposite side, there’s no shame in handing off your guild to an officer. That’s part of leading a guild - having a competent officer base able and willing to take over if you aren’t able to handle the load yourself.
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You guys are probably right. Kinda awkward that it’ll destroy my main though. Sarestha’s whole story and identity have revolved around a moral “restoration” of Forsaken Lordaeron ever since the Derek Proudmoore incident. I can’t see her stepping down ICly so I’d probably need to kill her off, which’d suck.
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There’s no need to throw away your main. If you feel the need to shelve a character for a while, just write a story about it. Say they went lost at sea and landed on Tel’Abim. In the chaos, whatever communicator or travel equipment you had got lost. Then whoever steps in to lead takes the reins. It could be a really fun story. If you don’t already have an alt in the guild, now is a good time.
I’ve had a few times where I’ve needed to step away from leadership before too suddenly and killing a character just made it way too sad. Don’t do that if you can help it.
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Yeah I’m not sure. My officer team are really supportive too so I may be able to pull through. Once I’m finished with my current plot I may step back, but hopefully not fully down.
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I’ve killed off dozens of WoW RP characters and only really regretted the one. I don’t mind killing off characters in general but unless you feel like their story has really reached the end, I’d strongly recommend against killing them off. You can come back, sure, it’s Warcraft and there’s new death knights roaming around. But death is too big, sometimes. If you ever get convinced to come back to the character and it’s been a while, the whole death scene and funeral feel a bit awkward.
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