Most ‘frustratingly protracted’ period in your life
 

And by that I mean the one period of your life that essentially felt like one big waiting game (maybe you were just biding time waiting for a dose of serendipity to tick you into your best life, maybe you were being held up or back by others). What was the nature of it and how did you cope/not lose optimism and hope altogether?

Serandipity is one of my favorite words. My world changed so much for the better. All I'm willing to admit is, it was political and it was an unplanned discovery that rocked my world.

The best thing about those serendipity-lacking moments is the hope you get when things suddenly start to get better and those opportunities come directly to you. You obviously don’t want to get too gassed and put too much stick in the assurance of life actually being fair at the first sign of improvement because things change last-minute but sometimes hope is all a person needs to pull through and stick around for long enough to fully manifest their potential or dreams. I’d say internal principles are better at keeping those demoralising feelings of stagnation at bay when things aren’t manifesting positively in the external but the thing is I’m an extroverted feeler (as outwardly reserved as I am) so my moods mostly change with situations and the social milieux of environments. Today I might feel like I’m just muddling through and living an uninspiring outer life but tomorrow now I might get my dream job or win the lottery and so correspondingly be on top of cloud 9.

I think Trump's win affected many of us in a very positive way

I recall Liam being overwhelmed with joy that he bought a full range of Creuset pans in orange and donated them to his local Sunday League EDL team

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I think covid sucked all my hope out of me


I was a man striving to be the best person I could be in honour of my sons name. I was achieving all my goals until covid along, then I was trapped and alone with my dark memories staring at me as I sat alone in my isolation at night after work. No walks, no little trips to take the mind away elsewhere for months on end, spreading into years as my mind slowly became accostomed to the isolation.

So I would go for the past 2 and a half years.

Currently in it, Moved back to London from New York, waiting for the summer to be over so I get out of this country.

These words.....they have touched my heart.

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Covid affected so many and in so many ways, its kinda left me feeling like a non person and i can't get back to real life ever again and its not good.

Covid has screwed up the lives of millions one way or another


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Yeah, I feel really detached from real life. I've been constantly wandering about in my own thoughts talking to myself in my own about minuscule things, even making a cuppa, Im talking myself throughnit in my own head.

It's not good, that is very true.

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That’s the same with loads of people ., crazy world , crazy times


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I'm only ever a pm away if the thoughts get overwhelming Parm :hug: