Grey puppy time (not quite grown into black dog)

This blessed grey puppy can just descend at any time gracesmum (love its name by the way). I don't think you can force it to go, sometimes you just have to let yourself have a good old wallow and let it lift in its own time. Do something you enjoy that takes no effort (TV, duvet day). Just hold on to the thought that it will pass

Good advice, nightowl. Gracesmum, please don't feel guilty because you have nothing concrete to be sad about - it happens without rhyme or reason and to the best of us! Just be kind to yourself and accept that this is just one of those days, and I do hope it passes soon! Get out into that !

(I do wish I could stop using so many exclamation marks - I think it's some sort of compulsion....)

Sometimes you can wash it away with a good weep and then recover with a or a or a or a Phone a Friend

Just be gentle with yourself , think , I will get through today, that will be enough. [smiles to you]

GN emoticons cover just about every eventuality don't they? Well chosen!
Thanks grannies, I have so much to be thankful for and life has been much harder on occasions in the past, so it has taken me a bit by surprise.

gracesmum Many of us understand the way you are feeling. We also know that it will surely pass. We're here for you. Don't be afraid to share. I'm sending warm wishes and a virtual ((hug))

I'm sure that it'll pass and I sincerely hope that tomorrow is a brighter day for you
nightowl gave very good advice

gracesmum how strange! I'm exactly the same. It must have been Mary Berry that did it as I'm here crying!

gracesmum please don't give yourself a hard time. Just look how many people want to get involved in the Midlands meet up. That is down to you.
I think a lot of us have been where you are now, so just hang on in. Have a or .
Or you could read some of greatnan's jokes
Best wishes

gracesmum - there's no rhyme or reason to these things sometimes - (((hugs))) (((hugs))) (((hugs)))

Brilliant expression, gracemum.
I'm sure most of us on here know days like these, and they do pass. Hang onto that - you'll bounce back soon.

I have decided on ironing so that I can justify having the TV on and also because I don't enjoy ironing I always feel so much better when I have finished.

Gracesmum I was weeping in the bathroom this morning for no real reason, came downstairs, got on GNET and was soon laughing in Lil's bar!

Some days it just washes over me, but take the grey puppy for a quick walk
and it's tail will soon be wagging again!

I remember my mum being weepy for no apparent reason some days when she was older. Maybe it's just this time of our lives, the last remnants of hormonal changes?

Ella46 Lil's bar is where I go if I need to broaden my . Harmless/barmy fun!

Ahh gracesmum bless your heart....I have days with the grey pup too...have you been over doing it and got over tired..our resistance isn't as good as when were younger,I think the positive side of the grey pup is that she is telling you to slow down for a bit and pamper yourself so that you don't get the full black dog,don't put yourself under any pressure to do anything you dont feel like...meanwhile a big hug is coming [[[]]]]]] love nelliexxxx

".....when the melancholy fit shall fall
Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud,
That fosters the droop headed flowers all,
And hides the green hill in an April shroud.."

Sums it up, doesn't it? Nellie is right, gracesmum -it is like a warning to look after yourself for a while. Take care (hugs)

I think you had a tough few months not so long ago, and it would be funny if you didn't have a few ups and downs, now things have settled a bit.
It will be me feeling sad next week - DS and grandkids flying back tomorrow night to Australia. It will be easter before I see them again - my lovely 4 year old GS will be a big school boy! They grow up so fast when you only see them every 9 months or so.
When the olympics is on, no one has to make excuses about watching on telly if they have any interest whatsoever. Not sure that i recommend the vino, alcohol does have a slightly depressing effect the following day.
Hope there is something to take your interest on TV.

I know the grey puppy feeling and the black dog; usually come along for no concrete reason. I agree a signal to slow down and take care of yourself.

Ariadne love the poem. Who wrote it?

Oh JessM I cry when they go back to Birmingham - just before collapsing with exhaustion - so I do feel for you,

Also love 'grey puppy' expression. I know what you mean, I've heard it being described as not unhappy, but an absence of happiness and thought, ah, that's how I feel. I've been a bit 'hang dog' myself lately, and put it down to having to hold all together whilst everyone else was/is losing it over the past year or so. Anyway, pottering around in the shopping centre the other day, I came across vitamins for the 50+ and bought some, started taking them, and miraculously, I feel better. So are they placebos? Who cares . Hope you feel better gracesmum.

I'm having a grey puppy day as well, gracesmum. It's the time of the year when I struggle to remain cheerful because I feel so left behind. DD1 is doing Route 66 with her partner, DD2 is going to Malta for two weeks and DS is going camping. My brother and his family are enjoying themselves in his French farmhouse. What am I doing? Same as usual. Looking out for two stroke victims which means I'm lucky if I get a day trip. I'm OK for the rest of the year but the beginning of the holiday season always plunges me into a deep gloom It's the only time of the year when resentment rears its ugly head. Whenever they need help I'm the first to jump in the car and fly to the rescue. I'm beginning to hate August!

gracesmum (((hugs))) take care of yourself. Luckily, the grey pup rarely visits me but it's usually for no good reason at all Hope doing the ironing made you feel better

grace you have had a rough time lately and have been running along on adrenalin. Its only to be expected now that things are on an even keel again and you can sit back and relax it can bring on that peskey grey puppy.... but be kind to yourself. Sending you a big {{{hug}}}