[Closed] Feeling sorry for yourself?

Not really having a bad day no, 3 meetings cancelled, WFH, filled up the Bird Feeders, put a rear light on the Roadie, finished a report, 4th espresso, called a colleague in Gib, now getting ready for a rideout in the New Forest as it's really sunny but freezing cold down on the Coast.

I admire that bloke though ^ 😯 ^

it does put things slightly into perspective doesnt it ?

Holy S**t ! .. huge respect to that bloke and his family

Oh god....!

Puts all the piffling nonsense of 'the daily grind' into perspective. Pretty amazing & I'm not sure I would have the mental strength to be so positive.

Amazing bloke. But whataboutery does nothing to improve my situation.

A bit shocking that... Glad he's doing ok with it though.

Yes perspective but sometimes this is not the best thing to say to people suffering from mental illness, it's OK to feel down and saying snap out of it look at this bloke isn't helpful (turns up the smiths)
Sorry for the downer but it's a fair point

[i]whataboutery does nothing to improve my situation.[/i]

I think this as well. His attitude to the problems he faces is admirable but I can't translate that into my day to day experiences of life.

It's like telling depressed people to buck their ideas up as they've got nothing in their lives to worry about. It rather misses the point.

i feel shit this week already.

my mates fiancee was the london cyclist killed on tuesday.

she was due to follow him up here shortly.

my lifes in perspective this week already - it aint that bad.

i cant imagine what he is going through.

Very sorry to hear that trail_rat, collective hug really

8O. Crikey indeed.
Reminds me of the ex soldier who had lost both legs who was building his own house on grand designs. His attitude was just 'it's happenned so I might as well get on with it'. He seemed to be trying to get the positives out of it saying if it hadn't happenned he would probably have lost his girlfriend (now wife) because before he was very self-centred.

And yeah, sorry to hear that trail-rat. Give him a big manly man hug from me.

I can't imagine holding it together after something like that. In all honesty, I think I'd be looking to check out. Always amazed at people who keep positive through stuff like this.

yeah guys , i didnt know her , i wont pretend i did. Its him i feel shit for. for her its all over but he has just lost the love of his life.

scares the shit out of me , ive lost friends before - friends who knew what they were getting into, knew they were taking risks and knew the outcome. This was simply someone cycling to work - like i do , like my fiancee does , like my friends do, like a lot of you do - this isnt something that should be happening as often as it does.

lets face it we are becoming desensitised to it , its on the news so often that london cyclists are killed. It never even crossed my mind it would be someone as close to me as that who would be affected.

anyway - more positive vibes - watching the martyn ashton video is always a reality check.