My hardest challenge mentally lately has been spending time alone and not allowing the idea of the length of time I must be alone to get so overwhelming that my mind goes to irrational places, thoughts and scenarios. Typically, my rock is my mother. She is on disability so she is commonly there for me when I need her. She is the only family that I have who lives anywhere close. This week she is visiting our other family who lives 10 hours north and unfortunately I was unable to attend. Without my common coping skill available, I must find a way to get by until she returns. I was browsing reddit this morning and after spending a solid 30 minutes in the thrift store hauls reddit I've decided to go for a drive to the next town over and thrift a bit and do some grocery shopping. This will occupy me at least until I have an hour left to spend alone. An hour I can do. It's getting easier as I grow, but sometimes things are just hard.