Ive had the worst day on this farm ive ever had and now the water supply has gone off. Fucking Easter time or there abouts. I give up for today.
Monday, 25 March 2024
Sunday, 24 March 2024
Well that was unpleasant
Something new happened to me this week that totally caught me off guard. While watching a sheep being cut open by a Vet to get the lambs out after a problematic attempt to give birth I began to feel very unwell. The feeling set off like a sweaty, head swimming panic attack. I saw strange light patterns in my vision that I once remember reading were signs of a coming migraine. It all came on without warning.
Feeling more than a bit off color I was given a glass of water in the reception area before going outside to be sick, which quickly turned into me passing out in the car park. Next thing I knew people were helping me up and I couldnt work out what had happened. I'd grazed my head and knees as I fell and sprained my hand. Its a helpless feeling laid on the ground and you know you're helpless. Body and mind have let you down.
After some tea and chocolate biscuits I gradually started to feel better but was left shaken by the unexpectedness of it all. This has never happened to me before despite seeing gory things on the farm. Again I have found something else in me that I dont feel is me. I didnt find the operation disturbing at all, but something in my brain did, and thats annoying part to me. Its a change. A change in my mental state that is now more likely to be knocked off balance by subtle things such as a dog barking or anything that my mind deems threatening. My calibration has changed and is a reminder that pills cannot totally wipe you affliction away.
One specific thought I had as the Vet cut open the sheep was that we are all just flesh and blood in the end. A sack of guts, bones and a brain thats advanced ,or so it seems. Everyone I know is just different sacks of bits and bobs joined by a back bone. Its very easy to think we are gods and pure magic. Maybe this is what scared me so much ?