So, umm... email

My sister emailed me last week, upset over the stuff with my dad, as did a friend upset over other stuff. 

The problem? 

I hadn't actually checked email since certainly early in September, possibly earlier in August.

I finally forced myself to open Outlook late Sunday night, as my sister potentially needed input by Monday morning, 4 and a half hours later it finally downloads their emails.... It screwed up my day, as I slept until 3PM as a result of not getting to bed until 7AM, but worth it for the stuff my sister was able to do as a result, which should both help the situation with my dad and take some of the stress off her, equally for being able to respond to my friend, who is saying it is her fault, when it was absolutely mine.

I really need to address the situation over email, it's getting slowly but steadily worse. If I can answer it every day, then I can manage, but if I'm away from home for even a few days then facing it becomes a huge issue. I'm not quite ready to take it to my GP, too many other things I need to take to her first, and I really should have been addressing some of those today but for the sleeping all day thing, but I can see it reaching the point that I have no option. I'm not even sure the problem originates with email, it may be a spillover from issues with snail mail, which having to deal with DWP made worse (and I'm not exactly alone in that).

Ugh, brains, why are they so twisty...