Let`s talk about Bipolar

@HenryX hey there, hope you have a nice evening in Autumn. It's a struggle day to day. Weather is a small part. Hope we all survive and get better. Take care.

@frog hope we survive winter and get better in spring.

Hi @Shaz51 @HenryX @frog @Meowmy @Mazarita @greenpea

Weather? My emotional intelligence is woeful and I'm often disconnected from moods. But I follow the weather and often find its changes invigorating and refreshing, like Nature taking a deep breath with each change or season. I find extreme heat debilitating so will install reverse cycle a/c once I've got my head around the logistics. My eyesight is poor and I find bright sunlight difficult so gardening is easier when it's overcast. So really nice days can feel wasted. I'd love to be able to take nature walks to reconnect with my surroundings but don't drive, I'd need help with transport. My immediate area is being redeveloped so many trees and gardens have been built over and I don't have a park within walking distance.

I feel very nostalgic for the beaches and bushland I grew up with, and the sunrises and sunsets I can't see because of surrounding buildings. It sometimes hurts as much as loneliness or depression.

I just remembered the Simon and Garfunkel song "the only living boy in New York" " I get all the news I need from the weather report". Not true, I spend a lot of my time on news media, but it's a good song.

@Dimity hope you enjoy the evening. Take care

Thanks @Meowmy you too. Hoping tomorrow is a good day for you and for any forumites reading.

@frog @Mazarita @Meowmy @greenpea @Shaz51 @Dimity @bipolarbunny @Appleblossom @Olga @eth

Well, as usual, when I start looking for something on the internet, I get carried away and time all too quickly slips by. It is nearly 11.30 pm here. I thought I'll have a look at SANE to see what everyone is 'sayin'. And then, the opportunity to respond and say 'Good Night'.

@Meowmy Thanks for your response. You are right, the weather is one small part of our, sometimes, complicated lives. And surviving is something we each take turn about with, in between the better parts that we try to enjoy as much as possible. Tuesday, the sound of the rain and the heater seemed to have a calming effect for you.

@Dimity, I like your analogy regarding “Nature taking a deep breath with each change of season .” And agree with you about taking the best from each day that we can. Also empathise with your thoughts about missing the chance to immerse yourself in “beaches and bushland”, from the time that I used to live and work in the city.

@greenpea Looking back to Friday last, I noticed that you were not keen on mowing lawns, but you do have a cottage garden. A friend came to see me today. We were outside and speaking about gardens. Mine is non-existent at the moment. I have increased my pain relief medication in the last couple of days. The effect has been so positive that I actually feel like getting out and sprucing up the place. For some time I haven't felt like doing the things I need to do, let alone what I would like to do. So it was good to be able to talk about the first part of the garden plan. Also, part of the exercise regime that I should be acting on. So look out garden. Later on @greenpea, you mentioned that you are enjoying the autumn weather in a calm and “pea”ceful way.

@Frog, on Friday, you were talking about going to a friend's place despite not feeling so well. I hope your day improved and your visit with friends was pleasant. Also that you have felt better since then.

@Shaz, there was a bit of a gap in the discussion between Friday and Tuesday. However, with the starter “Does the weather affect you ??”, and reflecting on Mr. Shaz being adversely affected by it, Shaz got us going again. I can tell you that Shaz is a hard person to follow. As a Community Guide, she is very active in a lot of threads and manages to help keep conversations ticking over at a lively pace.

@Mazarita, extended her greetings to the clan here and talked of her experience with Melbourne weather. Definitely not to her liking. Now living quite a bit further North of Melbourne and enjoying what the area and region have to offer. Listening to and finding the sound of rain to be soothing – as long as it doesn't get too cold.

And that brings us to yesterday morning with greetings to each other. This is my

Good Morning Greeting

to members active on this thread from time to time

With My Best Wishes,

HenryX

Thank you @HenryX for your kind and thoughtful acknowledgements summaries and affirmations ... deeply appreciated. It draws us closer together and reminds us we share not only problems but ways of coping.

Glad to hear that with pain relief you can tackle the garden. Glad you're better, and it can be such a joy to visualise and work towards our own small paradise. There are some very good mail order nurseries here in the East but they might not be able to ship to WA because of quarantine. This is the best time of year for planting here, when plants can settle before the ground gets too cold and get well established over winter.

“Does the weather affect you ??”, and reflecting on Mr. Shaz being adversely affected by it, --- he sure is @HenryX

like this week we have had rain nearly non stop so starts feel slack and then anxiuos

so once the sun comes out again mr shaz will go 100 miles an hour to get things down

summer up here gets very humid and hot , which is not nice

so autumn is nice , we still have 26 degree days

@Dimity, @Meowmy , @frog , @Mazarita , @Olga

@Shaz51 hope Mr shaz feel better soon. Not easy.

thanks my darling @Meowmy , one day at a time my friend

hope your dy was okish too xxx