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Introduction

OaktreeSenior Contributor

Introduction

Hi guys I am new here but just skipped over introducing myself and threw myself straight into the forums so let's rewind a minute.

I was diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder in 1990. It changed my life and not in a good way. My mother said "now you will never do anything with your life" and my Aunt said "we should put her in an institution". It was right then that I decided that I would live the best life I possibly could with this illness. I since met and married my husband and we had 3 gorgeous children who have all now reached adulthood. I have been in and out of hospital a lot since around 2008 and somewhere along the way had BPD added to my diagnosis. I enjoy art and crafts, playing computer games and watching tv. I was working with a psychologist and we were going to work on childhood trauma as I grew up in an abusive household but I kept getting sick so we are currently on a break. Not sure if I want to go back to therapy at this point in time. Not sure what else to add so I will just leave it here. Feel free to ask questions x

@MJG017 @QueeniePaws

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OaktreeSenior Contributor

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Hi @LittleDudeMan

I just noticed that you supported my first post on this thread. Nice to meet you and welcome to the forums.

If you want to tag someone so they get a notification just type @symbol with their username following it. It will come up in a drop down box and you just click on that. Please let me know if you need any help or have any questions.

Meggle

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OaktreeSenior Contributor

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@tonys @LeChuck @Sophia1

Howdy townsfolk,

I am just passing through reminiscing about the past. We had such fun here and I miss the comraderie. It’s really hard to recapture the past. It’s like trying to bottle a shadow. I haven’t even seen @LeChuck and @Sophia1 online for a while. I think they pop in from time to time but those visits are fleeting. Anyway I just wanted to say howdy.

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OaktreeSenior Contributor

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@tonys @LeChuck @Sophia1

Hey guys,

This barmaid is missing her compatriots! Hoping that you are all well. Please say howdy next time you are passing through. @tonys how are you now? Are you out of hospital yet? Looking forward to talking to you again, hopefully sometime before Christmas

@Gemma13 @Glisten

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GlistenSenior Contributor

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Hey 👋🏼 @Oaktree I don’t remember this thread.

It’s nice to read @tonys previous posts ☺️

I’m trying to get use to the fact that @Gemma13 & @tonys might not return to the Forum.

As long as they are happy and have each other. Then that makes me happy.

@Oaktree what were you writing?

@tonys post says you were writing ✍️ He seemed very enthusiastic about the topic.

G

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OaktreeSenior Contributor

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Hi @Glisten

I was toying with writing a book. I recorded the idea on my laptop but I haven’t started yet.

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OaktreeSenior Contributor

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@Glisten

I really miss @tonys

I wish him every happiness with the lovely book keeper @Gemma13

I do hope that he will eventually find his way back to us. I know that this community was important to him

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OaktreeSenior Contributor

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@MJG017

This was my first thread that I ever posted here on Sane. I used to talk a lot to my friend @HenryX here

Later it became a wild west playground that was in imagination. I might reread some of these posts here sometime myself as I am missing my friends

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OaktreeSenior Contributor

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Just posting here so I can find this thread again easily

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OaktreeSenior Contributor

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@Former-Member

trying to find your thread. Just ignore this

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