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Introduction

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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@LeChuck @tonys @Oaktree

Thank you

music much appreciated

tird

will speak soon

need a month to read every post

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G,nite @Sophia1 ... Get some sleep, catch a dream in one hand , and falling stars in the other,

and think only of the good in each other. Kingdoms are built with less.

G,nite @Oaktree @LeChuck ... tonys mb 1

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I thought you might like these @Sophia. I don't want to overwhelm you though, I know you're tired and there are a lot of posts you want to read first. I think they're very beautiful. Could only do screen shots because it wouldn't let me download the picture so ignore all the bits and pieces and the prices and stuff.

Checked out the whole cultural appropriation thing, he was friends with the local tribe and was respectful. (Sorry for being overly PC again...)

LeChuck xxx

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Hello @LeChuck

Thank you so much for introducing me to Harold Mason.

I had not heard of him.

Lithographs are so beautiful in concept

as are cartoons

I went off on another tangent (of course) and opened up new explorations for me

only just starting with the aspects of Hopi culture and indigenous knowledge that katsina names contain.

So much more.

This is indeed for me a gift.

Thank you also for caring. Let me reassure you that you are not overwhelming me.

I am tired and drained from life as all of us here can become.

I am just starting to acknowledge it and own it as I did burn out.

Not letting that happen again.

I was tired yesterday, from medical appointments re results of MRI tests on brain and spine.

Two different days, Friday and Monday. Two different specialists one a brain specialist and the other my neurosurgeon follow up review from past surgery.

Thank you for the music.

I play away the songs that yourself and @tonys have sent me as I read your posts.

Trying to catch up on all the posts.

So many laughs that I want to reply to.

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@Oaktree

I hope you realise what a wonderful community the three of you @tonys and @LeChuck started here.

Remember virtual letters when we were on a roll.

It is hard to bring people together and have that.

I believe that it eventuates because the people want that deep down and when they feel safe to be more themselves, relax and have fun....the joy that brings is immeasurable.

@tonysyou have been expressing this of late in your beautiful poetic way often referring to kingdom.

At one stage you mentioned trenches and the world is at war with itself.

Yes, I agree.

We are at war with ourselves at times and can find ourselves in trenches on our own.

Here we can roll over laughing and be ourselves, becoming one, a very special community that you cannot invent.

The people who are part of it make it.

Can we come back together again?

I do not judge any of you. I think that we are all human and deal with things in our own way.

I know that you might tell me to not take things so seriously.

This is not actually seriously. This is me. This is apart of my depth that I harp on about.

Yes I opened up bravely about being sensitive because the world does not really understand the true meaning.

Sensitive is seen as a trait where you have to tread on eggshells around someone.

That is not what sensitivity is at all.

Another human trait that is just being opened up about and explored more closely so therefore the majority people see exactly like you all did.

Sensitivity is about feeling things at a far deeper level than the person who is not sensitive.

My heart is huge and I reach out with compassion and tears to help another.

It is instinctively not planned.

It is who I am.

I wrote elsewhere that I cannot change. @tonys your response allowed me to go back and look at that statement.

I do not need to change who I am. I can change how I respond to others who question me. I can make a choice to let it go.

I am going to start a new thread to talk about it.

I am bringing this up so that you do not have to tread on eggshells with me.

I am very honest also and this again is about me not the person I am talking to.

Bottom line is

Bring back the fun....we all can look after ourselves....

respect is here already...

S.N.A.CS why not.

Again this is not pointed at you ....this is trying to help you understand me a little better so that you can just be yourselves around me and not worry about me if you are.

I am actually very strong.

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Hello @Sophia1 The human hearts a million beats, don't waste a single one.

a lost mind has a million tears, please don't let them block the sun.

A song bird has but one true song , your heart it yearns to sing

A song that free's your captive soul. Your dove takes to the wing.

I'll finish that...... one day

Now wasn't TuesdayT meant to be . . . song day.... I recon one each..

This song was a park bench we all sat on at one time or another...

https://youtu.be/yeVOzaDBEmc

@Oaktree @LeChuck @Bunniekins Hope you see a rainbows end today tonys moonbase 1

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All wise things from you @Sophia1, as usual. Trust me I think you are strong as all hell and I agree with you about sensitivity as a huge depth and strength of emotion. I tend to walk on eggshells 24/7. It comes from my own fears that i will accidentally cause harm, as I have done before. I'd never thought of it from the perspective of someone else. Thank you. I'll pack away my eggshells for when I might actually need them. Sometimes I'm just trying to be considerate but I reckon you should sheriff the sheriff if I start to do it again. Gimme a bit of that dry humour and tell me to I need to stomp a bit more or step on a banana instead.

LeChuck xx

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@tonys @Oaktree @Sophia1

Ok this is my pick for tunes Tuesday! Country vibes for 8 bit

Wouldn't mind hearing this after a few tequilas at the saloon!

https://youtu.be/wOwblaKmyVw

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@Sophia1 tonys has a very simple heart and in it, we were never apart. We are but , four component parts of a single entity that will always share a bond what ever thread or trail we ride

on.

We leave our rags of pride , ego, and malice and walk naked to that waters edge inside us, I so often

speak of. .

Four souls, . . . one white horse. Each new day. . . a chance to rewrite, our life... in full stride. . . .

@Oaktree @LeChuck Our trails crossed for a reason.. tonys mb 1

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Cool song @tonys! I don't understand it yet but I like it. Few more listens and I'll process 🙂

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