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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

Take it easy compadre!

Meggle

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Snack on some street art my island? homies mwah!

 

 

 the artists name is miso

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Aand one for the gallery (we have one now)

Déjeuner sur l'herbe

Édouard Manet (1832–1883)

Was considered a parody at the time. Interesting background on this one. I'll write better descriptions for future gallery acquisitions

LeChuck xxx

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@tonys that's a creative way to try and get the spoon back to brown...

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Awesome street art @LeChuck Takes my breath away. Some people make weapons,

and then there are those that create beauty. Wars should be fought with paint, music n words.

hey Out for a ride Lechuck. . .? hope your taking the scenic route.

@Sophia1 Hey there mate.

I had such a hard day yesterday, and your little creations, helped me laugh my rattling bones back

into life.. Hope you can keep flying at that altitude. Boy it must be a hell of a view from up there

when the updrafts are that strong.. Not sure if green pea is booking a room. Havnt seen a post so Im, thinking I"ll have to remember not to leave my glass eye on the bar, and do my annual undies

change...

@Oaktree I was on a diet till you opened your doors. If the bistro lady near me read your menu,

she would be filling her gumboots in fear. . . I actually look forward to the daily special...

art and my paper.. its feeling more like home every day...

Favour to ask Meggle. . . Its raining up here and I feel a poem coming on. Can I launch it on your

thread latter please. Don't want the back door to this town left open, and then there's my bad

reputation to maintain too..

Hows the weather in all your heads this fine morn. OK back later friends.. tonys 2guns..

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Sure @tonys

I would love your poem!

Stick it in My Place

Meggle

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@tonys

Probably not safe to stay at that altitude of full on writing yesterday has worn me out...

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Favour to ask Meggle. . . Its raining up here and I feel a poem coming on. Can I launch it on your

thread latter please. Don't want the back door to this town left open, and then there's my bad

reputation to maintain too..

You should be able to feel safe to write it here and share it with us as well as sharing there if you choose.

I sense some segregating and I think it is about the elements of doubt that keep on creeping in here.

Your sharing your poem will serve to further reinforce the connections still raw here..

Is your choice though..

I personally struggle with too many threads and find when I contribute somewhere it can be overlooked because members are busy spreading themselves.

If you prefer this to be more a drop in as you want style I will adapt my posts to brief and less frequent.

I just want to understand what we want for here as the four of us moving forward.

I am quite lost now....nothing unusual for me..

In regard to Greenpea. Somebody many pages back wrote that she is currently comfortable where she is.

Knowing Greenpea for a very long time I understand her reasoning which is not about us.

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Thank your for supporting my post @LeChuck

What style would you prefer as I know my posts were very long and possibly too full on for everyone.

Do you feel up to thinking about this subject or would you prefer your space still as your situation must be taken into account.

Your health is so very important.

I also want to add that you are very important to us LeChuck

I also thought long and hard about many aspects of the forums last night and this morning.

When I read back to the beginning of Grey Rock which became Greystone.....hard to find the beginning as is in the middle of introduction about something else completely different.

A bit like watching a Monty Python film.

It was a move from your Island thread. So was your brainchild and so much that first began has totally changed.

A certain pair have taken over and changed names almost everything

Are you okay with that?

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Of course @Sophia1! I love everyone making up kooky things. I don't feel any sense of ownership here, I want everybody to do as they please.

This is the only thread I post in so it's easy for me. I don't have any problem with things as is but I get that you might want more structure. I'll be switching between feverish posting and just dropping in and out as my MH fluctuates, so I'm quite happy not to be the rock this thread is built on.

Love reading short and long posts, love hearing details of people's imaginings. I'm not trying to contribute to a feeling of segregation by not contributing as much as I was, I just haven't been up to it, which is something that will happen reasonably frequently with my particular style of bipolar, so I think it's better if you guys decide things re posting frequency and length.

I guess ideally we could still have fun even when one of us is unwell and not dropping in much?

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@Sophia1 your posts aren't too long! I enjoy them. But don't tax yourself too far writing them x

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