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Daily Check In Space

Daily Check In Space

Hi Friends, Family and Carers

Caring for loved ones living with complex mental health issues can be really challenging, and the carer's experience can often be overlooked and/or difficult to talk about day to day. We have created this space so that those feelings, challenges and accomplishments can be heard, and to promote carer's wellbeing and self-care.

To participate, here are 3 questions for your daily check in:

1) How are you feeling?

You can use a scale of 1-10 (1= really bad , 10= really good), if you would like to.

2) What is one thing you have struggled with, and one thing you have done well?

3) What is one nice thing you can do for yourself today?

You're welcome to check in daily, or how ever often you need to! Please just remember to be respectful and kind to each other as each of our experiences are so different.

Feel free to tag any carers you know in this space!

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I know that feeling very well @outlander 🙂
I'm really pleased to hear that you're actively trying to reduce some of that stress so you can rest and try to have a little bit more downtime. We all need to hit the pause button every once in a while otherwise we end up burning the candle at both ends! Have you got something special planned for yourself when you have some time off?

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@Former-Member , @outlander

We had the aircons on tonight

With the fans on

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yeah im pretty worn out @Former-Member like a different sort of tired so i know i need to do something about it.
nothing special planned but might try and spend a few days away from home cause atm home is a major stress for me so i pretty much go from stress at work to stress at home 24/7. just need a breather from it.
i may end up in another state for a day or 2 for a specialist appt so i might make the most of that and spend and extra day or 2 there just having some breathing space.

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is it hot where you are? @Shaz51

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Hello @outlander , @Former-Member , @hanami , @Former-Member

It was 27 degrees during the day yesterday and 22 degrees last night

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Hello @Paperdaisy 😀☕☕

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Morning @Shaz51 💝

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Morning @Shaz51, it sounds like you're living the winter dream! It is so cold here atm, and I'm usually a cold weather lover but this is brisk!

What's your day looking like, @Shaz51?

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It is a lovely winter up here @Former-Member , @Paperdaisy

Should see all the holiday makers with their caravans who travel up here for our winter

The lowest we get here is 15 degrees at night in winter for a couple of days and a nice 23 degrees during the day

Summer is too hot up here

Today , I kinda had it all planned but that has gone all out the window now , soo crazy , mixed up, soo many changes , and this is just for the morning Soo far , not sure what is going to change this afternoon

But because of things happening, I have done 3 loads of washing, vacuum and cleaned the house, done the dishes , dryers on now , morning tea is done

Had my flu needle yesterday

Mum's appt this afternoon, very frail, hardly no balance, bad night last night, not a good day today for her

I am resting up at the moment

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that weather sounds lovely @Shaz51
its about 2 degrees of a night here and only reaching 10/11 through the day. will be like it all week
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