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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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@Shaz51 thank you 🤗. Thinking of you too. 🫂

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hello @Healandlove , thinking of you today , how are you going ?

back to school again

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@Shaz51 , thank you for thinking of me.

I'm about a 5 at the moment.

We have couple counselling today and it's always emotionally draining but an opportunity to talk.

How are you? Do you have your results yet?

Sending you hugs 🫂

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Morning @Sharni-lea , @Bee36 , @Healandlove, @Krishna

Checking in to see how you are going my friends

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Aw thank you, I think I'm sitting somewhere in the middle the moment, I am fairly anxious this morning,...it has been a very busy few days, I have the day off work today so i am going to make sure I squeeze in a little yoga and sit down to enjoy a nutritious healthy lunch I make for myself. How are you feeling? @Shaz51

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@Shaz51 , thank you for checking 🙏🏻. I have been OK. Today I feel about a 6. We had a nice camping trip away but my husband came back to work stress and that triggered some negative reactions. I can see how his mood can change so quickly from one of silence to irritation and stress. I can see his cptsd coming out in unexpected ways like feeling targeted at a simple comment. I understand now that this non controlled response is that of someone who has emotional challenges and a mental health diagnosis. In an article about living in a relationship with someone with cptsd it said that it was important not to blame every argument on cptsd. I am struggling with this as I think most of my husband's negative reactions are to do with his cptsd and way of thinking because of it.

It's a daily struggle at times. I hope I can continue to hold strong for the 2 of us. I do call him out on his behaviour though and let him know quite sternly that his behaviour is not OK.

How are you and Mr Shaz? Do you have news from your tests yet?

Thank you for always being here ❤️

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Hello @Healandlove , @Bee36

@Bee36 , how did you go with yoga and having the day off ❤️

@Healandlove on insulin twice a day for my diabetes

And my kidney disease is stable at 19% with only one kidney

That is a good point, sometimes we do blame a illness or a condition for how people react , I think that why we need boundaries of what to except or not exceptable

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It was nice thank you...it is a tool I need to use much more often then I currently do...take good care ladies @Shaz51 @Healandlove

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@Shaz51 , that's good news about your kidney. I'm glad you are looking after your diabetes. I hope the shots twice a day are bearable.

Yes, boundaries are good and I make sure I keep them.

Hope you have a good night 😴 🥰

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@Bee36 yoga is the best! I miss it. Hard to find a peaceful space to do this ATM. Specially with young children about. One day I will take it up again 🙂

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