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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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@Appleblossom Apple

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Really love this supportive check in space

How are you going today @Shaz51 @Anastasia @Krishna @outlander @Bunniekins @DTrain @Sunrise9 @Appleblossom?

Inviting a few more members to this space, @LOVELUKE @SpringBlossom @ROB77 @EssJay @Tool17 @BertandErnie @Jaxta. Would you be interested in sharing how you are going today? An example of how to do this is following some of the prompts below, or you can do your own thing too 🙂

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?

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

Probably a 5 which is good, it's progress

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

Struggled with - trying to get my boy out of bed

Done well - organised a sw for him for tomorrow

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

I'm having a lie down

@Daisydreamer 💞

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

I am a 7.

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

My hands a shaking making it hard to type. I am still here.

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

Have a nap and spend time with son2.

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Feeling about a 2

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Are you ok @Tyrone xxx Here for you if you want to chat

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Life is unbearable so much going wrong nothing working in my favour. Planning a long holiday away from people when Covid allows

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@Tyrone holiday sounds soooo nice.

I'm sorry to hear that life feels unbearable at the moment though. Anything that you feel like it could be helpful to share?

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I live like a homeless person because I'm stuck where I live and there's no running water. I sit at my PC all day because I can't control my emotions, I get angry so damn easily and I avoid people so as to not possibly harming them. I've tried for yrs now to get help but Australia is messed up bad when it comes to mental health. We are too crowded and so many people have "issues" that flood the mental health services people like me are left to suffer. I'm lonely bored miserable and I wish I could go back 2 yrs and prevent my bf of 15 yes from dieing. That's a little about how I feel at the moment waiting dreadjng the day Centrelink cuts my payments and then who knows

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Hi @Daisydreamer and forum friends. Today I'm at a 1. Struggling with my girl in hospital and catatonic again with ECTs commencing next week. Monday I was told she was being sent to a women's psychiatric unit long term and today this news. Feeling so helpless and my heart aches for her. So today I didn't achieve much at all and the kindest thing I can do for myself is simply go to bed.

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