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Friends, families and carers

Welcome to the Friends, Family and Carers Group Hub! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Welcome to the Friends, Family and Carers Group Hub! Introduce yourself here 🙂

New here? Welcome to the SANE Friends, Family and Carers Forums! We are so happy you found us and have joined our wonderful community. There are lots of people here like you who are supporting a family member, friend or loved one, and who can understand what you might be going through and offer valuable peer support.

You may see people reaching out to share their stories, asking questions, looking for others who get it, seeking support and offering support. We hope you find this a supportive and welcoming space to be.

We want to get to know you, and introduce you to other members of the SANE Community.

To get started, you can simply post here by clicking "reply" to introduce yourself and a fun fact or two about you.

Or, you can introduce yourself to the community by starting a new discussion thread! How to do that you ask? Follow the below steps to create your first post.

  • Click back into the Welcome & Getting Started topic area
  • Click the ‘New Discussion’ Button
  • Type in a subject title
  • Enter your post (there are some helpful tips on how you can introduce yourself below)
  • Then click post!

You may see our Peer Support Workers welcoming new members in this space, so please reach out if you have any questions, or if we can help you get started 🙂 We are always happy to help! To reach us, @moderator or email us at team@saneforums.org. We look forward to getting to chatting soon

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Re: Welcome to the Friends, Family and Carers Forum! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Just discovered this place tonight 🙏 feeling positive about the experience and information I have view so far. I started to see hope ❤️ @MermaidHair

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Oh @MedicinalGypsy I am so glad you found us tonight! There is always hope my friend ❤️

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hey there @MedicinalGypsy 🙂🌺

Sorry Im a little late to reply.. 🤗

Thanks so much @tyme for the tag 🙌🙂

Its great youre here with us MedicinalGypsy 💜

Living with old injuries and mental health can take a big toll, as well as the strains these things can put on a relationship where your partner is also a carer - you have so much going on 💜

I know for a fact that injury gives zero respite, and this can exacerbate living with mental health conditions, unfortunately.. however, youre in the right place; there's much support and care here on the Forums 😍.

I have chronic health challenges after a bad injury and I also live with cPTSD, anxiety (social phobia), and an illness which gives me the sh*ts (hehe) along with a bit of fatigue here and there.

Youre not alone, and I wanted to kindly let you know that I hold space for you, and wish you well with connecting with supports both here on the forum and with the team 😊💜

Im one of the volunteer Peer Guides here on the Forums, here to help if I can 🙂

PinkFlamingo

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Re: Welcome to the Friends, Family and Carers Forum! Introduce yourself here 🙂

@Former-Member thank you 🙏 I'm overwhelmed today 😭

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Re: Welcome to the Friends, Family and Carers Forum! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hey there @MedicinalGypsy 💜🌺

I’m so sorry to hear that things are overwhelming today 😔❤️‍🩹

Take it gently, and if you feel comfortable, feel free to write in the chat 🙂💜

I’ll be here on and off throughout today, and will receive your notifications via tag 💜🌺

I’ll do my best to hold space for you, and sit beside you in this discomfort and overwhelm❤️‍🩹

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Re: Welcome to the Friends, Family and Carers Forum! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hey @MedicinalGypsy ,

I'm sorry you feel overwhelmed. Is there someone we can do to help it to be more bearable?

We are here for you.

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I'm not sure sleep deprivation cptsd Bipolar disorder heart disease chronic anxiety menopause symptoms are overwhelming lots of crying. I have taken some space from my husband as he has his own mental health problems. I have limited Window of tolerance everything is hard ... communicating I remove myself because once I've been triggered I'm scary and rage I don't like this lots of confusion and can't recall memory

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Re: Welcome to the Friends, Family and Carers Forum! Introduce yourself here 🙂

All sounds like pretty normal trauma responses @MedicinalGypsy - but very understandable that it is scary, tiring, and overwhelming for you to be experiencing it.

What do you usually find helpful? Do you have tools/coping strategies/go-to forms of support? Even if your husband does have his own stuff to deal with, would it be worth letting him know you're struggling, and see if he has space within himself to be there for you?

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@Jynx During a rage trigger it scares husband, I feel totally out of control pacing I have many tools unfortunately when these processes happening I loose my brain irrational it's scary experience and I don't like it I want to manage myself better

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Re: Welcome to the Friends, Family and Carers Forum! Introduce yourself here 🙂

@tyme thank you for your response and support, I shared with my mum today when symptoms are overwhelming I don't want to be here...
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