Peer Group Chat // Recovering From Invalidation // Thursday 9th March 2023, 7-8:30PM AEDT

Oh gosh, this is such a valuable topic! I can't attend but I hope it goes well @amber22

Thank you! @NatureLover Hope to see you at another one soon 🙂

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder that the next Online Peer Group Chat on Recovering From Invalidation will take place tonight from 7-8:30pm AEDT. As always, for ease of reference, times across Australia are in the graphic and listed below:

Western Australia: 4pm

Northern Territory: 5:30pm

South Australia: 6:30pm

Queensland: 6pm

New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory & Tasmania: 7pm

Tonight, you can expect discussion about:

• What invalidation looks like for us and the impacts and experiences of invalidation and feeling invalidated
• What validation can mean for each of us
• How to validate ourselves and how being validated might impact our lives

Tagging members who have supported or otherwise interacted with the thread so far as well as those who may be interested to receive a reminder @justanotherguy @Owlunar @tonys @Shaz51 @creative_writer @Birdofparadise8 @mamabear88 @Captain24 @Jacques @Kyle1 @Sophia1 @NatureLover

If you're not able to attend live tonight or you don't make it, we'd still love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to share anything you'd like (within guidelines of course!) here in this thread using the dot points above as guiding prompts if you'd like/ would find that helpful 😊

Hi @TideisTurning

I like the idea of this subject - certainly I have been invalidated and recovered - as we must do to find our best selves

I have a technical issue I am going to try and get fixed now - hopefully I can contribute to the Peer Group Chat tonight.

Thanks for the tag.

Owlunar

hello @TideisTurning, thankyou very much for the invite. I really enjoyed reading and writing in the space you provided after the live chat show last time. made my head hurt, which is good so if its O K . I will read peoples responses and cook up a homework assignment to hand in again. I have saveloys for fingers and the A2 thing, My book beautiful keeper friend says a delayed response is a safer way for me to interact. Thank god for her. . ! Shes been away for a few days. . can you tell. L o L

Look forward to seeing what gems people produce.

Take care of yourself and have a great day. tonys mb 1

Hi @TideisTurning , thanks for the invite, but I keep telling myself I need to get back to the real world and stop running down rabbit holes on the internet. The last thing I need right now is another account and another password. Thanks tho.

Hey everyone!

Just a reminder that this Peer Group Chat on the topic of Recovering From Invalidation will be starting very soon, in around 20 minutes at 7PM AEDT!

Tagging those who have interacted with the thread or that might be interested in coming along tonight @justanotherguy @Owlunar @tonys @Shaz51 @creative_writer @Laura4 @mamabear88 @Captain24 @Jacques @Kyle1 @Sophia1 @NatureLover @Appleblossom @Dimity @LeChuck @StuF @Smiling_Gecko @sammy3 @BlueBay @wellwellwellnez @Bobbie @Snowie

Hope you can make it. To join us, head here, or, for those interested but unable to join live, a transcript will be made available after the event here. Feel free to continue the conversation below on this thread too 🙂

Hi @amber22

I am trying to get into the chat room - I can see I am there but I can't type anything

Life is a puzzle at times - I guess tomorrow will not have to try too hard to be better

I was so looking forward to getting into a chat room - I even felt the session was one I could contribute too - having felt invalidated through my whole life by my other and somehow finding myself growing better all the time

It wasn't easy - we have to really know ourselves and to do that we have to learn - is this a chicken and egg situation?

Whatever - I was able to remember so much after my mother died - and forgive her - knowing her behaviour really didn't have anything to do with me - although I did provoke her.

I know her reasons - I won't give her excuses though - and I can forgive and still be angry. That's okay

All the best everyone - I am going to try and read the chat if I can find it again

Owlunar

Hey there @Owlunar

Oh no, I am so sorry that you weren't able to contribute. But now that I know that this was the case, I will ask our lovely moderator for next week @tyme to keep an eye out for you and we can check in, I think it might possibly have something to do with signing in as a 'guest', but tyme will know better than me 🙂

I really appreciate you coming along and reading, and if you wanted to share some of your responses in this thread you're more than welcome to. It was nice having you there even if you could only read along.

I am so glad that it benefited you as well, and that it helped just a little bit. I hope you can make next weeks one ❤️

Amber22

Thanks @amber22

Yesterday was not my best day - I have been okay today -

Wouldn't the days be boring and long

If all went right and nothing wrong.

So - I have an idea about my phone - I don't have a password for my new identity - and also - no password on my computer though I can still post - which is easier for me.

But still - it's something I should rectify

And yes - I can see now I have to open an account with Chatwee - that I can manage

Thanks again

Owlunar