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I thought I'd start a discussion where we can check in with members and use this space to keep in contact. It's a space to be able to say how you really feel and it's a space for the good, the bad and the ugly moments in our lives.
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Yeah @Teej .... holding patterns really suck .....
The only answer I have is to keep busy with (positive) other stuff and “have a day” ..... each day .....
Get up in the morning and sketch in a day ..... make bed ..... eat something .... wash something .... fold something .... clean something ..... go shopping for that night’s diner stuff (gets you out of the house) ..... run an errand while you’re out .... come home and cook .... throw a shower in there somewhere ......
If you’re having an okay day, do something for you - but a new plant, go for a walk, have a coffee out, call a friend.
Just keep having a day and ignore the problem that’s on hold as much as you can while you can’t do anything about it anyway.
Hugs n hugs @Teej ❤️
She might have worked out that she’s only got half of the story and is going back to the drawing board.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
hugs @Teej 
Hello @Faith-and-Hope, @CheerBear, @Bimby2, @Bunniekins
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Shaz51 Adorable! I just love koalas 😄 xxx
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Bimby2Senior Contributor
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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TeejSenior Contributor
Hi @CheerBear
I’m having a nest day today. Feeling a little cheated. I had a friend message me to see if I would like to go to a movie today and I passed because of the appointment 😬. However I’m not sure I’d be up for it either.
What is your day shaping up like?
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Bimby2 Hi Bimby2 hoping you are doing well and are in a happy place 🙂 Thank you I am doing much better particularly with my Sane friends who sit beside me. Love gp xxxx
ps: Yes koalas are just to gorgeous 😛
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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TeejSenior Contributor
Hi @CheerBear it’s been ☔️ ng all morning here too. Just starting to clear a bit.
I just realised that we are at total opposite ends of the scale when it comes to dealing with big feelings and messiness. It made me smile. I stop, just get paralysed and exhausted and can’t move. I get the feeling 'I’ve been hit by a truck' and everything goes into slo mo. I’ve not move from the couch and slept so far today. The only movement I have is a strange kind of rocking 😳. I don’t want to do this as I have lots I want to do but feel a bit sucked into the vortex. Maybe the sleep has helped a bit and I’ll get going soon.....then again. I’m also being a princess 👑 as I finally got my periods and it’s been a full on one 🤬 but at least my internal United Nations has a chance to work together again.....for another 20ish days :face_with_rolling_eyes:.
Reading your post helped me remember that tomorrow is dday part one for me. The cool thing about that is at this point I don’t have too many feels about it. I don’t know if I’ve changed or that I’ve just accepted it. It will be 7 years tomorrow, possibly tomorrow I might feel different.
I smiled at your bed saga.......because I so wanted to say you shouldn’t have friends jumping?? on your bed. That would be me :pile_of_poo: stirring 😆. I hope it goes back together ok with an easy fix. I slept on my mattress on the floor for about 18 months 😳. Having said that it is a huge mattress (I was gifted).
Im really sorry that it was really tricky with new my worker. It sucks so much having to get to know someone new. Personally it’s hard for me to know how it feels to have had a life that was going really well taken away. As much as dday was the catalyst for me breaking down, the true breakdown occurred during therapy when I realised how dysfunctional I’d been my whole life. I remember that moment vividly. Much of my si came as a result of that. It still does. I can imagine though if I was in your shoes I would want to turn back time lots to change the outcome. I know you don’t believe it but I do believe that there is a brave new world for you out there that will be just as fulfilling, just different to the other one. You’ve got this. I’m not going to let you forget it. 💜🤗
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