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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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TeejSenior Contributor
Hiya @CheerBear and all passing through.
yep it’s bl##dy hot here. Was ok but it didn’t cool down enough last night so house is hot 🥵
I’ve not written much because I’m really really confused at the moment about everything. I’ve tried a few times but get angry and frustrated at myself. I’ve been really struggling with words too, even just trying to talk to family I have to stop half way through a sentence and tell them I can’t finish it as I’ve forgotten. It’s very frustrating.
Im quite twisted up re therapy as well. I do t know how or what to talk about or why. The Centrelink/job network bus has thrown me big time. I’ve spent hours trying to work out how to go forward but have also got scared about facing some things which feel bigger than I can handle at the moment. So that’s whiny whiny me, trying so hard to find forwards but feel like I’m stuck in reverse :face_with_rolling_eyes:. Have slept a lot too..... opposite to you.... lots of emotion sleeping I think and the heat.
Sorry that I haven’t been even following much, my brain won’t even let me do that grrr 🤦♀️😬.
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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TeejSenior Contributor
Thanks @CheerBear. I think there are some very big for me vulnerable things that I need to talk about but am so scared to. They are things that are different to anyone on the forums that I have found and I hide under so much shame for them. I’ve been hiding and avoiding these things for years and struggling with the shame. I haven’t been honest with my psych about them yet and if anything bravado has been sneaking out to hide them again. I am paralysed now because I thought I had time to bring them out when I felt ready with my psych. I am petrified of her reaction.
Mine small part that has hit home lately lots is that for many people on here they want to return to how they were before MI. I don’t because I hated old teej as much as I hate this teej. I need to create someone new but I don’t know how to do that. I thought I’d maybe started the first baby step but the centrelink thing is hanging over my head now threatening everything that I was beginning to understand. I tried to talk to my old therapist last week and she just thinks I need to apply for the DSP and buy the time I need but I am petrified that that won’t be an option. I guess you know how much that whole process messes with brains. Centrelink are supposed to be arranging a new job assessment capacity but I haven’t heard from them.
Another rave away. How are you.....and cute kittens 🐱🐱
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TeejSenior Contributor
I finally got words and thoughts out 😜. A small win 🙌
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
Yay for words @Teej! 😁😘
I have caught on to there being a part of Teej that's very hidden and wrapped up in guilt and shame. I don't want to push but do want to lend an ear (some listening eyes maybe) and a shoulder if you feel like it would be helpful to vent and share sometime. (Adding in that I totally understand you might not want to talk or talk here. It would be very hard to keep that kind of thing inside but also be so scared of bringing it out - that's a lots of ❤ for it one). I hope one day there is some relief from it all for you.
It's no wonder that sometimes you get stuck and lost when you dont have a Teej in mind that you'd like to strive for 🙁 Then add in the horrible, smashing up that all things c-link can be and so much ugh. I really do get how much it can mess with your brain. Where I am with it is a massive relief, but often I wonder when it will be taken, when the next curveball will happen. My insides jolt when I get a letter from them. It's very yuck. I reeeeally hope someone somewhere can help you and soon.
As for me, I am pretty good thanks and in cat heaven now 😊 I think you start going full cat lady once you have three 😉 That's what everyone is telling me at least lol. Littlest addition is so gorgeous and I'm loving seeing the love and play happening with her and the crew. It makes the headache that is separating hissing cats and trying to block off tiny hidey holes where kitten can disappear into, worth it 🙂
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TeejSenior Contributor
Yay for being ok for now @CheerBear. Yay for having the patience to deal with 3fish and 3 cats. Aye you’re a better woman than I 🤗.
Was this your order?
💜🤗😘
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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TeejSenior Contributor
Am heading to my parents for tea and kind of dreading it now too @CheerBear, different kind of zoo 🤦♀️. Catch ya later. 👋🏻
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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