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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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TeejSenior Contributor
Doh 🤦♀️ @CheerBear just worked out nephew dog. Luckily you didn’t have to draw a picture 😜
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
On the positive side you fur baby is a great companion and loves you unconditionally and that is lovely @Teej I know Toby will bark at anyone that he feels is a threat to me - he has barked at my sister and her partner when they have raised their voices before - he doesn't ike that one little bit. He has also become quite naughty also - that is entirely my fault being home with him for so long over the last couple of years and taking him everywhere with me. For the first year or so I didn't go anywhere without him - he really was my little saviour - if I had him with me I felt I could get through the day.
Since then I have left him at home more but he really does have the run of the house still at all times. So to say he is very spoilt is an understatement 
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QueenieSenior Contributor
Hello everyone, I’m just checking in. I’m feeling very flat as I realised I’m pretty well invisible to most people. Like I mean my feelings don’t seem to matter. I’m going into respite soon as I’m going downhill fast. I don’t want to scare my support worker off so I don’t even tell him how I feel. On my traffic light system I’m red but even though I am it seems watching I’m a celebrity get me out of here is more important. The mrs was in here and I was about to tell her how I feel but the tv beckoned her away. I’m holed up in my bedroom feeling really... actually I don’t know just flat.
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TeejSenior Contributor
I’m so glad you’ve had Toby @Zoe7 🤗
@CheerBear The appointment will be in person and is likely to be this week. I won’t have anyone with me mostly because I will have very little scope. I put on my brave and asked my therapist if there was any way she could come with me, knowing it was impossible 😖. She said she had a few gaps during the week and could move things around possibly but it just depends what day and time. It’s actually a pretty biggish drive for her too which adds more time away from her office (that she won’t be getting paid for).
Ahh. I can see the need for the dogs to get along. I hope they sort themselves out.
Sorry about tiff with friend. I very much nodded and totally understood what you meant by the default setting to fix it. That is so me too. It’s part of the stuff I want to sort out in therapy too.
Have you much on your radar this week?
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TeejSenior Contributor
That’s no good @Queenie. I’m glad you have respite coming up. They’ve been so much needed for me too. I’m sorry I don’t know what to say. I know you can sometimes have a rocky relationship but it mostly works out again. I hope she comes back to talk to you after the show. Maybe she is just doing some self care and watching tv first to wind down.
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
Heading off for the night @Teej @CheerBear Thanks for the company for a while 
Sending love and hugs to you both and to you too @Queenie
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QueenieSenior Contributor
I hope you are right @Teej. 😔
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TeejSenior Contributor
Night @Zoe7 OMG just saw the time. How did it get this late 😳. I hope you sleep well and get lots of rest ready for Tuesday. 💜🤗😴😴😴
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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