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Just checking in.

Just checking in.

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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Think of the good bits, take it face value.ask someone else if dont trust your judgement maybe. If you feel good, something good probably happened 😀

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Plug in some music @Former-Member ... make a cuppa .... feel the warm cup in your hands .... touch things around you .... ground .... in the moment .... distract .... music and more music, or listen for crickets .... night sounds ....

Proud of you going, and laughing .... brought a smile to my face ....

💗💕

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@TAB .... politeness is all you owe them .... worked that out with my judgey family a while ago .... just be polite as if you were invited to Christmas with strangers .... make small talk .... enjoy the potato salad and maybe ask for the recipe ?

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Deep breaths @Former-Member, let yourself unwind
Great you went out

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@Former-Member@TAB

Over-analysing and over-thinking - ah join the club.

Is this an annual group event? It sure feels like it

I don't know when my dream turned into being awake and I had my face in the cat's fur ands we were as wrapped around each other as it is for two differently shaped and sized beings to be. I must have been dreaming about TS because she got stuck in my brain and I do have better things to think about.

I do. My life is interesting. I spent a lot of the weekend playing the piano - I am improving - I have to make my fingers work at it after all these years of not playing

I finished a good book on Saturday - I will have to get another one - I have plenty - and I was reading about the Dream Time - much better - and I found my book about women who run with the wolves called oddly Women who Run with the Wolves - so interesting to read my annotations made when I was still in University - have I had the book that long - since before 1993?- Well yes - it was on my bookshelf all that time

Ladies - and our few Gentlemen - read about the Ugly Duckling and you will know why you feel different. It's because we are - we have the courage to be who we are and that is better than trying to fit into the run-of-the-mill ordinary when we obviously are not

I hope I have changed the subject for myself anyway. I feel tired - I have to make a strong coffee unless one suddenly appears beside me -

All the best for a new week peeps

Dec

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..Thx @Faith-and-Hope ..probably what I would have done, just the unnecessary worry re yest s'all yeah mums potato salad never had a recipe, funny tasted same,think sis's mother in law's a very close second, well two dift categories, mum just made stuff up, and never had the right ingredients, and stil made really good stuff, the other side was handed down from inlaw's Bubba well to Bubba as as bulgarian family secret lol think sister wasnt given access to it for a long long time lol

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Hi @Former-Member, so relate to your mind racing with unwanted thoughts. "that's what minds do" apparently. Think its not a case of 'switching it off' but more a case of detatching from it - become an observer over it, the thoughts, say 'oh that's interesting' and get on with the task at hand. Easier said than done I know but you're getting there, were learn it a together. Big hug xox

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So not a good day. Job wise I'm on the move again.
I'm dealing with the disappointment sort of. Lots of deep slow breathing. Such is life eh?

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope, @Former-Member, @Decadian, @TAB. The most amazing thing ended up happening last night. After I posted that it all seemed to stop and I fell asleep within about 10min ✅😊

Seriously @Kurra you can't seem to catch a break with work at the moment 😒😔 It's ok to feel :pile_of_poo:tty about it too 😩 Thinking of you and hoping something good follows. You deserve it. Sending loads of hugs 💜🤗

speaking of hugs I managed loads of real life ones in the last 24 hours. Probably received maybe 30 from everyone (everyone's kids included). From someone who was not huggy I think I'm growing into it 🤗

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Hi @Former-Member

You've got some great stuff happening there - wow - falling asleep so fast - that's a plus

Could it be all the hugs - around 30 and you are not a huggy person - yes - that is something than can happen - you can grow into a huggy person

And if you wait at the traffic lights long enough they do change - and as for - ah what - oh yes - my mind slipped the tracks there for a minute - you can change your thoughts when you have thought enough - perhaps the subject has to get old and tired and boring - and aggravate you enough -

I have been thinking about TS too much and the subject is old and tired and boring - truly - she is not worth my time - she is a small and insignificant person really - except in her own mind - so I guess she is into over-thinking - over self-agrandisement perhaps - hey - I haven't noticed anyone here every indulging in that one!

I over-think TS and she is not worth my energy - my time - my anything - but it happens - today I had enough and threw back the covers - annoying the cat - and got up - had enough - but I am writing about it

Ah - it is so boring I will not even ring Life Line about it - awwwwwww - but I do understand what people mean

And the topics do not warrent so much of our energy - I wish I could remember that

Glad you had that good sleep Teej - I think you got mine actually - I didn't sleep well but I saw Jupiter rising - which means I was up during the night getting something to eat

Dec

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