Far and Away

Hi @Zoe7

It’s lovely to see you on here. I understand your feelings about this new format but it does get easier.

I hope you and your fur babies are well and your winter is not too cold.

Lots of love 🥰

Hi @Zoe7

Thanks for checking in.

The changes around here are very different. A lot to get used to. Unfortunately I think it has scared a lot of people. Sometimes change is very hard to deal with.

Anyway, I hope things are going ok for you. Sending lots of 💕💕

Unfortunately @Eve7 and @Snowie the ongoing changes over some time have made it nearly impossible to stay connected here. I can only imagine how hard it is for newcomers as that wonderful sense of community we had built over many years seems to be gone. The co-design so many of us were part of made it seem like we were actually going to be listened to in regards to changes we would have liked to see and how that was done but disappointingly that seems like it was a waste of time. I have nothing positive to say about the current forums so probably best to say no more.

I do miss my friends here but it is just too hard to stay connected the way things are now.

it is hard @Zoe7 and I will say it's not what it used to be.

I hope in time it comes back to like it was.

@Snowie We had such a beautiful community where everyone could easily see what was going on for each other and would jump in to show their support. Now, I would not even know where to start. It is really sad ...and I am sure so many slip through the massive cracks. It is hard enough dealing with our own mental health, let alone having to 'find' where to go ...beyond frustrating.

It is a very different forum now from when I signed up @Zoe7 and you were here before me so for you it is probably a vast difference for you.

It is hard when you make those connections and then they go.

A massive difference @Snowie 😢 It would be so nice to go back to what it used to be - change does not mean progress!

Enough of that though - how are you?

I'm ok @Zoe7 Just trying to get through each day.

Are you back at work after the holidays now? How have you been?

Still on holidays @Snowie We go back next week. I have not been great - a couple of injuires and illness which have really knocked me around. Had a lot going on that has also affected my mental health but coming out the other side of all that now slowly.

Ok, very different holidays to Vic @Zoe7

That doesn't sound good hon. I hope that things do improve for you. It's hard when it affects our MH. So quick to go down yet so slow to recover