Tabaluga's

yes you can sing good @Taali lol..

yes Im lucky

@MissGremlin luck that took years, but still, yeah

Hope you can get things sorted

Very sage words and advice!

Thank you so much 💓

@Appleblossom

I'm sure they appreciated by everyone who has been a sufferer of any kind of MH issue and is on the very complex road to recovery. (or not)

I'm tagging a few here.

@TAB @DownMoreThanUp @Emelia8 @StuF @Chasingsunsets @Nala2022 @heartathome @ENKELI @Fluttershy1 @SmilingGecko @MissGremlin

Taali 💜

@TAB good things come to those who wait!

Thanks tab's, feels like I'm constantly hitting brick walls 😂.

@Appleblossom You said that beautifully. It does matter that there is empathy when we reach out. Reaching out is the first step to recovery. Expressing our feelings in a safe way in a safe space with peers establishes a foundation to recovery. It’s not linear as we all know and it can be a bit messy at times but it’s a building block. I am sorry to hear you’ve too have been struggling recently. Is there anything you’d like to share? No pressure. A good part about SANE is that our family here understands, listens, knows there’s times when it’s really tough and that people need a space to safely share how their journey is going. Then people respond and it validates and provides hope that better times will come. The psychiatrist in the psychiatric ward I was in recently said that expressing how we feel first, having those feelings validated is genuinely a recovery focused part of the healing process.

There is such a lack of funding for services to call and accessibility is very poor too. Many people say that it’s such a bit and miss when contacting a service. It’s systematic issues and a real lack of funding.

@TAB Dont be hard on yourself. Starting a new job is hard you have to learn so many things and figure out a lot on your own too. It really takes time to learn the job for everyone. Everything you do each day teaches you more ablut the job even if you make a mistake by asking wrong person etc. You are new and offcourse it will take time to know exactly what to do. I am glad it is closer to home too. So much better. I’m also happy to hear you pay is higher than someone else told you. How come still not paid for 6 weeks? Do they have a hard system to figure out to put your pay hours into the system? I had one Jov it took me two months to figure out how to get paid so many issues with their online system to get paid. Eventually I learned how to do it!

@Bunniekins Yes it has been a while and I missed by Bunniekins! Guess what? I am slowly slowly diing some art. I’m no artist I just do it as craft. Here’s something I did recently in the psychiatric ward. It’s very sparkly!

This one I did at home and the little craft book was made by another patient.

ha ha thanks @Cuddlebear not been paid yet here either around 6weeks now think just missed last pay run. so hopefully huge pay this thursday and not too much tax , ha ha

Thanks.yeah I worry about my brain sometimes with age etc re learning, dunno

@Cuddlebear

It is accumulated stress and trauma for years. I am very sad about how the family has unfolded. People are doing their best, but its not great scenarios. Its hard watching people I love suffer. Personally I am trying to engage socially, and finding it hard work, although this morning at church there was a genuine sense of warmth. One of the old guard, was saying I was part of the team and we were joking, but later I talked on deeper levels with a few other people, which will be good for me and educating the church.. It important for me to be able to be vulnerable and respected, that I dont have to always mask, cover up, be capable, be a joker and just do the job required.

Yes, the services need better organisation and funding.

Do you have any plans for this week?

Thanks for the banter and nice to see you @Cuddlebear I'm pausing/going for lie down lol

Good Night All..