Am Not Coping

I agree @Sans911. It shows that others can see how lovely our @Zoe7 butterfly is .... what a joy and an asset to have around ..... right there in black and white ❣️

Can your Mum take a copy of it in to the other school with her and paste it right in the middle of the community notice board ??! That, I would love to see, but I figure you don’t need that @Zoe7. I figure receiving the email is all the validation you need, and so pleased you could share that with your Mum. She will have been hurting over it too, no doubt.

❤️🦋

I would love mum to paste a copy of that email front and centre at the old school @Faith-and-Hope but that would serve no real purpose apart from making her feel better. It is enough that I actually received such kind words from that teacher and that I conveyed that to my mum. I suspect she is feeling pretty good for me right now too and that is enough. I know she still has to work in that environment and that she is not enjoying her job like she used to so hoping she can take some of those nice feelings from the email with her too.

@Adge You are probably already at the hosital but wanted to ish you goodluck for today. I will definitely be thinking of you and hoping it all goes extremely well for you.

Sorry to hear that you are not doing well today....l don't know if you are in hospital or not,,,but l am not coping very well either, and hence l am here chatting and reaching yout to you.....this is the first time for me chatting in a live forum and reaching yout to people like yourself.

Dp you havew any pets?????

👋💕 @Adge ..... thinking of you too.

Hi @soi @and welcome to the forums. Sorry to hear you’re not feeling so great right now, but I am glad you found us here. Looking forward to chatting with you .....

Do you have pets ?

💚👋💕 @Zoe7 .....

On a quick break here.

Son2 has just gotten up, texting me about whether I picked up more milk, which means he is looking for breakfast. It means he missed class today, unless he comes to the second half, happeningnafter yheir lunch break. When I saw him this morning he was struggling to wake up and said he had decided to sleep in. Clearly he was exhausted ..... but what I see is that he is getting up and going at it again regardless, and the effort taking a lot out of him. I see the missed classes as mental health days, because he is far more at uni than not, and he only has a quarter of a course that he actually needs to achieve work-wise. Practicing and achieving life skills is his actual goal.

He is probably also conscious that his dad is away, so there is not going to be questioning and hawking to try to control him into achieving his goals. The boy needs some peace !

I agree with you @Faith-and-Hope S2 is doing the best he can and that is actually quite a lot lately. He does need a little peace as well - too much pushing him is not encouraging for him and having a little time out is necessary to recharge the batteries to go again. At least he was up and looking to eat so that is also encouraging

Hi @soi Nice to meet you. Sorry to hear you are not doing so well at the moment but glad that you have found us here. I have two fur babies - Toby is my dog and Cat (that is what I call her here) is of course a cat. They are my little family and I love them dearly. How about you - do you have any pets?

Update number 'a bazillion' lol.... @Faith-and-Hope @MDT @Adge @Sans911 @Snowie @Teej @CheerBear @eth @Former-Member @Former-Member @Maggie @TAB @BlueBay @Sam3 and everyone else passing through...

Got through DBT okay but it really is becoming a lot harder to do that. I feel a bit like I have done this already and getting a bit bored by it all. I spoke to the facilitator afterwards as we have only 2 weeks of this current module left and I am in two minds of whether to continue or not. She suggested I speak to my pdoc first and take some time to decide as there is no rush. I did then speak to my pdoc and although she has said it is entirely my decision that it might also be good to finish up on the next module. That module is interpersonal effectivenes and she believes I need to consider branching out of my tiny little circle of basically no friends and only associating with work colleagues and that this module I could work on that.

My pdoc is very happy with how I am going aside from the lack of social interactions and has reduced one of my night meds to see if it helps with me being so tired in the mornings still. We can always increase it again if I am not sleeping. Today she said that she was very proud of how far I have come and that it has taken a lot of courage to get here. She also said that I have always done what everyone in my support team has asked of me and that is not something that a lot of people do have the courage to do. That made me feel all warm and fuzzy - it is great having that validation from her today and despite feeling really tired it is a highlight of my day.

It has not always been a comfortable place for me receiving compliments but I have had 2 very nice ones in the last 2 days and it has made me feel good about myself - not something a lot of us here can often feel. It does feel like life is turning around to a much better place for me but along with that comes the inevitable - how long will that last?! I am trying to live in the moment though and let the positive aspects of my life take centre stage. I feel like I am able to deal with any negative things much better and get through them a little easier - so that is progress. Hoping though that those times are few and far between and the positives continue to outweigh the negatives.

Hoping everyone has had a little light in their day and a little hope in the future. Hugs and love to all visiting here

.Thanks for the update and thoughts @Zoe7 interesting that they want people to have more friends etc, I thought less friends was becoming the norm these days

You very much deserve those compliments you've received over the past 2 days @Zoe7 . And its a nice change to feel good about yourself. How long will it last? Try not to think about that .. and make the most of today. This good stuff could last forever, so why worry about something which may never happen? Very happy for you, and proud of your courage and fortitude which has enabled you to get to where you are now.

Hi everyone else here as well @Faith-and-Hope @Sam3 @Shaz51 and others. Sorry I know I've missed many. But I mean you too. 🌺

Sherry 💕