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@avant-garde ahh yikes, sucks when plans change. hope you can enjoy some coffee there too (although i'm guessing its quite pricey there hey?) were you going to shop around for anything in particular?

@rav3n

I had a nutrition supermarket tour, next I'm picking up jigsaw puzzles from an op shop.

I crammed today full on purpose

@avant-garde oo what's the new jigsaw puzzle of?

do you prefer getting everything done in one go, or was the cram for another reason?

@rav3n

Jigsaws are for a friend

It's my mum's birthday today, so not cram as in study, but cram in terms of activities to stop me from getting stuck

Hey @avant-garde ,

I've been following along. Can you think of anything that might be helpful tonight?

@tyme

Just had peer support group... someone new who wasn't there for the guidelines said something incredibly invalidating when I shared about my mum... I actually walked out... it was hard and I will likely break down when I get home

I'm sorry to hear that. Are you home now @avant-garde ?

@tyme

One of the workers came out and we watched the birds and eventually went back in and engaged again.

Yes I'm home

Awww hun @avant-garde . So so so sorry to hear this. I can see how hurt you would've felt. No one knows the amount of pain situations cause except the person experiencing it. And what is pain for some may not be painful for another.

I can see how hurt you are. As you said, you only just started opening up about your mum.

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@ENKELI wrote:

@Jynx I don't know why but the colours made me think of you. If you are happy with the Gerberas then they are now known as Jynx and Jynx Too 🫂

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AWW I love it @ENKELI 😍

Hehe double the Jynx, double the fun? 😋

How are you going at the moment hun?

@avant-garde hi sweets - just want you to know I've been reading through your thread and catching up on stuff. I'm so sorry to read those things about your mum and her alters. Just want you to know I see you, see your grief and confusion and rage. I see your strength, but wish you never had to build so much of it just to survive. Because it means you were robbed of that gentleness that we often associate with a mother's embrace.

I am proud of you for talking about it, and hope that it was good to be able to get some of it out.

How are you doing this arvo anyway?