Battles

@AuntGlow the counsellor that I spoke to that told me I was too complex is specifically trained to deal with the trauma of physical and sexual abuse which I need. I only spoke to her for 5 minutes before she gave up on me, she said she would see if she could find another service that could help me but I never heard back and after the way she treated me I wasn't about to chase it up.

Casper is doing well.

Hello @rav3n, how are you going?

hey @MissGremlin! i'm alright, i can sense the busyness approaching (end of aug+sept have always been busy cos my sister and my besties birthdays are bunched up + application deadlines coming up + my friend's engagement)... now to figure out how to stay on top of everything without feeling emotionally and financially drained 😅

how about you? what's been happening for you?

@rav3nglad you are doing alright. It sounds like it is a very busy time for you coming up. I do hope in amongst all the busyness that you find some time for yourself and you can avoid becoming emotionally and financially drained.

Alot has been happening for me just recently, so I've been trying my best to rest and recover. But I'm very much feeling drained and overwhelmed in many ways. So it's been a matter of trying to be gentle with myself and taking things moment by moment.

thanks! @MissGremlin i hope so too. recently legos have been a nice way for me to hit pause and recharge so i'm glad i have that at least.

good on you for working on being gentle with yourself!! it's harder when things are overwhelming, but that's also when we need it the most hey. do you have much on for the rest of this week?

@rav3n Lego is a great distraction and I'm glad you have that. I really gotta get around to building my other one sometime.

It's a work in progress, haven't quite mastered it yet but i do try. It's definitely hard when things are so overwhelmomg and the brain goes to self destruct mode instead of let's be gentle with ourselves. This week is a bit hectic for me with some things happening, I'll be glad once it's over.

@MissGremlin ahh yes the other roller skates!! honestly it's odd that they wouldn't put 2 roller skates in one set.

i hear you, it does take some time. even now, i feel like i've found some ways to self-soothe and be compassionate to myself... but the suddenly it's not as effective i have to try something new! but the old tools do get recycled. i have my fingers crossed that this week doesn't turn out as hectic as it feels it might. sending you extra strength 💙

@rav3n it's just frustrating that they only do it as one skate, like they come as a pair 😂.

That's the same with me, I'm constantly having to change coping strategies. Things will work for a while but then they won't but I find that I can usually come back to them at some stage later on down the track. Thankyou ❤️. I already know it's going to be very full on so I'm just trying to put in extra measures to avoid things spiralling.

Hello my sweet @NightFury, hope you are doing ok. Thinking of you ❤️

Hi @MissGremlin thank you for thinking of me. I appreciate that you care. Things are tough and it's one day at a time here. I don't know what else to do, but to take it day by day.

Hope you're doing okay over there?

P.S. I've taken my sleep med and if I disappear, it's because I've crashed.