Sunday Coffee and Chat -- 26th October 2025

@Glisten oh I wish it was just chocolate, I'm a yoghurt fiend as well! the gluten intolerance rules out yummy cheese and bacon rolls and so many other tasty foods!

That's beautiful to hear @Historylover You have a heart for people who fall through the cracks; the homeless, those with addictions and mental health issues; for the downtrodden, vulnerable and people who have been stigmatised! You have your own living experience as well, as you walk proudly with them. I like how you made a point of remembering people's names at your home! My son also fell through the cracks, so to speak. He was psychotic for 18 months the first time, and we found it hard accessing the right kind of help. He was mistaken once as a homeless person and someone on the street gave him $20! 😆 He did not give it back. 😲 I'm amazed at your ability to be grateful for the experiences that have been painful. I think it takes a long time to get to that point! I'm glad I'm not the only one who forgets what they've said in different conversations! It's funny but really frustrating as well! 💛

@Former-Member Gluten free everything is available now.

But I’m hearing you about bread. I can do sporadically. Certainly not every day.

@Glisten Oh the price though and I have an egg allergy (lmao I should've said that in my last post).

I won't go into the taste difference either

@Former-Member you’re a minefield of digestive chaos.

The gut - brain 🧠 link 🔗 is very important.

My intestines are hating me right now.

I’m over eating and my poor digestive tract has to work so hard.

I’m sure it’s a form of self harm 🫤

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thats good to hear @Blackcloud i also know to come here now for times its too loud 😊

how was monday?

@REDLINEZ750 Today was ok. I went out to the park for a walk so that was nice. 😊

@Blackcloud @Shaz51 @REDLINEZ750 @Former-Member @Glisten @Jynx @rav3n @tyme and everyone else.

I have just read through the entirety of this thread. Firstly, it makes me want chocolate. I do have some in the cupboard, but I was being good. Rocky road is so yummy!!!

As for weird foods I also ate escargot (in garlic) and frog's legs at a French restaurant 41 years ago. As was mentioned the frog's legs tasted like chicken but the snails were like garlicky rubber bands. I have also eaten a lot of pate but when I found out it was made from liver I stopped eating it. I have eaten kangaroo stew but didn't like it. I think that's about all for weird foods. I am not very adventurous.

@heartathome I should clarify the psychologist wasn't *my* treating psychologist, lol. They were a close family friend. 😉 I don't think if they were my own psych I would know about their anxiety or shopping habits lol. Realised re-reading that it could come across weird if people thought I meant I knew that about a psych I saw. 😅

@Historylover I too am a very values-driven person, making value-alignment very important in deep friendships. I see a few different types of levels of friendship for me. There are my social friend/acquaintances - people I don't feel connected to, but see frequently (not 1:1 generally though). There are the "obligatory" friends - which can include extended family or partners of other friends, etc. Then I have my "deep friends" - the rare ones I click with who generally have similar values to myself. And there are some "I'd like to know them better" friends who are in the social friend/acquaintance category but I'd like to move into the deeper friendship category if only they had the interest/time also.

I would be very interested to know your values if you feel safe to share. 😊

Like @heartathome I too can be known to ask a lot of questions 😋 but it's friendly and well-meaning, and totally OK if you don't want to answer them!

My strongest personal values are probably: honesty, authenticity, trust, and respect. And for me also perhaps "caring" - but that is something that I just feel naturally, but I think it's a "value" also? It is something I appreciate in deep friends, and I don't think I would feel they are a really deep friend if I didn't believe they cared how I am... 🤔

@Former-Member @ENKELI @Cuddlebear @Glisten @Oaktree I too love chocolate. 😄 I have enjoyed reading about how quickly chocolate vanishes around you haha.

I hear you on the comfort eating @Former-Member - I have noticed the past month how much I want to eat to emotionally comfort myself (but have not been due to excellent focus on losing weight).

@Historylover Maybe the reason you mentioned your time in the boarding house was for me. 🙂. I have sometimes wondered what facilities there are for people who cannot live independently due to mental illness, but are not severe enough to need hospitalisation. I knew there were supported-living places for people with physical and intellectual disabilities, but was not sure about mental health disability. If it weren't for one of my parents letting me move back in with them (turns out to be a win-win situation for them too), I would probably have to find some type of affordable assisted-living place or else pay for home-visits from regular support workers during periods of less-coping.