Merry Grinch-mas

@avant-garde ugh that really does ruin it. Well I'll see what I can find when I'm out ☺️

I hear you re the the emotions that can come up during Christmas, I can’t say it’s a super great time for me too @avant-garde 🙏, I really love your toolkit thread though, I thought it was awesome and had me thinking 😊

@MissGremlin @Cuddlebear @tyme

@Chasingsunsets

I have extensive destructive memories of Santa that mean that seeing any resemblance of him or anything associated with him send me in a dark spiral and plunge me into memories of the monster he and anyone resembling him did to me.

Santa meant nothing good to me, all he brings up is pain and darkness

I am sorry that happened @avant-garde I’ll on and off the forum over this December period if ever you want to tag me 🙏

Thank you @Chasingsunsets

I like the toolkit thread too, it takes various forms, dentist survival, housemate survival, power outages, shopping centres, they're basically distress tolerance kits, something I learned in DBT

Yeah I love it a lot @avant-garde, everyone always mentions what would you do when stressed etc but I am a not so sure I have made kits and I think it’s an awesome idea 🙏, thank-you!

@Chasingsunsets

My dentist kit has an old school slide puzzle, fidget cube, mini care bear, MP3 player and headphones, it helps a lot.

Sounds perfect @avant-garde 💚, I hope the dentist went ok with your awesome dentist kit you prepared 🙏

I hear and am with you @avant-garde @tyme

btw I can’t tolerate the word ‘hate’. Decades of bad memories. No apologies. Hate is one of the strongest, negative words around. Going to post few positive affirmations then taking few days off the forums, can’t deal with seeing that 4 letter word.

I extremely dislike the way Christmas has become. Far too commercial for me.

i enjoy my childhood memories of extended family spending Christmas Day together at my maternal grandmothers (nana) home. A day where 6 adults and up to 6 children enjoyed a day of laughter and lavish food. Food that nana, my mum and one aunt had come together to buy, cook and serve. Day that included opening presents (quite often at least some having been handmade) that were nicely wrapped and under the tree.

@Chasingsunsets @MissGremlin

@Flutterbug9 I'm with you on not tolerating the 'Hate' word, it's one word that i don't use as it is so hurtful and has long lasting impacts on people. I'm sorry that it's upset you to see that word. Sending you hugs sweet ❤️