Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

yes the magical words of BALANCE between study, work and childminding isnt it @Former-Member haha

my study per day- which i havent dne today from beign to busy- is usually 2 hours. i find that to be an ok study session, so while mums at work i dont think ill be able to do my studies as ill have to occupy the my youngst sister thank god my middle sister has made a few palns with her friends before we go on holidays

@CheerBear had some fantastic ideas a few pages back they might help you with your littlies too @Former-Member

Hi @Former-Member

Studying with kids around can be really trying - I did a lot of studying when my kids were young and my son had some kind of MI and needed my time so I did all my studying and all my chores when he was out of the house

It would be fine after school if I had finished as much as was necessary - if I had my mind somewhere else I had him right in my face and I have no idea how he knew that - but then - he was very clever in some way and who knows?....................

Anyway - how much time do you spend with your sister's kids - are they your responsibility for part of the day or week or whatever - cause if that is the case then you have to plan it - but I wonder why it is a problem - not because you feel that it is your responsiblity or if it is hard to study when they are about

For me studying kept me going throuogh the hard parts with my son - even though so many people told me to give up my studies - but during school holidays (if they did not occur the same time as university break) - they were still my responsibility - so that has to be planned

All the best with that - I can give you hints if you like

Dec

haha lol i think i might have to create a do not disturb me for half an hour sign lol @CheerBear@Former-Member

yeah it went ok @CheerBear pity i have to change psychologist after 3 more weeks though again for the fourth time now 😞 so now i hav to work on getting another psych too

and my bloody foot injury is seriously killing me, its affecting my whole foot including the bottom and my toes and then it run up my leg. it gone stiff and i can hardley move it

hi @Owlunar

when the kids are at school i tend to get all my study done during the day if you dont mind id love some study tips but maybe could you post it on my study thread? which is under: 6 weeks until my final exam :), they are my sisters not my sisters kids 🙂

as mum works ill have them for most of the time during the holidays which is going to make it extremley hard to get to my gp, psych and other appointments.

when they are at school i have them in the morning to get them ready, i often pick them up and have them after school, as i am living with them at the moment even when mum is hope im still constanlty caring for them, my mum also often word one day of the weekend so i have them then as well and she words the other day but only in the morning so i have them until 9am and then we spend time as a family so again im looking after them.

im also a full timer carer for my pop as well as studying and trying to work out my Mental health issues

ive torn a tendon and a 2 ligaments in my foot and it still hasnt healed and when it gets cold or i do alot of activity or if if i slip or walking down hill it tends to get like this all the time!! @CheerBear

@Owlunar @CheerBearok so i had a psychologist to start with but it was casuing so many dramas with my mum it was actually making me more worse from the continuous arguments from going and still not supporting me even though ive changed. then i started with a new psychologist and had 2 sessions with her and she said to get into the suicidal prevention program so thats where ive been for the past month and the rest of this month as i only get two months in the program so thats the third cousnsellor and as i pay a heap for my psychologist and i dont really get that mcuh from the medicare rebate its really expensive for me and as i only have 4 sessions left this year for the rebate scheme so then ill be going once a fortnight if i can afford it as then ill be paying the full amount

so im trying to find someone who can specialise in what i need but who is slightly cheaper. i was told by my counsellor today there is a free program that i get another 12 fress sessions with a psychologist if i pass for elidgability but my psych is 100 percent sure that ill get in as shes had people less severe than what i am and they got in. so now i have to either find another psych or try to go through this other program and keep saving

Hi @Former-Member

Your study load is considerable - wow - you need to have more time that you have really - but our lives are what they are alas - and I really have to admire what you are doing

But something flicks in my mind - I went to nightschool after I left high school - at year 10 - and my little sister was just a little girl - according to my mother - and I was not given the time and quiet I really needed unless my father was at home - and he was the eldest in his family and went to night school too so he would put his foot down that little sis could keep her radio on a volume less clearly audible three rooms away

And you have your dad to care for - wow -

If I can find your thread I will write some ideas about studying when you have other people about - if I don't find it soon please tag me -

You will succeed in your life whatever happens because you are doing this now - and not putting it off until things are easier because they never get that way - wow - I hope your Mum pays you a bit for baby sitting - I paid my daughter when she did the vacuuming for me when I was working two jobs and studying

But if your dad is sick I know your mum has to work -

We have a common problem with little sisters though -

Dec

pop not dad @Owlunar 🙂

ill jsut tag you it might be easier

nope i do it all for free except for caring that is my source of income

im struggling abit tonight @Owlunar could you read what i wrote to cheerbear about the psychologists id love to know your opinion if you would mind..