Sunday Coffee and Chat -- 19th April 2026

Soo proud of you @NightFury 🥰

Hello @Evie89 , @MissGremlin. @MDT , @Glisten , @Dimity , @Honeymoon

Had Savoury mince on toast for dinner tonight 😋

That's impressive @NightFury

But if you have bipolar and are prone to hypomania, do inform your healthcare team

I slept seriously all day

Thank you for the advice @DogMan79

I have a few diagnoses but bipolar isn't one of them.

Love the pic @Shaz51 !

Happy Sunday everyone @Shaz51 @creative_writer @NightFury @Evie89

I enjoyed the sunshine today. Took Ruby for a walk. Did some sleeping because I didn't feel like doing anything else.. that's about it!

@Shaz51 I had Baked Beans on Focaccia because that bread stays extra crispy

Hi @Shaz51 😍

I'm extending the tradition and sharing a turkish tea with you 🫶

My phone broke today, and i was not met with much kindness. I was already having a bad day, wrestling with some internal challenges. I decided to treat myself to a nice afternoon of swimming and beach. my phone went for a swim, as well as my car keys. My phone has all my photos, videos, notes. My work stuff. My journaling archives. I feel so much pain and grief that I might not be able to recover it.
All I was met with as I fell apart in a moment of despair was "calm down", "cheer up" "we rely too much on our phones" (wow, thanks you wise wise sage! ((sarcasm)) ).
I am a bit of a mess. None of that helped. All I wanted, all I needed, was a hug. Someone to acknowledge my pain, even if to them it is 'just a phone'.
The phrase that has been playing over in my head all day, even before the phone incident is "Let people be sad. Feelings are not a problem to be fixed."

(((( how feelings are expressed CAN be a problem and that matters to any and all involved, but thats not what Im talking about here. Im talking about those moments where the intentions are good but uyoure having a raw human experience ))))

Im sure many of you can relate to that. That belief that not all feelings are okay to express. I resent that i cant feel sad, or angry, or any sort of 'negative' emotion. I resent that the world seems to validate that belief over and over again. I resent that I feel im seen as some fixer-upper.
I know its because often people just do not know how to hold space for these things, but maaannn it suckss..
I feel brittle. I just need to crumble a little. I need to fall apart a little. I feel I have to be so damn strong and resilient and .... ~positive and OPtumistic!~ ugh... But i crack. The pressure builds that i cant release and io crack.

What a day,. Im sorry this was a long heavy one. I needed to vent. and I really dont have safe people in mylife to talk to..

@MatchaToad @Shaz51 @tyme

Thank you 😊 @Rosepetal96 ❤️

For the cuppa, I will have to try one