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Riding a wave

Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor22 Mar 2017, 11:35 am AEDT

Riding a wave

Hi all,

@CherryBomb, @Former-Member or any other @Former-Member floating around Forum Land, will you ride a wave with me? I thought I would be fine doing something...but it turns out that the something has made my big feelings BIG and now I'm in a pickle...and there's nothing worse than a pickled turtle! I'm going to go and snuggle in my bed so I probably won't actually respond to you, but it will still super help me to know that I am not utterly alone on the wave. I don't want to tag anyone else because I don't want anyone to feel they need to respond. Thank you in advance for riding with me.

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor21 Feb 2018, 5:18 pm AEDT

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💜 @Catcakes ....

I am going to take a risk and tell you it took me quite some time before I developed a comfort level about sharing personal history here.

It’s not to try to make it about me .... just wanting to offer you moral support, but if that is not happening for you I will remove the post and step back from the conversation.

Hoping this is okay ....

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CheerBearSenior Contributor21 Feb 2018, 5:21 pm AEDT

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Pssst here is another one if you'd like @Phoenix_Rising (I'm definitely in here-but-not mode right now) https://youtu.be/88hn62gD2c8

😞

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CatcakesSenior Contributor21 Feb 2018, 5:44 pm AEDT

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It’s okay @Faith-and-Hope.
I guess what prompted me to share some of my story was to help @Phoenix_Rising not feel so alone... but because of my family ... maybe I just exacerbated that alone ness 😏

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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor21 Feb 2018, 5:48 pm AEDT

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@Catcakes it's fine. Nothing can exacerbate my aloneness. I've just been cut off from the one support that kept me alive all last year. Trust me, nothing can make me more utterly alone than that.

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CatcakesSenior Contributor21 Feb 2018, 5:50 pm AEDT

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Yes, ok
Thanks @Phoenix_Rising
🌿

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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor21 Feb 2018, 5:52 pm AEDT

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@CheerBear I super super super like that story. I'm guessing you are in here-but-not mode because things are tricky in your world today. It must be a day for it! Today is so so so so so so so so hard. It shouldn't be this hard!

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CheerBearSenior Contributor21 Feb 2018, 6:36 pm AEDT

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My day wasn't so so so so so so so so hard @Phoenix_Rising (unlike yours has been 😞 ) but my afternoon has been tricky. I tried to settle some scared and possibly misdirected frustrated feelings I've been having, and have somehow found myself feeling more scared since but now with an extra layer of frustration. Plus I was cooking dinner an hour ago.

But you're right - things really shouldn't be so hard.

I'm glad you liked that story. It's almost book o'clock here. Want to read with puffer fish and I? We've got a home reader to do and then can choose one of our stories.

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Unknown userMember21 Feb 2018, 6:37 pm AEDT

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It must be the day for awful things @Phoenix_Rising @Catcakes @CheerBear @Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member . I am so sorry these things are happening to you, to me, to us all.

This morning I was put in the too hard basket by the facility where I am doing a course, and there is nothing I can do about it.

Phoenix_Rising, I hope it's okay for me to be here with you, but not here, I hope that is okay for now.

So much to say, to offer, no words to do it with.

I'll hover around the rock stack @Zoe7 made for me. (thank you Zoe7) I'd like to borrow the white swan floatie when I've settled a bit, though. Wouldn't be a good idea right now, with me raining and all, it'd fill up and I'd not float anymore.

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor21 Feb 2018, 7:02 pm AEDT

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Like = I hear you @Former-Member

I am so sorry to hear that has happened.

Wow. You must be reeling.

Please take care of you tonight.

Sending you cyber hugs.

💜💐

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Unknown userMember21 Feb 2018, 7:13 pm AEDT

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Thanks for the hugs @Faith-and-Hope Yep. Lost in the swirling emotions right now. I've had to resort to the big bomb medication for the migraine so just letting you all know I might not be very active here for a day or so. (Oh, dear, my coordination is gone - corrected the typos or you'd never understand it)

Take care my ocean dwelling friends ( I hope I'm not overstepping boundaries here, you have become friends to me, even if I am not yet friend to each of you - which I totally understand and that's okay too. )

Rest well when you do.

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