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Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

NikNikSenior Contributor

Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

Supporting and being there for others when they are going through a rough time is one of the most selfless things we can do. However, we can't be effective if our own mental health is compromised.

During this Topic Tuesday we will tackle questions like:

- How do I create and enforce my own boundaries without hurting the person I'm supporting?

- What are the different forms of support people find helpful?

- What can I do when supporting someone impacts on my own mental health?

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Unknown userMember

Re: Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

What can we do to help come out of Burnout & or Compassion Fatigue?

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SmcSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

I'm seeing some of both in me. I'm concerned that I react to simple busy productivity as if I was in a crisis situation. Adreneline surge stuff, having trouble settling down and sleeping at the end of the day. Have slowly pulled out of a lot of community things and interests because I'm too tired to be reliably committed to them. Bad dreams are a problem too. Mostly confused versions of the stuff I'm trying to deal with day to day- unpleasant rather than nightmarish, but they don't set up the best start to the day.

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NikNikSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

**WAVES AT @kristin **

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NikNikSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

Good question @Former-Member
We're going to talk about boundaries and holistic self-care plans in about 5 mins 🙂

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Unknown userMember

Re: Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

a lot of the burn out symptoms could also be from so many other situations/i.e. trauma... how do you know the difference?

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NikNikSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

I can relate to that @Smc

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Unknown userMember

Re: Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

Great question @Former-Member. I was kind of thinking the same. How do I know what is what?

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utopiaSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

@Phoenix_Rising. As I'm in this cycle of depression - I find it hard to practice self care. It all seems too hard.
If I am trying to look after ME & my child needs something - it's enough to send me over the edge - irritable - rage - further withdrawing from my own care

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MazaritaSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

I think I've had multiple 'burnouts' in my life and still struggle years later from my last big one to lift energy levels back up again. This was not particularly from caring, more from the stresses of life in general.

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NikNikSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

@utopia
I think you can definitely feel exhaustion from your own self-care. But what I want to talk about in a moment in relation to self-care plans is that your plans don't have to contain a whole lot of new things you have to 'try' to do, it can also contain things you do already.
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