The Weekly Friday Feast

Hi everyone, sorry i am so early for friday feast, but i don't seem to be able to stay late these days, so i thought i would say hi now 🙂

I have had a tough week, i have had a friend whom i thought was going to take their life, i managed to talk them out of it, but they still will not reach out for help 😕

Other than that i have been helping mum's friend who needed an operation to get to and from town.

it does not sound a lot, but i am so exhausted, just happy to sit and have a break.

oh i thought i would bring chinese tonight, to lazy to cook a virtual feast 😮

Hugs to everyone, and extra hugs to those who are doing it tough.

Jacques

Happy Friday everyone!

@Jacques - that's exactly what I feel like actually.

Here's some prawn crackers to go with the meal!

Jacques - sounds like a HUGE week. Self care is so important. It's hard when you are made to feel like it all falls on your shoulders. It's okay to draw a line though - boundaries. It will benefit you and the person. You get to take care of yourself, and they get the help from a professional service. It's hard though...

Hi @Jacques & @NikNik....

We are having burgers for dinner - homemade chickpea patties, beetroot, roma tomato, spinach, tomato relish in a multigrain bun! Yummy - I'm hungry...

I reduced my antipsychotic again last Saturday, so have been coping with withdrawals - including a dangerous breakdown - thanks to my partner I'm still here... Feeling 'more okay' today & now feel like this may be the easiest reduction of the antipsychotic yet - gives me a bit of hope for the future, which I have been lacking lately.... I have become increasingly tired of psychologists, social workers & psychiatrists telling me I will be able to go back to university ("you are smart"), have a career, be a mother etc. My partner said to me he doesn't care if I go to yoga & read books all my life & it finally clicked with me that if that is all I can manage - that is all I can manage. Yes, I would like a career helping people - but I may just never be able to cope with the deadlines & stress of finally getting a uni degree & then the actual act of helping people in the way I want... In saying that I'll probably do a lot more crying about the opportunities mental ill health has taken away from me yet!

@Jacques I'm glad you were able to help someone - make sure you are kind to yourself too...

Pumped for yoga tomorrow morning @NikNik?

Happy very belated birthday @Former-Member

Namaste,

Anna

Yummy! @Jacques I love Chinese food.

Hello to you, I havent met you yet. I joined on here last week, nice to meet you. You have had an exhausting week. Emotionally draining with your friend and then driving your mums friend around, you do deserve a rest.

Had a lovely chicken curry with different vegetables followed by stewed apricots, a scoop of vanilla icecream and a sprinkling of pecan nuts with a dusting of cinnamon & nutmeg. A small glass of white

wine to give flavour to the tasty meal. Hope each forum member has a really good weekend. Cheers from

Bimby2