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Well I'm finally home (again).
4 hospital stays in 91 days. Wow. No wonder it feels so strange to be in my own house again. Adjusting will take time. Cooking for myself will take time.
My house is in the same condition in which I left it. A pigsty. So no one room has warmth and charm to lift my mood. Will have to slowly start cleaning up - one room at a time.
I did go and watch my son play soccer in the finals. I'd been so sick this year - thst it was the first game I had been to all year. His team lost. But they play again next week. So still stand a chance of playing the grand final.
My son is still living with my mum. Has been since the end of April. Hopefully he will see how much I've improved on my new anti depressants and anti anxiety meds. Then he may choose to come home soon.
Was up and doing the washing early this morning. But now reading a book in bed.
Am very bored. But have AA Meeting tomorrow night.
And I have my WorkCover IME (independent Medical Examination) - psych interview with a tough psychiatric on the 30th of this month. Think it could be on Wednesday. And then I have my much waited for Psychologist appointment. Can't see him when I'm in hospital (too far away).
So that's it for now. A new thread for a new beginning.
@Zoe7 @soul @Former-Member @Faith-and-Hope @Bast @oceangirl @outlander @Former-Member @Teej @BlueBay @Owlunar

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3 more half days @utopia this Friday then Mon and Fri next week. I think the time will go very quickly. I am enjoying the planning - it is nice to get back into using my brain again.

We have a very nice Chinese restaurant very close to where I live - and they are super quick at preparing the food. I often order and then can leave to pick it up straigh away. There is also a great Thai place I go to fairly close - definitely my favourite place for take away food

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Id love an Indian restaurant nearby. Love my spicy Indian food.

2 full days next week. Yay!!! That would be good. I can imagine you enjoying getting into it again. Having an activity that keeps your brain occupied. Am so pleased for you.

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Still on two half days next week @utopia but hoping for 2 full days the week after. That is the plan that has been worked out so just need to see how it all pans out. I will know more how I will cope with a full day after Friday as I start a little earlier.

Would be great if you had an Indian restaurant in your town close by. I have a whole street of food pretty close by to choose from - the advantages of living close to the city

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Restless Bored Flat Flat Flat

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Hey @utopia here to chat if you feel up to it. It sucks you are feeling all those things - feeling flat myself tonight so we can be flat together

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@Zoe7 Had an appointment with my psychologist today but I didn't go. Didn't see the point. 50 mins there, 50 minutes drive home and not getting much out of our sessions lately. So wagged the appointment. Lol.

Frustrated I seem to be slipping back instead of getting better.

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I hope for you @utopia that this is just a phase you are going through and that things will level out again for you. It totally sucks though that you didn't feel like seeing your psychologist - that is a clesr sign that things are not okay for you. I know sometimes it feels like we are simply going through the days and not achieving much but that is not a nice place to be either - as you have said before - you seem to be just existing and not living and that is a hard thing to get out of with little motivation to do so.

Hearning you my beautiful cocky friend and here for you

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Hi @utopia .....

Can I make the suggestion that you give collaging a go today ? If nothing else, just because you are feeling bored ?

Here are a couple of ideas -

Make a page of ”water” like a mountain stream waterfall amongst rocks, out of torn out pieces of paper in the right sort of colours. The paper can be junk mail, and it can be collaged onto junk paper (newspaper, advertising flyer, gift wrap, brown paper shopping bag, whatever). All you need is paper and a glue stick.

You don’t have to even like the finished product. It’s more about the activity itself.

It might surprise you.

💜

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2nd suggestion - a collage that says “Sunmer”, whatever that looks like to you .....

3rd suggestion - a collage that says “Garden”, whatever that looks like to you .....

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Thanks for the suggestions @Faith-and-Hope, but I'm too tired to try any of that.

@Zoe7 Mum just left me a msg to say she wants me to have my son sleep over tonight. I really don't want him here at the moment, but mum needs a break tonight.

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@utopia Thinking of you

take care. ❤️❤️

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