Night Shift

Hi @Former-Member - sorry for randomly jumping in. Your post prompted me to share with you (& everyone in here) that we are running a series of live sessions (a bit like Topic Tuesday) this month and one of them will be on 'Everyday mindfulness'. The tea activity you talked about is a good example of some of the things we will be doing! You'll be a pro! I hope you can join that session 🙂

You can check out more information about the entire series here

Can we all mention his snoring .... 😆

@Decadian I'm not sure where to post this but figure here is ok. I'm sorry I'm struggling to reply to so many interesting things you write and my replies have been snippy lately because I've been really struggling to concentrate. So from my failing short term memory I have a few responses.

Your cat is beautiful and I would want to snuggle her, she looks so soft and cuddly. My kelpie is bony and not so soft and cuddly but he has to be touching me and is very loving and is very much a one person dog.

It is really reassuring to hear that your daughter has done so well leaving school so young. Part of my issue is I come from a family of teachers who are giving me grief about my son but right now I know I've done the right thing for now. He has applied to go to Tafe next term to do the cert ll to become an electrician which is what he has his heart set on however most employers offer kids with yr 12 an apprenticeship first but he thinks he can be the exception to the rule. Also his assessment on Monday showed he is likely experiencing depression and so this way he can sort this out as well.

My cooment re earphones was a bit abrupt but I meant that it's funny it's become the new norm which luckily you picked up on. However I forgot to say that I think music especially when played live shouldn't have headphones. Since I've split from my ex I let my son play his music loud and just get him to turn it down or put headphones in on the 5% of music I find offensive (some derogatory American rap). I had listening to music with earphones but I see it as the new norm but just like you one I'm not willing to jump to yet.

Im glad you are feeling a little better and your back is not as bad just now, take care 💜😊

Thanks for the info @Former-Member Yes, I understand. How did you find the classes? I guess I can look on internet to see what I can find. Not sure if I feel up to a "group", but I can try. I wonder what other sorts of groups there are that could be helpful.

Any ideas, anyone?

Please @Faith-and-Hope I'll have some of what you're having.

I made wholemeal piklets tonight, had them with Maple syrup, no cream though.

Glad you're feeling a bit better @Decadian.

@TAB It was me who heard you snoring today, lol. You said you were sawing. What the heck are you sawing? Or, is it a joke I'm not understanding again? There's a Tshirt that says, I'm not snoring, I'm just pretending that I'm a motorbike.

Can be tricky on here to catch on to what people mean sometimes.

Hi @Shaz51 Have you been ok today/tonight?

Good to hear from you @utopia. Sounds like you had a bit of a downer, due to running out of meds. Glad you're back up again. No EMDR yet. Psychologist thinks I need to be coping better before she starts. Have had 2 visits, hoping there'll be a cancellation next week. They are so lovely there. The receptionist saw that I was upset after my appointment, so she made me a cuppa and found an empty room for me to sit in until I felt ready to drive home. Made me cry that she was so kind. I feel very comfortable being there, first time I've ever felt comfortable with a psychologist. Years ago, a psychologist said to me, why don't you leave your husband? Oh my gosh! I was there to work on my marriage. She said this during my first visit and again on my second visit. I tried her one more time and then never went back. She was a bit odd unfortunately.

Sounds good @NikNik Will we get a reminder about the discussion on mindfullness? Otherwise I'll just write it in my diary. Thanks.

My group has two people running it and about 6 people mostly women and mostly our age-ish @Former-Member. It is quite relaxed. It is run through community mental health but I'm sure there would be private ones as well. I think some community centres run them. I had to be referred into the program and a client of the community mental health centre. Also you don't really engage as a group so much but they tend to go around the group asking for your answers on simple questions asking you to describe things objectively.

@Former-Member It was @Decadian who was yelled at by a woman recently. I was yelled at by a man a while ago. I do usually stand up for myself, but I was in shock from him driving into the back of my car. Gave a huge jolt. I never used to be able to stand up for myself. But, I CERTAINLY DO NOW, lol.

I learnt to fight back approx 16 years ago. Saw something terrible going on which I had to report and the challenge went on for a whole year, plus another drama that went on in that year as well.

The woman I challenged had a super strong, nasty personality, but I couldn't back down, because she was causing harm to others. A lady said to me, "good on you, no one has ever been brave enough to report her". That made me feel like I should continue with the battle, as someone had to stand up for the people. I wanted to give up, because it was so extremely stressful and I really didn't feel emotionally strong enough, but I did it, yey! What a year that was, but it certainly taught me to stand up for myself and others.

It reminds me of the saying, "if it doesn't k--- you, it will make you stronger". Nearly killed me, hehe!

Hope that makes sense. I can't say too much about it for legal reasons. So it was a double "whammy" that year. It nearly totally crushed me, but I now never let things go, when I see people doing the wrong thing, if that makes sense. I won't sit back and watch people hurt others or do the wrong thing by others (or myself).

Hi @Former-Member, @Shaz51, @TAB, @Former-Member, @Appleblossom and anyone else how are you all?💜😊

@Kurra I hope you day got better. Thinking of you💜😊

@Faith-and-Hope sometime it takes a lot of patience or someone with a baseball bat to break through to me. It feels weird but some stuff is beginning to sink in. I'm feeling so tired during the day still too. I think now that I'm not so consumed with SI I feel like I should be achieving more but I'm still so tired. I guess baby steps with this as well. I hope you get the rest you need. You won't know yourself when D3 is finished and the wedding over. Counting the days with you😊💜

@utopia so good to have you back and it looks like things are still on track and looking up. I think it's just as well I don't have a major reaction to forgetting or missing my Meds as I forget them all the time although I'm setting a new record lately for remembering 💜😊