FORUMS

Connect with people who understand what you are going through, seek advice and surround yourself with support. We're free, anonymous, and professionally moderated 24/7.

  • 47,612Members
  • 1,358,869Posts
  • 1,400,000Visitors
Recovery Club

Living with Ourselves

Living with Ourselves

hello @eudemonism @eth @outlander @Bunniekins @Mazarita @Silenus @NameUnknown @Grasshopper3 @patientpatient @soul @Former-Member @Determined @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Friendconnect @Teej @utopia @Queenie @Appleblossom @Zam @perseverer @Janna @Owlunar @Former-Member @Former-Member

First of all I wanted to let you know that I have conversed with all of you at some stage on both sides of the forum..

It was my intention to close two of my threads and change my name in the kindest way for all of you...

I commenced this process on the 12th March and today is the first day that I have access to actually post or respond to anyone....I was in the last couple of days able to register a new name and like some posts...

I am so sorry that my profile ended so abruptly that was definitely not my intention....

In fact if I had done it my way.. instead of thinking would be better to be guided through the process....I would have just written on one of my threads my reason for closing my account tagging you all in....then requested account to be closed and username put to bed so to speak

I have chosen to take this path in order to protect my family's sense of safety .. privacy...health..

Please let me reassure you that this has nothing to do with any members on here...

I have tagged each and everyone of you because you have given me support and invited me into a little of your worlds...priceless experiences...I have felt heard and valued on here....Thank you all so much..

Moving forward ...this is who I am now and hope to be able to converse on the forum living in the now not the past...therefore no mention of my previous username necessary...

If you do not know who I am...that is fine also...perhaps all of the above is not relevant for you..

take care

4946 replies

4,391 - 4,400 of 4,946

In response to: Living with Ourselves

Re: Living with Ourselves

Hello my friend @tonys

I cannot help you with the video and I use wooden spoons for cooking laugh..

I agree with your thoughts re once observed the essence is changed..as is the same with once discussed.. as is the same for everyone’s own personal experiences influencing at different levels….reactions ..thoughts..

I hope that you are not still stitching up more of your body parts!!

Reminds me of my husband.. He operates on himself also.. I imagine that you might also like him not even consider sterilising the needle either..

I have left the maze… just found new unchartered waters..

Too many phone calls .. wasted words.. how do some of these people keep their jobs!


The submarine has been for many spins..full blast ahead.. creating gigantic waves.. surfers will be pleased..

Ihave been doing much research into psychiatric

diagnoses and different concepts.. have found a couple of people with similar thinking to me.. inspiring and propelling me forward in learning more.. helping me a great deal in handling current situation..

So although very tired .. my mind is delving even deeper

submarine suits me perfectly..

Gjven up decorating idea. Will spruce it up so that it passes inspection

I hope that you also are learning more.. speaking to new people and finding great support on the new website..finding help and opportunities..

Say hello to Swamp,the farm animals and birds; the bookkeeper and all of the workers

enjoy that cooking..

More pie crusts..

until next time

Big hug. still gentle take care of those lungs

your friend

Sophia1.

In response to: Re: Living with Ourselves

Re: Living with Ourselves

@Sophia1 hello friend. not a word I get to use often, It feels good. I always say i hope things are getting better and better, but life to often, is a stronger force than our wishes hey mate. So we just live best we can. You sent me a post a while ago about folks that are skilled at drawing us back in It was like it came from a different you. I read it and read it and I will keep it so I never forget it. The work you put into it was not wasted my friend.

Perceptions, I used to trust , but the older I get the more I question interactions of minds, ebs and flows of energy , am I getting sustenance to now and then, or is the land scape just a maze of dry wells and traps I do not comprehend. Will the water so sweet, just turn to poison again.

I think It is called learning.

The more frail I get, the less worn out old cards i have to play with

Do we ever fully get it before the old clock finally winds down.

I think its called life

I wish I had the skills to get, it. So all I can do is play the hands god gave me.. . .

and read that letter again.

Thankyou so much for that and all of your letters. They mean more than you know.

The sub is yours

now mate, heres the keys . You earned it

Bit unwell of late but i will crawl back if I have to just to get your letters,

You take good care now sophia tonys moon base one.

In response to: Living with Ourselves

Re: Living with Ourselves

Hey @tonys I am not much of a movie watcher but do love ABC and SBS. I will often record something for later or access iview or on demand when there is no sport on I want to watch.

I am not much into figure skating but was hooked on Torvill and Dean when they skated - so beautiful, so graceful and a level above everyone else.

Been into work today for a couple of hours. I took Toby so it took longer than it should have. He decided to explore every part of the school whilst I followed along (read that as chased him everywhere because he never comes when I call him lol). We have pademelons that visit at night so he was very interested in their scent and sniffing everywhere. He is now sound asleep as he wore himself out lol. I have to go back tomorrow but I will leave Toby at home so I can actually get some work done hahaha.

Now to do some more work so it is all ready for tomorrow and the start of the new year for the kids. We will have some time on Monday and Tuesday to get our classrooms ready but if I can have most of it done before then, then I will be more relaxed next week.

I hope you are doing okay and still finding those bits of light in your day 😁

@Sophia1 Clover is still loving her 'new' room - spends most of her time inside in there so it was the right decision ...still hard missing Cat but I am grateful to have both Toby and Clover.

In response to: Re: Living with Ourselves

Re: Living with Ourselves

I am trying to reply to you @tonys

I keep on being sidetracked by life!

Watch this page....................

In response to: Re: Living with Ourselves

Re: Living with Ourselves

hey there Zoe @Zoe7 .. thankyou for staying in touch. Your letter takes me back to a time when life was a little simpler. I'm guessing that toby is your faithful pooch. Mine dog is swamp thing. Paddy melons hey , now I'm thinking my first vision was even closer. Dont tell me. I got a little happy picture in my head of a country school , the sound of children's laughter, and the watchful eye of a motherly teacher fusing about the perimeter of innocence and unbridled chaos. I'll hang that happy painting in my mind... You can trust kids. . . . and then they grow up and the world gets its nefarious hands on our souls. The values you give them now,

So important. Teachers , the custodians of the innocent.

What sport do you watch, and I bet you play. I do wish I had your energy. Struggling badly cant sleep lately and i can usualy sleep anywhere ,any time, but some luck came my way today I had my first NDIS workers here today. Fixed em some iced tea and we just talked. I needed to unload badly. lawn got done , they sorted my room and fridge, sorted my boxes of old pills, and they even recon they are going to get me out, social dancing. and a heap of other excursions and things, God must have sent them today, no other explanation.

I do have a huge and important favour to ask of you. I have been trying to send, and get them to confirm that they have recieved a very important letter to team@saneforums.org.

Can you please ask, do they have another email address that I can send to and recieve confirmation notice, even if its a automated response. that they are receiving. This is important. I know you are busy, but my skills and limitations are hindering my efforts. Some correspondence did get through, but for some reason I cant send to this anymore.

Thankyou so much @Zoe7 ,

I do hope you have the most wonderful first day with all those glowing faces

heart felt wishes and thanks tonys moon base 1

In response to: Re: Living with Ourselves

Re: Living with Ourselves

Hello my friend @Sophia1 dont worry. I'm having what could loosely be described as a staff

meeting and then I think I will try and slip into a much needed comma for a while..

Don't try and reply now , thats an order sailor. Find a quiet spot with vista, a tall frosty glass of something you've never had before, watch those beads of dew as they make their way down the glass and think of nothing. . . absolutely nothing...

We will have a little get together soon as we are both feeling a normal pulse again. . .

Take care Sophia

Tonys . . . moonbase 1

In response to: Re: Living with Ourselves

Re: Living with Ourselves

Hello my friend @tonys

yes that term friend would have different meanings for all of us..

I think that what you might be sensing is what friendship means to me and that is sincerity along with above all else honesty....

That kind of friendship carries warmth....

haha a tall frosty glass of something nice sounds very dangerous for me..

the a..l...c affects me so quickly.....

I can indulge in a nice glass of vino with my meal occasionally..

I have been scouring the pages which takes forever to read each post and go back page by page..

I wanted to read again the words that you are alluding to...

I have finally found them and then read your next letter laugh..

I will write to you later...

so please please please do not feel the need to respond to this letter...

there will be another one later..

Enjoy that place where you go to rest...

Sophia1

submarine berthed....

unsure where ...

In response to: Re: Living with Ourselves

Re: Living with Ourselves

Hello @Zoe7

I feel as though I am getting to meet and know a bit about Clover and Toby..

This is something new for me to experience on the forums.....

I love animals as you know..

I can imagine Clover feeling quite territorial and possibly a few inches taller with her very own space..

Toby keeping an eye on her at the same time letting her be....probably secretly liking her in there so that he has his own freedom...

Do you have a photograph of Cat in there...

might sound silly as obviously Toby and Clover cannot look at the photograph and relate..

I wondered if it might help you...

A way of something special ....an inside the home sharing of Cat's room with her fur family...

the three together...a new beginning...

might sound ridiculous to you...just where my mind took me..

My fur cat who has fur flying everywhere at the moment as has a double coat and looks almost shaggy...I am now referring to as BE....

BE is becoming more clingy and is quite used to be inside and outside with one or both of us..

He has been spoilt by being taken with us on our last two holidays....One last year....a beach escape not that far away and before that a houseboat...can't remember what year that was..

seems like forever ago..

well I am weary..

Take care

and I look forward to the next sequel of "a day in the life of Cat and Toby..Cat always remembered.."

Sophia1

We all approach

In response to: Re: Living with Ourselves

Re: Living with Ourselves

Not a country school @tonys but very close to the bush and surrounded by natural beauty - it is such a lovely place to work. I tell my kids that the two most important things in our class are they are happy and honest ...everything else comes secondary.

Yes Tobes is a puppy dog. He is my little shadow and I miss him a lot when I am at work. Last year one of my kids liked to pretend he was Toby ...he even called himself Toby (and so did the other kids lol). He would sit by my side or at my feet and I would give him pats ...it really was adorable. Another child pretended she was Clover (my cat) so I would often have them both at my feet ...I had the most beautiful class - they were all so different and very eclectic but together they worked so well together. I am certainly going to miss some of those kids this year but I bet they will visit often (which I will love).

I watch a whole range of sport - AFL, NRL, soccer, tennis, cricket, basketball. I don't currently play any sport myself as I injured my neck years ago and had to give it all up. I have played basketball, softball, badminton, tennis, netball, volleyball, touch football, indoor cricket and soccer and a handful of footy games (when women could only play in one-off or exhibition matches). If I had been a boy I would have played AFL. Basically, anything with a ball I was into!

The email you are sending to is the right one team@saneforums.org Sometimes it takes a few days for someone to get back to you so keep looking out for a reply. If it is urgent then use the Post Options at the top right hand corner of a post and 'Flag for moderator'. You can also alert the moderator on duty by using the @moderator tag here.

If there is something specific you think I may be able to help with then by all means let me know and I can see what I can do.

In response to: Re: Living with Ourselves

Re: Living with Ourselves

Hey @tonys ,

I just want to confirm, Yes, we HAVE received your letter. It is being passed on to relevant stakeholders.

We're on to it!

Keep safe there on your Moon Base 🙂

@Zoe7

4,391 - 4,400 of 4,946