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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

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@Bunniekins Wishing a calm and peaceful day for you too.

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@Sophia1 wrote:

good morning @Zoe7 @Mazarita @Bunniekins @eth @CheerBear

Are you sleeping in? hmmmmm...

a mischievous group of green characters...butterflies....dancing.....healing....aliens....in an alternative fermented fuel base.....green peamobile crammed with 5 manic characters...moving at the speed of light across states....the bass strait...did you pass the barrier reef? I hope you didn't knock over the apostles.....

I was in such a giggling state reading of their antics that I then could not get to sleep...on such a high....discovered this morning had not taken my sleeping pill ....as was distracted?? up at 7am to discover one green figure still climbing the walls and discussing the discovery of wildlife in long term rigor mortis state....needless to say in full details...maggots! then it went to bats....

I might add that I was trying to eat my breakfast at the computer desk...that will teach me not to sit at the dining room table..

an extremely interesting...effective alternative to conventional methods in reducing the state of depression...

a huge thank you to all concerned who were totally non the wiser apart from the keen eye of Zoe who spotted me hiding behind a lamp post....I wonder if there was a light at the top?


I was actually just thinking the same thing today. I’m home alone and everything’s quiet and dull and I realized why I keep checking in mirrors to see how I look. It’s because what I see away from mirrors is way worse than what I see in the mirror. Sad isn’t it? I don’t know if that is typically girls or not. I’d venture a guess and say yes.

This is a subject I’d love to respond to more.

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@Bluetoo Hi Blutoo interesting your comment on mirrors. I have always been fascinated by reflections of people in mirrors. I always look at mirrors and I notice my mi children do the same (male and female) I dont think my non mi child does .... maybe it is a mi thing? ...

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I think you may be right. If your son does it too. It is kind of an ocd thing. Right?

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Morning everyone ..... 👋💕

I woke too early for how late I was up last night, but managed to stay in bed and drift off to sleep again. Unusual for me, but better .....

Getting up now to find some coffee and see whether my son slept last night ..... so hoping he did because new uni deadlines are next week, and in the five days I have been back, he hasn’t been able to engage with the almost complete assignments before starting on those that are less done. Fear of submission is the wall he has to climb over. He is fine with his music study and private language study, which he is still doing steadily ..... it’s uni that contains the phobia, but a work environent would have the same issue, if not worse.

The tension is threatening to get me down, so I have to put my own shield up against that, and stay steady myself. .... breathe .... and go find some coffee .... get out of the house .....

If situational depression gets on top of me, it’s not going to help.

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morning @Bluetoo, @Bunniekins, @Maggie

sending hugs for you and S2 @Faith-and-Hope

@Sophia1, i love your messages , thank you , most time I don`t think I am very good , it is hard just to go with the flow when your partner has bipolar2 , I am learning more myself , but mr shaz does not want to know as he thinks he is too old to change or help himself

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hello @Shaz51

I wrote a lengthy response to you about an hour ago and have not sent it....

I am not sure how tired or fragile you are feeling....

I have written about thoughts and feelings as a means of helping your load...

my concern is that in writing too much I might add to your load...

do you find lengthy responses draining? hard to take it all in? I am wondering if this might be so as you have so many different health issues with you and Mr Shaz as well as family....

So I am asking you to let me know how I can best respond to you....briefly? epic style that I am renowned for?

either way I feel for you and want to let you know that

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epic style that I am renowned for? @Sophia1,

have written about thoughts and feelings as a means of helping your load...-- love to read it @Sophia1, I might read it a couple of times

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Hello @Maggie

Lovely to find your response this morning....

i can tell that you read my every word and think carefully and compassionately about how you respond..

so warm and reassuring when feeling so fragile...

you too know of this state of mind...

One paver down....great stuff in such winter cold....Have you been out and checked it....looked at it from different angles...that is the sort of thing that I do...now that I have not worked for so long and hibernate all year round....I have so much time to look at what is all around me outside...

I find that very comforting.....do you feel this way at all?

Back pain is not as excruciating all of the time...so has eased off in constancy...

so many factors come into play...so I try not to think about the whys and wherefores other than recognising when to rest...

which at the moment is often...

this will pass I know...

Do all of the houses...rental properties have some sort of heating systems in? What sort of heating do you have?

I know someone who lives there and wonder if they are warm enough....

I am off to exercise in the pool this afternoon again...makes me feel cold just thinking about it...lovely when in the water though...worst part getting out...home..jumping in hot shower...etc ..

I hope as always that you find something to smile about in your day of keeping warm..

yesterday I watched some comedies....one series english ..the other australian....always a wonderful feeling to laugh when have forgotten last time did..

take care xx

apologies about the selection of hearts and colours on here....

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hello @Shaz51

Now that is a brilliant idea....something that I do and forget that I am...

I am not surprised though....speaks realms about how compassionate...considerate...understanding you are Mrs Shaz....

I shall wonder off to check that it has not yet disappeared in cyberspace....

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