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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
For a while I have tried to find a thread I had started when I joined the forum that could be a "home" thread for me.
Being busy about the forum has been a coping style, where I can acknowledge all my different life experiences that had been silenced. Possibly do some good and prevent things from getting worse. Like the little boy with the finger in the dyke.
Feeling fragile
Needing Nurture
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@AppleblossomHi Appleblossom blister is on my shin due to the swelling in my legs due to my heart failure. Doc said it will take awhile to heal...... how are you my friend?xx
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Shaz51 Hi sweetheartxxx
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Emelia8 hey beautiful how are you going? sending you love and support. peaxxx
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Did they advise you of wound care? @Bunniekins
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Appleblossom I didnt have this yukky blister when I had the cardioversion. Cardioversion is a series of electric shocks to get the heart back into its normal rythm.
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AnastasiaSenior Contributor
Dropping off some love dear Apple. Hoping all is as ok as it can be for you and your boy at present 🙏
@Appleblossom
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Thanks @Anastasia
Spoke to him today. Hope to bring him home tomorrow.
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AnastasiaSenior Contributor
Hope so @Appleblossom , mine too 🙏
Will have you in my thoughts x
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVg2bfqblGI
Good ole Gabor Mate sums a lot up in a very short vid.
My worst current addiction is nail biting and food. It drives my son mad, but I have just given in to it, as the self soothing helps and the cost of bad looking nails not such a big deal in the broader scheme of things.
Attachment
Authenticity.
What happens when Authenticity threatens our attachments?
Good Question GB.
Addiction is attempt to deal with childhood trauma.
Not excusing but putting in perspective....
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AnastasiaSenior Contributor
Oh @Appleblossom I hear you!!!!
My nails are that bad at the moment that I draw bl👀d 😔
I even tell myself to stop whilst doing it but just keep going back there. Paint them occasionally in the hope I won't undo the good but yeah you got it right back there.
Food not so much but only cause I don't buy treats and real food just doesn't tempt me when I'm craving snacky stuff.
Went to Dr today, got prescribed meds, I'm on a slippery slope wanting to fall, knowing I can't I'm certain you feel this too.
Hugs Apple 🤗🍏
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