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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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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
❤️ @Appleblossom ….
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Tearing up by your posts. Thank you. Not Alright. @Shaz51 @Faith-and-Hope @Dimity I say God help me a great deal internally, have done most of my life, though I am not one who is convinced of the existence of a loving god, even though I did teach catechetics as an early teen.
I am feeling besieged on all fronts, and when I finally speak up I am too intense. Not feeling at all resilient, had oo much stuff to deal with for far too long.
Thank you for thinking of that music for me @Dimity
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We both have a lot on. I better not write more. I may lie low and just press support buttons for a while when visiting forum.
I have appreciated our friendships Thank you
Apple
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DimitySenior Contributor
Gentle hugs @Appleblossom and the offer of a steadying hand at your back should you need -
Yes there are so many levels of meaning in what and how we communicate through direct and indirect references and remembered or learnt associations -
Best wishes for the baking and navigating the MH tribunal -
Try not to take the choir misadventures to heart, I wonder if some singers have unhealthy egos and fractured boundaries through dependence on their own personal embodied instrument - not you my friend but those who seek to impose -
I'll be thinking of you as I gingerly inch forward into social and relationship territory this week -
Take care,
Dimity
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Love e what @Dimity said @Appleblossom …. I was wondering how to articulate something similar. Sounds like you’re dealing with some narc-y type people there. @Dimity said it so eloquently ❣️
Gentle hugs from here too Hon …. gently-gently with yourself xxx
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Thank you @Faith-and-Hope @outlander @Dimity @Zoe7
@Shaz51
I think I have to work out why get attracted to narcy types I guess. Its often about hope and I see some good qualities in them, but then it turns toxic. Generally I have avoided the narcy discussions and languages and had a more academic attitude about it, but still working through the fact that I do have feelings. Ha ha .. I am hooman.
I had a beautiful day with my grandson. [Edit for anonymity.]
Today is my counsellor.
Thanks for being there for me.
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
@Appleblossom 💚💚💚
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Phew! Big sigh of relief! Got thru some tricky stuff.
Thank you for being there
@Zoe7 @outlander @Faith-and-Hope @Dimity @Shaz51
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Eve7Senior Contributor
@Appleblossom you’re a winner!
❤️💚❤️
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