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Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

Unknown userMember13 Nov 2018, 11:22 am AEDT

Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

With incoming holidays and festivities it's important to look after yourself. For this Topic Tuesday we will have a special guest from Lifeline Australia exploring this subject with us. Stay tuned for more info soon.

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RazzleSenior Contributor11 Dec 2018, 7:57 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

Hi all, I’ve come in a bit late, just read all the previous posts and am up to speed.

Im usually tanked by lunch time, I can’t remember the last time I looked forward to or enjoyed Xmas. It was made worse after I lost my 9yo son in a car accident 12 years ago. But it hadn’t been enjoyable for a long time before then.

I rarely receive a gift, I spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking - I just feel like I’m always on the outside looking in.

My only coping strategy so far is to get smashed early and except Xmas isn’t for me

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BlueBaySenior Contributor11 Dec 2018, 7:58 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

You’re so brave @Adge

I could never go thst with strangers.

Good on you x

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JumpingcactusSenior Contributor11 Dec 2018, 7:58 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

@utopia I would ideally like to tell my family I’ll just get in the car and go for a drive, but because that will appear random they might question why, and I don’t want to tell them it’s because I can’t cope but I will tell them if I have too because I’m sick of the feeling of choking and not being able to get rid of it. I find getting away helps me.

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Robert_LifelineSenior Contributor11 Dec 2018, 7:59 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

@Former-Member@Razzle@Adge@utopia@BlueBay

It is clear that you're a highly self-aware bunch :). This is where your strength is - knowing yourselves, your triggers, your needs; and self-caring around all of that

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BlueBaySenior Contributor11 Dec 2018, 7:59 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

Hugs @Razzle ❤️

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utopiaSenior Contributor11 Dec 2018, 8:01 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

@Former-Member

Getting in your car is a good plan. A short escape to resettle yourself.

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Unknown userMember11 Dec 2018, 8:01 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

@Razzle Welcome thanks for joining, and thank you for sharing That is incredibly painful of course Christmas must be incredibly challenging. Sending you a tonne of love.

Just to note too, we need to be mindful about alcohol consumption around christmas time, it can be detrimental to our emotional health and wellbeing. Recommended standard drinks is always a goer on chrissy day!

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AdgeSenior Contributor11 Dec 2018, 8:02 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

Thanks @Robert_Lifeline Yes I do get some sense of connection & belonging from events like that - if I can make myself go to them.

But I really need to take that sense of belonging & connection home with me - which I don't know how to do (doesn't usually happen).

Thanks heaps @BlueBay

Adge

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BlueBaySenior Contributor11 Dec 2018, 8:04 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

I feel a lot of my friends and co-workers don’t understand how damn difficult it is st Xmas time for people with a mentsl illness @Former-Member@Robert_Lifeline

They just have no idea.

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JumpingcactusSenior Contributor11 Dec 2018, 8:05 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // How do you support yourself through the festive season // Tues 11 Dec, 7pm AEDT

@Robert_Lifeline When you’ve suffered for years you’d think it would be easy to get rid of anxiety or depression, you learn the triggers, you learn what helps etc, just wish could learn to get rid of it, never leaves you, all the while your looking at people around you living healthy clear thinking rational lives.

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