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I'm sorry

I'm sorry

Hi there everyone. Lately I haven't been getting much out of the forums and to some extent it's actually making me a bit anxious. One or two weeks ago I took a break for a few days and it was good because it allowed me to focus on other things. I don't blame anyone on here for anything bad that has happened, but I sometimes feel like there is a bit of a clique or groups that I can't really be a part of. I usually try to tag many people in my posts, sometimes joining in on other ones but I feel like this is probably just annoying a lot of people. It's just a weird feeling I have and I find that checking the forum too much can make that anxiety worse. Lately I'm just not getting support on here as much as I used to. I appreciate that everyone is going through their own battles with mental health, but I do sometimes feel that talking about successes I have had are not helping other people and so I feel like I'm getting ignored. There have been a few times in the past week or two that have made me feel uncomfortable on here. I don't want to single people out.

I am not going to delete my account. But I am going to limit the amount of times I check the forums. When those times are will just depend on the individual day. But I'm doing this with a heavy heart because I do like it here, but I get the impression that people don't care or don't want to hear about my life and that some people are bored by it.

I hate that I am saying this, but I need to express this rather than keep it bottled up.

Thanks for listening.

@Zoe7 @outlander @oceangirl @TAB @Appleblossom @Faith-and-Hope @BryanaCamp @Bill16 @eth @Bunniekins @Meowmy @Former-Member @Shaz51 @BlueBay @Former-Member @Former-Member @saturnzoon

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I am feeling a bit better thank you all.

Just need to figure out job situation.

Thanks again for your understanding too because this does help 🙂

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Hey again @MDT

Just wondering if you could tag me on your thread. I'm pretty handy with employment stuff if you're open to it.

It's hard to know which threads belong to who and if I'm welcome to join in. Just ask an' I'll come-a-runnin'! 😊

Take care;

Hope xo

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Glad you are feeling a bit better Hams

@MDT

I am thinking that the Mental health field needs to refine how it approaches the concept of "peer."

Groups wil congregate naturally around shared interests and shared experiences. Often that may be around shared experiences relating to health, ethinicity, or sex or gender or age or when they met, and position in the human life cycle.

If being in psych hospital or psych meds is only thing people share then communicating is unlikely to go deep or for a long time.

A group may be different to a clique, which tends to be more exclusive and has gatekeepers ...

I feel most of the long term members on this forum have put a lot oc concerted effort dedicated to reaching out and being inclusive. It may not feel that way to newcomers, but there is a substantive difference in witnessing others having good connections and actively being excluded....

There are also differences in feeling a sense of envy or seeing something modelled and wanting to join in or have something similar. Maybe there are ways to dance around these issues for everyone's benefit. Am getting into Circle Dances a bit lately. Lots to learn from them .... there can be inner circles and outer circles .... and do they really matter ....

Hugs Hams

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I guess it's just part of it @Queenie because of our MH. Makes us doubt lots of things etc. I like seeing you on here and I like getting to know you though so you are a welcome voice here 🙂

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Hear hear @Appleblossom You nailed it on several issues.

Hope your day is one of the better ones @MDT

@Queenie I do notice when I don't see you around, especially on the NDIS thread where we've connected the most. If you have another thread that you're mostly on please tag me there.

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Indeed @Appleblossom 🙂
Hey @eth @Queenie

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Hey @MDT hope today is going well for you and you're getting some positive responses to all your job search efforts.

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Cheers @eth
One of the deadlines hot extended so that reassuring.
Gonna spend rest of the day looking up more stuff to apply for and writing up a piece for the IO I work for voluntarily.
Hope your day is going well
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