Saturday Soiree - all welcome!!

Good morning and happy Saturday @eth @NatureLover @Former-Member and whoever else is passing through.

What a fabulous feast @Former-Member

How are you today?

I myself need to start my day with a coffee/s!! ☕

Good morning @Fluttershy1

Nice to meet you.

A quiet day sounds like a good idea. Leaving these here for you.

Hi @NatureLover @Snowie and @Fluttershy1 hope the clouds clear away today for you Candydipper1. Good to meet you and see you reaching out to us forumites.

@Snowie - Nice to meet you too!
I hope your going well!!

@eth - this week has been really hard. It's been like a rollercoaster that I can't control which is scary......

ooh ah looks alright @Former-Member

I hear you @Fluttershy1 are you able to have 'me time' in the midst of what's going on for you and do some gentle self-care stuff? There are a few threads that have been going a long time about what some of those things could be ... Coping Box , Re: what’s in your tool box ? and toolbox might possibly have some suggestions that are helpful for you. I know what the roller coaster can feel like - I have bipolar 1 and complex and chronic PTSD and sometimes either or even both flare up. I'll either escalate and accelerate or go down in a heap. Neither is healthy for me. For me managing is a balance of meds, therapy, and self-monitoring and doing things that help me feel more balanced when needed. Which might be - sitting in the sunshine, gardening, planning and cooking to share with others, listening to music, writing, colouring, crochet - different things work for everyone. Sometimes it helps to have a list of such things and when you're feeling out of kilter you can refer to it for a prompt.

Morning @TAB !

I hope that your quiet day gives you some respite @Fluttershy1 take care and please use the forum for all the support you may need.

Sylvester

SANE Moderator

@Fluttershy1 I just read your anxiety, depression, DID thread and I love the expressions you put at the bottom of your first post. Another one I like is 'feel it to heal it' and at the moment I am telling myself often 'that was B4 and this is B5' - coz of lots of old memories coming up and trying to make sense of them. And one more I like is ' nothing about me without me ' ... relating to getting copies of any reports written about me, and generally having agency, choice and control in my life.

Does anyone else have a favourite expression that helps soothe MH symptoms?