Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

haha @Bunniekins ive usually got the shirts and things i can hang all in the lounge room but not this time. no biggie when no work/school uniforms are needed 🙂

@outlander this year I am not going to use the heaters much at all to dry things it gets so expensive ... my bill was astronomical last year!!! ridiculous.

@LadyleahRDBloom you are welcome to join us here for a coffee if you like 🙂

Those drinks and treats look very decadent @outlander. I'm just preparing some roasted pumpkin cubes to go with a salad and some falafels. My daughter will be over soon for dinner and she is a vegetarian.

How are things with you these days?

@Bunniekinsoh yes those damn bills! a few months ago (we get i think ever 3 months a new bill) our bill was over 400 but that was cause the tribe was still here. that was bad enough. we dont use the dryers or heaters really. more the air con in the heat. if you do the washing during certian times- i know after 7pm and before 8 i think it is it is cheaper as well

hi @LadyleahRDBloom nice to meet you

dinner with your daughter sounds good @soul i hope you enjoy 🙂 things arent great for me but am ok for the moment. taking it day by day and doing what i can to get through it. the next few months will be the most challanging with exposure like therapy starting up so abit tricky right now and end of march/april are my worst times

how are you going? hows your recovery going? how did you nerve test go?

@outlander That is good to know. I didnt realise that. Last winter we got a bill of $600.!!!!!!! due to drying the clothes on the heaters ... never again.

yep @Bunniekins even using the heaters and dryers during off peak is cheaper. i think it caries between states but if you take a look it comes up. origin energy had abit of info but heaps of energy providers do so doesnt really matter. they have a few power saving ideas too. after our 400 bill even though it was cause the family was there at the time as well i have been power saving as much as possible- one less bill (or cheaper) the better.

I have my recovery on another thread @outlander.

It's here - https://saneforums.org/t5/Our-experience-stories/soul-s-year-of-recovery/m-p/410692#M53819

I'm getting there.

I know what you mean about trigger times. I have a very strong memory for dates and they really upset me.

will take a read @soul yeh i hate triggers for sure. whats making it worse atm is theres a new report that is basically the same event that happened to myself and my sister but to another family and its everywhere! so needing to avoid basically all tv and fb and internet at all as my comp brings up the headlines.

good to hear your getting there though, its been a long road for you too

Yeah - stuff in the media can make for uncomfortable reading at times @outlander. I am gradually becoming desensitised but there are occasions when the most trivial of things will set me off.

I feel that I need good things in my life to replace the awful memories. Trying to be grateful for any joy that comes my way.