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Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Unknown userMember29 Jan 2020, 12:55 pm AEDT

Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

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In response to: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Shaz51Senior Contributor25 Feb 2020, 7:21 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

@Former-Member, my greatest support is the Sane Forum first has help me sooo much

second would be my family to a point , they really do not understand

In response to: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Unknown userMember25 Feb 2020, 7:22 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

@Adge Welcome! Great to see you 🙂

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Shaz51Senior Contributor25 Feb 2020, 7:22 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

hello @Adge , @Former-Member , @Jacques

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Laeticia63Contributor25 Feb 2020, 7:23 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

I don't have time to feel alone. My role as a Carer is totally time consuming so I have no time to think about myself really. As for getting support and sharing my experiences with other mental health careers the Barwon Health meet ups and previous activities run by Wellways were a great help. Too bad they lost government funding with their take over by the NDIS / NDIA ?which has been of no benefit to me.

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Unknown userMember25 Feb 2020, 7:23 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Thanks for sharing this @Shaz51, I am so stoked to hear the forums have been a great base for social support. In regards to family am I right that sometimes this is helpful, but there are certain aspects of the role they can't quite empathise with? Keen to hear more if you're up for it 🙂

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Shaz51Senior Contributor25 Feb 2020, 7:24 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

i agree @Laeticia63 , i don`t have time to feel alone either my friend

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Unknown userMember25 Feb 2020, 7:25 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Going to carer education and coming on the forum - finding others who understood and kindly listened until I came to peace with our new reality.

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Laeticia63Contributor25 Feb 2020, 7:25 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

This is my second time posting on the Sane Carer Forum after a long period of absence. Possibly two years? I do notice that in the previous format there were many more contributions and responses!

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AdgeSenior Contributor25 Feb 2020, 7:26 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

@Shaz51said - "my greatest support is the Sane Forum first has help me sooo much

second would be my family to a point , they really do not understand".

In terms of the Forum - it's the sense of connection, not so much for advice or problem-solving.

Yep, me too - I could say almost exactly the same about my situation & family (relatives).

Adge

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Unknown userMember25 Feb 2020, 7:27 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Are you feeling alone? Carers Support and Discussion // Tues 25 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Hey @Laeticia63 good to hear there are some meetups. In terms of having no time, this does make total sense. Is there any capacity to make time for further social connection? I suppose that is one thing that's great about this forum, it's 24/7 so you can log on whenever and share what's going on with us 🙂 It sounds like you're very resilient in your role as a carer, thanks for being so open and honest. Just as a small reminder to be careful about disclosing too much info about which service provider you use for meetups, due to our safety guideline around anonymity 😊

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