I am struggling at the moment

@Faith-and-Hope I think WH might get a bit grumpy with you is when it takes 6hrs to have coffee and reply to us 😝😬😂😘. We will also require holiday updates not MH related to inspire us 💜😊

@Decadian @Former-Member thanks for your support. I think I'm beginning to understand that it wasn't all my fault in regards to being abandoned by my psychologist. There is no way you can't think that at the time though when it happens. I still take most of the responsibility for it though. I was even more crazy then. The inner child will take some work but I'm opening up to it slowly now.

@Decadian I'm so glad that finding the forum family has helped you a great deal too. I love that you embody a life of learning. I was hoping to start studying a cert 4 in mental health next year but I am finding it much harder to concentrate to do the homework. The class work is ok but I just don't have the attention span at the moment. This has even extended to my participation on the forum as well. A few months ago I found it much easier to read and respond to posts but lately I really have to push myself some days to respond and I often have to read posts a few times to really read them. I think recent stresses have slowed my brain. I am thinking maybe I do need to just try some volunteering that is less taxing.

Hi @Former-Member. It's lovely to meet you. I'm really pleased for you that you have found the forum to be supportive. I have been very blessed and grateful for the support here. As you have probably noticed there have been nearly 80 pages of support, encouragement, advice, virtual hugs and friendship. It has been so very helpful and such a big part of my slow recovery process.

Im sorry you had such a difficult time with your psychiatrist and that your trust was betrayed over something like that. I'm glad you have found better support. It appears you have a great deal of complex situations to deal with in life currently as well. I read your thread. I wish you all the best for your difficult time ahead and hope to see you around the forum.

Hugs to all 💜🤗

Oops @Faith-and-Hope. And of course MH issue updates too. That was a given 💜🤗

@Former-Member .... 🤗🤗🤗💕

@Former-Member

Btw .... WH will have lots of other things to get grumpy about .... just add the 6hr coffees to the pile .... 😆

Hi @Former-Member

I guess we do expose ourselves here - but then - I consider that only the people here can read what I write and no one knows who we are

So - although I have told my doctor and my psychologist I write here - I do not tell anyone anything at all about what I read or what I write - oh the pain if I was speaking about someone and another member heard me - not good - I would be really exposing myself

So @Former-Member - I consider life a lot like this - it's not what we write or say or do - it's what we think about what we write and say and do - and when we tell our stories we think we tell the world about us but in reality - the rest of the world goes on and what we say breaks up and flies away like confetti on a windy day - and all will be over and gone

But in opening up we tell our story and the dragons get smaller and the good fairies get bigger - the sandman goes away and someone else writes new stories for us

But our own story changes with us

Decadian