My Mosaic

hi @Bow

Re not venting, I find that very hard to understand. I would say 80 percent of the forum is venting.
It would be nearly impossible to monitor what is and isn't venting.
I certainly didn't know that rule and have seen many people vent, or express grief which doesn't always need a positive spin.

I understand some ppl feel uncomfortable with negative emotions but in my view that can be quite traumatising and only perpetuate stigma.

The first time I felt safe was going to a PARC where everyone was having a hard time and I didn't have to "pretend." This should be a space for not needing to put on happy faces, as if someone is here it's likely they experience struggles with mental health, and thats ok.

Exactly @EternalFlower @sometimes there just isn’t anything positive. Are we suppose to make things up? Or just throw some completely random comment in at the end to shift gears?
things are real hard for me at the moment and when I’m pulled up for this stuff for just simply trying to reach out, it’s just a huge kick in the guts while I’m already down. Suppose to be a place for complex mh but ya gotta have ya sh!t together to be here. And the worst part is when you get the email and there is no care for you as a person just a copy and paste to do the right thing.

im gonna go now cause I’ve probably said too much

thanks though @EternalFlower

@Bow no worries bow i just wnted to offer you what you offered me, which is to know someone else has experienced similar.

@Bow up to you to decide how you want to see it. You mentioned not being in a good headspace tonight so it's okay to feel overwhelmed trying to take in this information. Many members will add 'I'm safe' at the end of their posts to ensure that the community - and staff - know that there's no cause for worry.

@EternalFlower it has never been asked of members to pretend to be or to say they're happy when they're not. It is about the scope of support that can be provided here, and ensuring that the community is safe.

If either of you have feedback about the forums guidelines or any moderator processes you can direct it here, where it might be seen by those with oversight of forums policies and practice.

@Jynxiperhaps I misread it

I do feel more support could be offered here to @Bow and see their perspective.
I perhaps misunderstood, and felt the ruminating thing was a bit odd.

Keeping ppl safe is very important. I'm sorry this discussion is too triggering for me and has brought me down a bit, so I am going to leave this thread. Thanks and have a lovely evening.

Hey @Bow

Hi @tyme

Did you do much today?

Any more cricut projects @Bow ?

No @tyme I spent all day on the couch. Lazy. Had a really bad flare up of a medical condition during the night and I’m feeling pretty fragile in all honesty.

I sat and watched tv and cut flowers out, which i should have been able to do on my cricut but couldn’t erase the background properly. So cut it out by hand- gave me something to do with my hands.

@Snowie hope you recovered from all that social stuff yesterday. D ended up coming home last night. She FaceTimed me at 7:50pm, in bed by 8pm and I get a msg at 8:20 saying she wants to come home 😳

Sounds like D is a home-body too? Was she at her dad's?

@Bow , I saw a girl make these awesome flowers using pipe cleaners. It looked so cool! Pipe cleaners are the latest. She said she learnt it from tik tok. Do you know what I'm talking about? Sorry... I don't even know what to call them