Depression Support Thread

Tiff_2

Hi may!
I am well versed and much experienced at having to deal with such peeps. When you feel well enough, and assuming you want to - I don't mean to pry - post some details about how you're affected for me, and I'd be more than happy to try and see if I can come up with some thoughts and resources for you.
Much Love,
Tiff xxx

Miroslav

Tiff wrote: »

Hi miro hun!:hello:
Good to catch up with you sweetie.;)

A little something for both of you...



Big hugs to you and pusscat, angel.
Much Love,
Tiff xxx

Thanks Tiff :T

I should add, that she is going back to the vet next Monday and she could be fine after all this, but to be fair, it doesn't look good.

I may have made it sound in my previous post (14 years, best friend etc) that she was on deaths door, which she may not be, although I think it's fair to say if she gets through this, it would be amazing to have her for longer. Every day is a bonus right now, but even the vet is amazed at her calmness, fight and her improvement in her weight and liveliness in the past week.

Whatever happens, her bravery is something I can only admire and hope I would have half of it, if I were ever in her situation. She's behaving like she was before she started getting elderly - it's like having the young her back. I just hope this is not one last hurrah (is that right?) Whatever, she will always make me proud to have known such a lovely creature.

Tiff_2

Hi guys!
How's us this morning? No, don't ask me - I haven't even decided how I was yesterday yet! So here we are on Tunasday.

Is it just in my area, or is everyone being subjected to more explosions than used at the D-Day landings?! Ruddy fireworks!
I mentioned before that it'll go on from now, until seemingly mid-January. It seems we've picked up a foreign habit of using them for birthdays and other occasions too. I think it's just better to attend a civic display - a lot safer and quite MSE overall.

It's probably just me and my twisted sense of logic and humour - don't say a word, sazzy! - but doesn't it seem strange to anyone else that here we are, ever conscious of terrorism and the prevention of such acts, and yet from late October every year, you can walk into any supermarket/shop as an adult and quite openly buy enough pretty miniature explosives to invade the Isle of Wight, right along with your pint of milk and your bag of catnip?!!! Erm...maybe I think too much?!

Safe journeys guys.
Much Love,
Tiff xxx

Tiff_2

Hi guys!
Talking of war - ?! - did anyone else watch an amazing programme on BBC 4 and a half - - last night, called ''A Poem For Harry''?
The Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, was writing a poem about Harry Patch who, at the tender age of 109, (God bless him!), is the last known surviving British soldier from World War I. He's already had a biography written about him. When Andrew went to meet him, he asked questions about the war amonst other things, and whether Harry remembered that time still and whether he thought about it.

The elderly hero fell silent. I watched Harry as he tripped back over time and took himself back to the there and then. You could see his own personal sorrow but on his lovely face, there seemed to be sorrow for humanity as well.

Apparently, Harry started having flashbacks just a few years ago due to the trauma, when the lights in the linen room at his care home opposite his bedroom started flickering and flashing. Yet there he was, aged 109, with all the modesty and great dignity of a true hero, and he stated, almost like a justification or as a need to explain his actions as a soldier, that he never deliberately tried to kill anyone, that he never shot to kill but to wound instead.

Andrew Motion made a remark that hit home to me. In essence, I think he meant that it was very sad that Harry Patch was the last surviving soldier of World War I, because once this man, this precious link of humanity passes on, everything Harry experienced would no longer have the effect and impact that a personal experience and viewpoint has with its telling. And then those awful days will be consigned to the colder and more impersonal history books.

Well I for one, will never forget Harry Patch and all that he stands for.

When I go and buy my poppy every year, I always say to the veterans selling them, 'Thank you for what you did for us.' I can only imagine their courage and what they went through for us, and I think a sincerely meant 'thank you' from a much younger person than themselves, is the best tribute we can offer them. It shows they are truly not forgotten.

Dare I say it but, in one way, there is a very small kind of parallel to our situations. Harry brings it all to life, makes it real with each telling, makes you think, makes you remember, makes you feel and empathise and understand.
And I see that same kind of courage here when we tell our own humble stories. By such sharing, we are in fact helping to fight mental health stigma and the reward is realising that we are not fighting alone. I'm privileged to know you.

Sorry guys - totally off topic, I know. You'll have to forgive this soggy, sentimental old Tiffster - why can you never find a tissue when you need one?!:rolleyes:
Much Love,
Tiff xxx

absolutebounder

There were these two priests who rode bikes to church every Sunday. Well one day one of the priests showed up to work without his bike. The other priest asked where his bike was so the first priest said, "I don't know, but I think it got stolen!"

The other priest said, "Well what you do is read off the Ten Commandments, and when you get to "Thou shall not steal" someone will confess to the crime."

The next time the two saw each other the priest had his bicycle back. "I see you got your bike back! Did you do what I said?" the one priest said.

The other said, "Well kind of, when I was reading the commandments and I got to Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery, I seemed to remember where I had left it."

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,

Hope all is well,I am fine,I got up with a bad shoulder this morning as it hurt,had breakfast and then watched a bit of Animal 24:7 and Jeremy Kyle,then I did my bathroom and kitchen and also tackled the ironing and soon it was all done and dusted,then went for a nice walk and then went to Boots,got a bagette from a shop which I like and then came home to make Plaice and jacket potatoe.Meeting some friends about 1pm for a coffee today.

Have a lovely day!

*hugs* to those that need one


love and light,

Katie xxx

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,

I didnt meet up with friends but I still had coffee out anyway and it was nice relaxing now this afternoon and not doing alot.

love and light,

Katie xxx

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,

I am so so excited as on December 20th I am going to Exeter in the evening for a christmas celebration concert with Will Young,Josh Ackland and Christopher Timothy as guests.I am so so happy,It only cost me £15 instead of £22 so a few pounds was saved,should get ticket tomorrow in post as the lady is posting it out to me today,had to pay £1 for postage of which I didnt mind at all.I am so lucky as in December I see Will on 9th December as well for his tour.

A very happy Katie xxx

LadyMorticia

Please excuse my absence lately.I'm having a hard time at the moment, and the fact that somebody's jealousy is ruining my birthday plans isn't helping, just like the fact that they keep letting me down isn't either.

I'll be alone on my birthday anyway, but I wanted to do a little early celebration with the most special people in my life. Well, two of those can't come. I understand their reasons so I'm not resentful. December is a very busy month for them so I'm okay with it. We'll be doing something in January anyway. However, someone else is very jealous of Sam and I so now I have to do two celebrations just so she doesn't feel like a third wheel. She was going to bring her girlfriend but then Karl will feel like a third wheel so I pointed that out to her so now instead of having all my special people together, it will be split into two celebrations - Sam and I the weekend before my birthday and Gemz and Karl the weekend after.
Then Gemz is still not sure if she's coming next week and if she doesn't it'll be the second time she's let me down. This is why I never rely on anyone and only rely on myself.

The only reason I haven't gone insane today is because I'm listening to the song "Unglamorous" by Lori McKenna on repeat. It's a really upbeat positve song. Here's the link if you'd like to listen to it: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KWyKLBK6Uz0
It's only half of the song though but tis still great

xx

xx

Contains_Mild_Peril

Music is a great sanity preservative. I hope your birthday celebrations all go well in the end.
Miroslav, sending get well wishes to your poor cat.
I don't want to get all political here, but now I've heard the US Presidential Election result, I'm glad I stayed up for it.