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recoverydust

ok bread eventually rising - fingers crossed
followed destructions on back of yeast tin....
we can only wait and see
xxx

miggy

Morning recoverydust.

Popped over to see how you are as my user CP tells me very unsubtly that you have been awake all night! However, if most people made as much good use of being awake all day as you do of the night, surely the world would be a better place and my garden would be immaculate. Not so, alas.

Have a good day, I hope you don't nod off during the haircut and the bread behaves itself.

P.S. Are you averse to abbreviations? 'Recoverydust' is quite long... would it be all right to call you Dusty or something?

ani_26

recoverydust wrote: »

posted earlier on another board
anyone think its harsh?
Oh dear, poor you !
number of pragmatic suggestions that you can rationalise away, but everyone in here talking with you knows EXACTLY where you are and how you feel and how easy it is to stay negative, depressed and resistant to change. Well done you for keeping it up!
If you really do exhibit the characteristics you describe then maybe you have bipolar - the sleep pattern and bouts of hypermania and your style and content of writing suggest that you have a tendency to mood swings in both directions.
Should that be the case, and you can easily research online, there are good diagnostic quizzes, then that means you have a severe and enduring mental health issue - maybe present to your gp as grandiose, verbose and argumentative, having stayed up a long time and got into debt..... that should at least provoke an assessment.
Maybe you could take yourself to A and E in the same state, they could even section you if you play it right. You would then have no personal responsibility and rest assured they would medicate you on a whim. Average stay for assessment (section 2 in England and Wales) is 28 days, then if they find you do have a mental health disorder they can section you for up to 6 months. And there is no point in protesting whilst detained - thats a manifestation of your disorder.
still you would then be entitled to DLA and whatever the benefits were then, which is just as well because you would have to try and pick up your life maybe 7 months along the line.
ALTERNATIVELY:
You could ask about tri-cyclic anti depressants, they are older than SSRI's which is what citalopram is. They act differently on the brain and some people tolerate them better. They do take about a week to kick in, and you can get mild, very non life threatening, kind of make you feel weird side effects, but they go away and then your mood starts to lift.
well mine did
You could get a self help book, there are enough on depression
You could look at recovery sites
http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com/about/
is a good starting point
you could set a small goal every day and post it here we can cheer you on
you could do somethign nice for yourself and tell us about it
you could take yourself and your life and your health seriously
you could start to recover
you could ask for help and accept it

peace be
nicky

I read that, too. Just don't read or rise to it?

ani_26

Popperwell wrote: »

It's an honest and open thread and echos what for many is life in 21st century UK and what you say is true Ani26...

And many who have never had to try for or use the system will need to quite soon and are in for a shock...it is not as they believe when they see and what the media reports...

Too true. There are many people who will be in for a shock if they have the misfortune to be faced with the " welfare state". Could potentially be even more, as in my opnion, services which are already stretched to the limit helping " us lot ", will have themselves have their staff off work with stress. I already see it with my " little helpers". It must be so stressful, in itself, having to support the likes of people like us. The case loads and resources of services already stretched to the limit, can only snap?

prepareathome

Morning Recoverydust, just swinging by on a horrid wet day to say hope today is a level one for you, hugs xxxx

ani_26

miggy wrote: »

P.S. Are you averse to abbreviations? 'Recoverydust' is quite long... would it be all right to call you Dusty or something?

Familiarity breeds contempt? :rotfl::rotfl:

recoverydust

Dusty is a cool name - why didnt i think of that
And i walked up the aisle to son of a preacher man.....
oooh i adore Ms Springfield
please call me Dusty ... i shall be walking on air every time i read this

lots of love
dusty
xxx

recoverydust

ani_26 wrote: »

I read that, too. Just don't read or rise to it?

I wrote it on another persons thread.....
was it too harsh
it didnt seem to be, in context

Glorious sunshine here this morning
DH in bath, bread may be rising....
Flat awesomely tidy in parts
new ikea chair and footstool coming today... naff 2 seater sofa leaving at the same time
2 days till i hit 52
gosh what a 2 years....

DH doing his 6 week wellness recovery action planning training today

I swear by WRAP

http://copelandcenter.com/sites/copelandcenter.com/files/attachments/WRAP%20for%20Everyday%20Lives_0.pdf

its a powerpoint pdf... but worth a look at if you are curious about mental health and recovery

off to do some OS things

xxx

miggy

ani_26 wrote: »

Familiarity breeds contempt? :rotfl::rotfl:

Or in some cases, respect. Just think that because I haven't shortened yours yet...

:eek::eek::eek: I think I have just worked out your real name! :eek: Maybe not? Well, if I have you must have been laughing.

Well, I'm not going to say, because I might well be wrong and if I'm not you would rather I didn't anyway.

recoverydust wrote: »

Dusty is a cool name - why didnt i think of that
And i walked up the aisle to son of a preacher man.....
oooh i adore Ms Springfield
please call me Dusty ... i shall be walking on air every time i read this

lots of love
dusty
xxx

Dusty is a very cool name, Dusty. Even my spell checker doesn't dare underline it.

How is the bread? And the hair cut?

recoverydust

Bread is bread like .... How cool is that. It worked and tastes yummy in my tummy
The morning tv woman did bread with eggs and milk and raisins - so that's next... Probably soon. I mean how wrong can this bread thing go?

I am going to keep trying till I am good at it.

Haircut in jeopardy... My needy friend needs childcare....
DH will be doing it, so it might be ok for me to pop over the road for a snip.

Must go do my ablutions and change into a Tuesday person

Xxx