Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 3

Torry_Quine

Faerie its hard but try not to stress. They are coming to assess you a not the flat. If you get in a state , don't worry, they've seen it before and will be able to know what is 'normal' stress and what is your illness.

System

I don't buy scratchcards often (they tend to be bought during manic episodes) but for some reason today i thought sod it and bought a £2 one......



....and ended up winning £50!!! :eek: :j

I feel rich :rotfl: i'm gonna save it towards my 30th birthday (my friend has offered to buy me a ticket and hotel for an all dayer gig i want to go to in May. I wasn't going to go due to money issues but ive decided it shall be my 30th birthday celebrations and the money i would have spent on a night out in october shall go towards this instead. )

Torry_Quine

Messed up that's brilliant news. Enjoy it

Georgiegirl256

Pyxis wrote: »

Sigh. Now I want one of those tiny, weeny teddies.
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They're adorable! :happyhear: I got my Mam one of these http://www.teddydelivery.co.uk/steps/1 when she went in hospital to get her spleen out. She tucked it into her on pajama top pocket!

surveyqueenuk

Try not to worry faerie. I assume that the clutter is only there because you are too ill to do anything about it. In a way, that makes it a symptom of your conditions. It is important that the psychologist/assessor sees all your symptoms, so they get a true picture of how things are. If they call round and find a spotless show flat, konmari-d to the hilt, then they're only going to think that you can manage perfectly well.

Your clutter could actually help you : )

Pyxis

faerielight wrote: »

I'm getting nervous guys.. I've got my assessment for the trauma BPD service on fri.. a clinical psychologist and another worker are coming to my home.. my flat is so cluttered, I feel embarrased them coming to my home. And I'm worried that I will do my default mode of angry, stressy rant.. I really want to be articulate, but I feel so overwhelmed at the sheer variety of problems, it's going to be hard to summarise in a nutshell.. so much trauma and illness has happened in the last 5 years since I last got mental health support .

Have you kept a written record of everything?
If so, give them a copy.
If not, have you got time to sit down and complle a timeline?

What about any letters you have written to the hospital/doctor?

Remember the meeting you had with the hospital official recently? You did very well there! Did you keep any notes from that?


Plus, you could go over the posts you've made on here........they will remind you of events and how you were feeling.

Pyxis

MessedUp, congrats on your win! And an advanced birthday is a great idea! Think of the memories you'll have of the gig! Better than just splurging on a meal!



Torry, how are you feeling? :A
Did you have a read of Whitewing's article? I'm sure it will help you.

Bexs, how are you doing today? :A Have you been able to have another talk with your OH?



Just seen on the news about the hedgehog cafe in Japan!
It's ok, you don't eat the hedgehogs! It's a cafe where you can handle baby hedgehogs.
I'll go and google it................

.........no pictures, only videos.,if you want to, you read about it and see the video here:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/07/hedgehog-cafe-opens-in-tokyo-to-promote-animals-softer-side

Apparently, they also have cafès with cats, rabbits, owls, hawks and snakes.

calleyw

Morning Shipmates,

hugs, handshakes, squishes to all.

Well my cold seems to be getting worse. bunged up nose, throat worse and ache all over. and to cap it all TOTM as well :rotfl:

My lodger had a mini breakdown the other night. So being the good land lady am trying to support him. When I can hardly support myself. He is very dismissive of medication. I told him not to be. I said its about the only thing that lets me function on some sort of level. And can help short term. he has this idea that you get hooked on it :mad:

Right I am on the sofa, nothing unusual. it must be bad as brought a pillow and my teddy dog down with me lol!!!!

Everyone take care.

Catch you all later

Yours

Calley

heartbreak_star

Fantastically tired HBS today! Not sleeping well coupled with lots of jogging and cheer work is not too good. Shame I'm not losing any weight from it though - and combined with feeling low I think it's time for a docs trip.

On the plus side - I've managed to pay off two debts this week, getting there slowly but surely

HBS x

onomatopoeia99

Also a very tired person today, woke up with a dead arm in the night on several occasions. No idea why I kept sleeping in a funny position. Making absolutely no progress at work today, just want to go back to bed!

My Italian class met yesterday evening without our teacher (who has not long given birth to her first child so is not working at the moment) for a bit of practice. It's scary how quickly one forgets after a few weeks of not having any lessons. Not sure quite how productive it was though, we spent more time drinking tea and eating cake than talking Italian I think