@Taylor-RO  this isn’t something I am just fed up with I CANNOT deal with this and I CANNOT cope and everyone just expects me to keep going and put up with it but it is literally killing me and I can’t do it I do not have the ability to keep this up forever and frankly at some point it is going to be out of my hands completely it won’t be about me trying to soldier on it will be how long it takes for my body to give up and then everyone will act shocked and say if only she tried to get help only I was trying but not a single person listened and I will pay for the consequences with my life.  ... View more

Sorry Is anybody around? ... View more

@Eden1717 I'll try that then. ... View more

It's okay now @Bananatime04. I tried to call up, and it turns out that it's better when I call. I'm going to use the call more often, and I talked to a different person. Your counsellor is a bit busy lately, but its okay now. Thank you for trying to get me in touch with her though. I'll try and talk to her another time, I promise. ❤ ... View more

I'm another huge AC fan! I've been playing Pocket Camp for years (currently at level 234 - I may have spent several hundred hours playing it - oops 😅) So excited to have New Horizons out now! The new Easter event is very cute but also annoying in some ways. I JUST WANT TO CATCH SOME FISH. STOP GIVING ME ALL THESE WATER EGGS :P ... View more

Yesterday: 1. Made another batch of muffins (mixed berry this time!) 2. Watched some more of the new Clone Wars 3. Finished reading another book Today: 1. Got myself showered and dressed at a decent time 2. The house is clean 3. Might start a new jigsaw puzzle this afternoon :) ... View more

@drpenguin woooo this looks so good, I am addicted to hummus! Would it work if I add everything to a nutribullet, do you think?   ... View more

Hey @Bento, it sucks that your family is fighting and that this is having an impact on you. As you mention, it is quite inevitable unfortunately. Disagreeing, arguing and irritability is quite common when any two people are stuck together for a long period of time. The only thing you can really focus on is how you fight and how you respond to the fighting. The fact that you get along with your family most of the time is a really good sign - it shows that you really care for and appreciate each other.   You mentioned that there is a lack of respect for each other's space. Is this something you have talked about with your family members? How would you feel about setting boundaries within your house? The situation we are all in is quite unique at the moment.. some of us may have never spent this much time with our families before!   ... View more

Thank you @drpenguin! Congrats to everyone else! ... View more

Hey @Hozzles  Sorry to hear about your mate, I have had that before where you don't feel valued. At at time like this that would hurt even more. Recently I have been working on letting people know the impact they are having on me, it doesn't always change the situation but I often feel better that I had my voice heard (I got that tip from @Bre-RO ) Do you think you could check in with your mate and let them know whats happening for you and how they are making you feel?     @Bananatime04 great links! ... View more

I hope your sleeping medication helps @Bananatime04, I read your other post about the difficulties you have been having It is really good that you started your essay.. 1300 words is a lot to get done in one day, good job! Does Eddie mind when you trim his eyes? My family dog has the same problem - he has such long face hair I have been meaning to show you this photo of him, I hope you find it as funny as I do! I promise he isn't sad, he is just very gentle and polite! He lets us wash him without making a fuss.      I had a few meetings today.. and I did a workout inside. Nothing too exciting! Thank you for asking  ... View more

Helloooo,, my name is Ollie I'm new here yeet   If you could have any animal as a pet, what is your dream pet? hm probably just a cute little cat! I love cats so muchhh   What TV show are you currently binge-watching? Itaewon class 😅😌 I love k-dramas and anime   What was your dream job when you were a child? Probably like,, a youtuber or something,, I wanted to be one of those real cool gamer guys 😔   If you could ask any animal just one question, what would it be? yes   Is cereal soup? why or why not? no, just no ... View more

That’s pretty cool @SomeoneNADJS :) ... View more

Hi @Hozzles 👋 I'm trying to stay off here atm because I'm in a really bad place atm but I just saw part of your post come through to my email and I wanted to jump on and reply quickly. So I apologize in advance if I'm not on again later to help, just wanted to let you know.  I'm really sorry to hear how tough things are for you at the moment. I just wanted to let you know I can 100% relate to what you've said. I used to hide the truth from my psych all the time because I was so scared. I still do now. But last year I wrote her a list on one of my good days. I had decided like you that I was so sick of living like this and just want to deal with my shit and start living my life instead of being anxious and depressed almost 24/7. So I wrote her a list of things I wanted to work on. It was absolutely terrifying handing it over to her because some of it was stuff I'd never told anyone, and even then, I decided to keep some things off just incase. But I know she appreciated it. We had been working together for months and she kept telling me how I'm such a tough egg to crack so she found it helpful and didn't have a clue I was trying to deal with half the things I was. We are yet to talk about alot of it cause of where I'm at atm but she knows I want to get there eventually. The only advice I have to give it to make sure you really trust your psych because idk about you but I HATE being vulnerable and don't deal well which is why it took me months to let her in. And even now I've pushed her away and asked her to leave me alone. So just make sure you trust the psych. If you're seeing a new one maybe get to know them a little first before you go sharing all the details to make sure they're the right fit for you? Idk. I have terrible trust and attachment issues so was just a big thing for me. Just realise that once they know, they know. I also really like your idea of coding it into importance - I didn't do that and I think it would have helped alot because atm my psych is struggling alot with me because she doesn't know what I want. I don't know what I want. So if you do, and you know where you want to start then I'd defs say make that super clear about topics are good to go and what ones are no goes atm!  I hope that kinda helps. If you trust who you'll be handing it over to then I say go for it! It'll help move your therapy along and hopefully see you reach those goals for change ❤ Goodluck and I really hope it all works out for you with the new psych, you've got this!!  ... View more

Good choices bro👍🏾👍🏾 ... View more

@tacket I relate to this self care a lot haha!   I did self-care by waking myself up by sitting outside in the cold fresh air :) ... View more

What's happening in April 2020 ?   Whew. It's finally April - I think it's safe to say that March 2020 was a massive, sometimes turbulent and very challenging month for a lot of us here.    We're really excited about all of the events we have lined up for this April, and we hope that they are all things that the community will find helpful as we all adjust to the "new normal" that we are living in now... so here is the calendar of events for April 2020!    We know these Easter holidays will probably be a weird time for all of us, with people's normal travel plans and gatherings with friends and family no longer able to go ahead. So we are planning a lot of different activities, and will be focusing on wellbeing and special discussions about how we can all look after our mental health, and find new ways to connect     Ask a Pro: COVID-19  We know a lot of you have had questions about COVID-19, and there's so much bad information and fake news out there. So for this month's Ask A Pro we will have a medical doctor and a mental health professional to answer all of your questions about staying mentally and physically well. This will be on 23rd April, we will post closer to the date with bios, and a form where you can submit your questions.    Special Discussions   We will have 3 special discussions this month. Our first one will be around setting boundaries, which is something that is on a lot of people's minds as we all navigate changes to our work lives and home lives that many of us didn't prepare for or expect.  Then, we will discuss maintaining routine, and finally we will have a discussion on Life Swaps - or how to do the things you love when life has changed.    Getting Reals   We have two getting reals lined up for the month - the first one will kick off next Monday April 6th, about Coping With Uncertainty. Our second GR will be on Accessing Mental Health Online.   AMAA: We will be hosting an AMAA (ask me almost anything) with one of our fantastic volunteer mods, on his experiences in mental health advocacy. Time TBC, this will be a fantastic discussion, we're really excited to learn more about the possibilities out there in the youth mental health advocacy space.    Weekly Wellbeings   March saw some fantastic Weekly Wellbeings, from favourite pets, to ways to maintain self-care while living at home. Check out the archives here, and keep an eye out every Wednesday for a new Weekly Wellbeing activity! ... View more

@dragon3  it sounds like a really tough situation with your dad, well done to you for having taken steps in the past like ringing child services. That must have taken a lot of courage, and it shows that you are really resourceful in taking steps to protect yourself.    Your safety is really important to us and we want to be transparent with you as we are mandatory reporters, and that means that there are times when we are required by law to report concerns we have for someone's safety. This is part of our community guidelines    We are required to make a report when we believe a young person or child is at risk of harm from someone else, or when we believe someone may be at risk of harm from themselves or to others. It also means that if you're feeling like you're not safe, we are able to make a report on your behalf if needed.    I'm also wondering if you have a counsellor or trusted adult that you can talk to, if you're feeling unsafe or like you want to self harm? It can be really helpful to talk to someone about those feelings, and services like lifeline (13 11 14) and suicide callback service (https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/) are free, and available 24/7 if you feel like you need some crisis support.    It's good that you were able to eat something today, do you feel like you will be safe tonight?  ... View more

Happy Wednesday ReachOut Community!    After some maintenance with the Builder Training, we will be doing another intake the builders program again this week! I am going to be reading over all the applications in the next two days. So, if you are interested in volunteering, or just want to learn some new skills, you can apply here! ... View more

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share something that was sent to me today!    Taronga Zoo now have Taronga TV (24/7 animal enclosure live streaming!) :) I think the feedings are live too, so you can watch all the animals  ... View more

Aww @WheresMySquishy  that is so lovely! Thanks for sharing.  ... View more

@mrmusic awww thanks, that baby is soo cute *hugs back* ... View more

@Khajiit   I'm so glad that you managed to find some answers and that you're still here today! :) @Tiny_leaf   FND symptoms can be so confusing... They can be really hard to spot. Sometimes, they can resemble other conditions (we thought my sister had MS at first) and they're often different for each person. Not knowing what is causing them can be really scary. :( My sister has been starting to get blurred and distorted vision. I was trying to work out whether it's like what I have or whether it's related to her FND. I think it's FND related because it sounds a bit different to my problem but we will raise the issue with her team when we are able to have an online meeting with them. I've had a lot of experience with overlapping and vague symptoms over the years. It's kind of frustrating if you have other conditions in the same part of your body. I get pain and other symptoms in my eyes and my ophthalmologists aren't sure whether they are from the scar in my right eye or my blepharitis, or both. They can only guess that the scar is causing problems if the left eye responds to treatment of the blepharitis but not the right eye. Unfortunately, each treatment takes months to find out whether it has helped and most things don't work at all. ... View more

@Janine-RO Lol! Your fur children are so cute and adorable! Love the gifs too! I’m definitely enjoying having a fur child around. She was surrendered for whatever reason, but she’s really good! She was also an indoor dog, but we adopted her for being an outside dog. ... View more

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Hey @Rattata,    I'm late to this thread but I wanted to hop on because I can relate!  I'm also in a situation where I can't see my boyfriend a lot just in general (pandemic or not). It's been tough but it got easier over time and we're almost at our one year anniversary. I'm not sure how we managed to keep everything good and see each other the number of times we did, but I can tell you that as someone who has had to mainly see their boyfriend on a screen, it does get easier  I want to give you some hope and offer you a positive outlook.    Some of these have already been suggested but you could do a lot of activities together over Facetime such as cooking, painting, watching Netflix/Youtube, playing the 21 Questions game for quality conversation (I find this particularly fun because it brings up childhood memories that are so fun to talk about and you learn stuff about them you never knew before), finding games on your phone that are multiplayer (we do a lotta mariokart haha), sharing memes (ofc) and lastly, idk if this applies to you, but my boyfriend and I are of the same faith and we often do devotions in the morning together and give each other comfort so we are able to stay calm in a time of anxiety and uncertainty.   Hope these suggestions are fun and helpful for you! Sending love your way  ... View more