Good Morning!

[Ainjoule]

@PeppyPatti Thanks so much! The interview is Wednesday, so I have a little bit more time to prepare.

@Oaktree I feel ya. It's tough isn't it when your paid employment history has been broken up by mental illness, etc hey. But I can see that you are going to study peer work when you get into your course. You will be amazing at that! 

[PeppyPatti]

This is what completely gives me faith in Sane forums @Ainjoule 

This conversation your having with @Oaktree whilst your own life is going to change. 

Incredible. 

So, iv gotten Mr Rocker to come in with me to see my Psychotherapist whilst I'm spontaneously crying. I got an emergency appointment.  

I got a hysterical phonecall from my ex husband screaming away  - he's uncaring for himself and he's delving into the deep unknown of online dating overseas women demanding money from him. 

I might contact his support coordinator from NDIS and give her a heads up if his state of mind. 

Haha. All in the day hey. 

[Ainjoule]

Hey @PeppyPatti 

Thank you for all your encouragement, I really appreciate it 😊

Sounds like a lot going on. Good on you for getting an emergency appointment with your Psychotherapist. Sounds like a plan about your ex husband, hopefully his NDIS Support Coordinator can get him some help. 

[PeppyPatti]

Yeah - I'm so impressed with your past message. 

So iv been checking with a message you sent me to get through. I say down and sent a very thorough message to Mr Buddha, my ex-husband's NDIS coordinator. I listed his concerning behaviour and what's happening for us. 

I did all this after getting a session with counsellor. We discussed my hysteria I said, I'm supposed to be better and look what I'm like. What have you done to me. 

So we discussed what trauma means and what it does. 

It was like doing all this to me for years but I was always busy with something else too like - uni, kids, etc 

I had no no idea how deep I felt. Many years ago, I belonged to a Christian church with my family. It was like a cult. Anyway to make a long story short, I left when about 17. But get this, about three months ago I had lunch with a whiz bang Psychotherapist  who left that church about the same time I did. He learned and became this Psychotherapist who profoundly affected my life when we had lunch. And all those years ago, he was profoundly affected by some bad bad things that happened to him and today, even after learning to be an amazing psychotherapist, charging $250 an hour and fully booked - he STILL can't talk about that time because he becomes undone. 

This dog was in a cafe in Boston where my step mum had a coffee. She asked the owner for a photograph of this dog, she thought she looked gorgeous.    

 

[ENKELI]

my gorgeous @PeppyPatti I avoid weddings as it triggers a trauma response in me, but you know what, I would definitely crash your wedding if I haven't already missed it 🙂 And if you prefer I can smuggle you out to a cafe with the rest of the gang - @Glisten @Bill16 @greenpea @Mustang67 @TAB  for a cuppa and a laugh. 

Apologies for the delay in replying, I actually had a weekend where I had things on for a change which was nice. Spent time with my oldest friend who ironically is 6 months younger than me 😄 and she is about the only person without a mental illness that actually seems to understand the ups and downs we go through.

How was the rest of your weekend and how are you this fine Monday afternoon/evening?

xoxo

[PeppyPatti]

Hi @ENKELI 

Yep. Trigger. Unbelievable. I did it. We will all just gatecrash somewhere else and be kind to each other. 

But my therapist is taking me shopping tomorrow for a ring for myself and wedding shoes. 

My brother's new dog 

Wedding dress  

  

[PeppyPatti]

Don't you just love being able to relax with a friend @ENKELI ? 

You nice news makes me smile. 

We have each other hey ? 👋 

My oldest brother has the cutest most loveable dog .  . 

[ENKELI]

@PeppyPatti as my friend always says we have to stay friends with each other, we know too much about the other!! We have only had a couple of tiffs where we fell out when we were younger but now we are mature enough to accept we differ in a few things and that's okay. While it will be sad that the reason we're going to scatter dads' ashes we both got excited at the prospect of a road trip. Her mum and mine knew each other from when they worked together which is how we met. Mum and her mum were also pretty close. It's a shame neither of us had kids to carry on the tradition really.

That dress will make for one of the most beautiful wedding dresses I've ever seen. When is the wedding by the way? Is it in December or did I read that wrong?

I was engaged twice and cheated on by both fiancés. As I got older I saw that marriage and kids was not in the cards for me and while I had my former Godchildren the kids side of things wasn't an issue. Trying to explain how hard it is for me to attend weddings and watch everyone else get married to my ex friend and mum was always difficult because while both of them were divorced they didn't get the whole I will never know what it is like to be a bride thing.  

I like that quote too. The puppy is so adorable! You just want to grab it and smoosh it!

Enjoy your day shopping tomorrow, it sounds like a nice outing xo

[Glisten]

@PeppyPatti I agree with @ENKELI 

the WASANE Wedding Crashers Liberation Group 😎

That wedding dress rocks!

And moosh that puppy’s face.

Bouquet of Silver Dollar?

 

[PeppyPatti]

Thanks so much. Shalt we just skip the wedding and just gatecrash @Glisten  place ?  @TAB uncle can drive ?