Hi Mel, I am apparently too fast for the others. So I am just going it alone. Kinda got stuck on chapter three. The art is remembering to come on. Will get there one day. Julie

Or Epic Olympics

Like Epic Fail Awards

Read about the mouse looking for the cheese and the mouse fleeing the owl.
This makes sense to me. When I am making goals and working out ways to achieve my goals. I get more and more creative. The more goals I achieve the more my mood improves.

I get the sense of isolation a lot. I find it really difficult to be reliant on my family. This means I can only make friends online. The problem with this is you do not know when people will reply. Online isn’t the same as meeting someone in person or knowing you can telephone them.
I often feel isolated and this leads to me feeling low in mood a…[Read more]

I have tried the binaural beats before and found it makes me feel quite on edge and the opposite of relaxed.
I might give it another try though.

I am going to explore more music this week.

I also find audiobooks good because I can escape into a favourite book that I know well.

I think I am more of an ears type person.

I have been…[Read more]

Thank you for the replies. I will ask them straight out. My next meeting is 6th June 2023. Currently enjoying the peace and quiet of them leaving me alone with the once per week support worker. The care agency are treating me similar to how council are treating me but they are at same meeting on 6th June 2023. So will hear question too.

I am wondering if my safe space could be in a piece of music. I often like to close my eyes when I am overwhelmed but do not like silence. I am going to explore pieces of music. Like ones by Holst as this has angry and calm sections that my mind can become lost in. For me it will probably be classical music or Christian music but I guess any music…[Read more]

I cannot do the exercises because they go against my respiratory physio therapy that I am having to get my breathing back to a normal pattern. I have to make sure my in breath, out breath and pause are all only done for two counts.

I could do with strategies for overwhelm that do not involve breathing. I get lots of overwhelm especially when…[Read more]

No probs. Perhaps onlyAlex and Chloe may wish to be buddy’s.
I won’t be doing a chapter per day.
Moderator I cannot find module reflections. Sorry!

Mel actually recommends doing it per day. But that is too fast for me.
Hense per week. So why not do per segment. So chapter 1 is only chapter 1. Then when we get to the bits that are 4.1 and 4.2 we can see how we do but mainly per week. My task will be remembering to do it. Off to look for the module reflections that the moderator says we need to…[Read more]

I have started again at chapter one Chloe and Alex. How fast do you want to go? Do you think one chapter per week? So next week be chapter one and discuss it?

Chapter one is called Emergency Support. What are peoples thoughts on it?

And I too am often other peoples agony aunts. They come to
Me in full meltdown. I listen and hear them. Once the meltdown is over I don’t hear from them for ages.
I try not to do this to other people. I try to ask people how they are and chat about them.
It is hard as I don’t want to bore people. I don’t have have special interest topic. My speci…[Read more]