The Weekly Friday Feast

[Jacques]

hi @Shaz51 & @Appleblossom

Yes you are both right, but i never find a good time to be touched. and when i do i get really anxious. 

Oh no @Appleblossom, i hope things get sorted with your son soon, it can get very frustrating when you live together, i know mum and i get on each others nerves sometimes. we have our own space, and try to limit contact to make less chances for problems.

lol, play fighting sounds nice, i have never done it, i worry that it would get out of hand. or someone would get hurt. i think i will just trust your experiance with it and not experiance it myself. 

hugs to everyone. only virtual ones 🙂

Jacques

[Appleblossom]

With the play fighting .. he was 13-17 .. not angry at me but angry at school and the system .. I was not sure at first ... but it seemed to help raise a smile from him ... from the silliness ... very rare ... it helped bring him out of his mood.

[Former-Member]

Hi @Appleblossom.....

Yes, it was a difficult experience & it took apx 25-30 minutes vs. 5-10 for the top wisdom tooth. I only am feeling a lot better physically a week later today - although I took a common painkiller, as there is still some pain. Fortunately the kind, skilled surgeon said the right side was the worst, so at least the 23rd of November won't be as traumatic hopefully. Although an old school friend who I consider to be a strong woman said she cried while a tooth was being pulled out, so I think I will just let the emotions flow next time - instead of clenching my body in panic - causing tension & pain afterwards.... 

I hope the worst of the psychosis is settling for you...

My paranoia has settled down somewhat - although I still feel fragile & will get back to yoga tomorrow or the next day hopefully to help cope.... 

Hugs to @Jacques, @Shaz51....

Namaste,

Anna

[Jacques]

Hi @Former-Member,

Gosh you are so brave getting the wisdom teeth done and onlly having a few pain killers, gosh i am waiting until next year to get mine taken out, it has been painful this year and the dentist told me this is the last time he can fix it, so i am not looking forward to that, not the dentist but sitting in the waiting room makes me so anxious. by the time the tooth comes out i will just be happy to be in a quiet room 🙂

sorry i am very strange like that, people scare me so much.

gentle hugs back Anna, i am glad you got it over with. 

Namaste

Jacques

[Appleblossom]

Hi @Jacques and @Former-Member

I often have topsy turvy feelings of awkwardness in mundane situations like waiting rooms ...

Yes things are settling for me ... I am not sure if it was really a psychosis that happened a week ago .. it was apparently irrational behaviour ... but it is gradually making sense to me why it happened .. so maybe there was a reason .. 

[Jacques]

Hi @Appleblossom,

I find it too difficult to be in such close proximity to people, i like to be left alone and because i have such sensitive hearing i need everything quiet. 

I am so glad things are settling, i am so sorry you had some  problems with your mental health, maybe it has to do with stress, you are caring for your some, financial stress and house maintinance can all cause our moods to fluctuate.

i hope you take time to settle your mind and slow things down.

hugs my virtual mum 🙂

Jacques

[Appleblossom]

Thanks for caring about my flare up.

I have had a very good day today. I started a course for a volunteer in a local organisation and passed stage one of the assessment. I managed to get there in good time and survived the day there.  I like the organisation a lot and the professionality in the way they handle volunteers.  So I am feeling more optimistic.  It is very close 15 min drive.

I am less frank in my socialising in this place, than online, but it was good that I did not feel stress in choosing what to share or not to share.

In the past I have felt the pressure of delicate things to spring forth from within .. before I had full cognitive control and gace it the ok . . or I was very unexpressive uttering barely more than the most basic manners... also for fear of saying the wrong thing and having all my cats jump out of the bag at once. Which has happened in the past. 

We have another training session next Wed... time will tell.

I think I am over my shyness from when I was young .. got through all the interactive activities just fine.

[Shimmer]

Hi everyone!!

Welcome to the Friday Feast! 

Who is around to share a meal?

@Former-Member @Former-Member  @TAB @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Faith-and-Hope @utopia @Former-Member @Former-Member @Jacques @Appleblossom @Former-Member @Former-Member @BlueBay @pip anyone else?

My dinner tonight is leftover pasta, so I thought I'd bring something a bit more delicious to our virtual meal - chickpea korma!

What is everyone else having for dinner in real life/their imaginations?

Shimmer 

[Shaz51]

Hello @Shimmer

we had leftover Pizza for dinner

[Shimmer]

Yum @Shaz51!

What kind?