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Re: Goodbye (turning 26)
Thank you everyone for your lovely comments 💜 Am feeling better today and all ur kind words rlly helped with that. And yeah @Amy22 SBS is pretty good, maybe not quite as community-like as this though(?).
Anyway this will probably be my actual last post so just going to say best wishes and thank you again, to everyone including moderators, for all your support and kindness. Love you all xxx
Anyway this will probably be my actual last post so just going to say best wishes and thank you again, to everyone including moderators, for all your support and kindness. Love you all xxx
Re: Goodbye (turning 26)
DonnerKebab wrote: »RainbowPenguin wrote: »@DonnerKebab Yeah im on Side By Side, the Mind one. Let me know if you have any other recs though 🩷
@RainbowPenguin I'm on there too. I find it different from the mix myself. But at least you still have support. How are you finding it?
And this will sound silly, but I'm currently building my own support site like this actually, as there seems to be so very few post 25 choices besides those two, and there is a strong sense of community loss when people leave the mix I think. A place for Mix leavers and anyone wanting support really, to ease that sense of community loss. It's still a fair while off being finished though, with stuff like DBS checks, official paperwork and safeguarding policies, but i'm working to get it up and running eventually. I'll post on side by side in future about it, and on here if i'm allowed. That way when people leave the mix, they still can be able to support and get support from other mix leavers. But for now, i don't know any other recs besides what redemption suggested and that.
It's been lovely having you here. We're all gonna miss you too. Take care, and always be kind to yourself. It's the law. (source: trust me). And once again, have a happy birthday.
Wow that sounds really cool! I'll keep an eye out, best of luck with that. And yeah i like SBS, think the name is a bit boring though lol... also thank you for the birthday good wishes 🥳
Re: Struggling everyday
You have been really brave in sharing this with us @Redemption. I can hear how difficult things have been for you lately. When you say you receive comments when you are already feeling down, would you feel comfortable sharing more with us about how this looks? It sounds like people have been unkind, am I hearing this right?
We see your value and you deserve to see your value too. However, this can be very far out of reach when family make comments like you are a "lost cause" (especially when you are trying so hard to improve your situation!).
You are doing so well applying for jobs but that can be really frustrating when you have no job interviews. Have you been able to talk to anyone about turning these into interviews or have you received any feedback from recruiters?
We see your value and you deserve to see your value too. However, this can be very far out of reach when family make comments like you are a "lost cause" (especially when you are trying so hard to improve your situation!).
You are doing so well applying for jobs but that can be really frustrating when you have no job interviews. Have you been able to talk to anyone about turning these into interviews or have you received any feedback from recruiters?
Re: Protecting your peace
I agree @Amy22 and I think when it comes to keeping up with the news it's so important to make sure you keep the balance of not consuming too much that it gets overwhelming but keeping yourself in the loop just enough to know the basics or most important things that have been happening.This is really interesting actually because I find quite often social media has a tendency to affect mood and stuff especially with 'doomscrolling' because I often have that habit myself and a lot of my feed has been mainly what's is happening in the world and sometimes seeing that stuff just makes you feel not so great. I don't normally watch the news either eventhough I will at times because I still feel the need to watch the news in case there's something in my area or anything I may need to be aware of. Mostly for me I tend to see so much, content that can dampen moods and stuff. Some of the stuff I see on the news is hard sometimes to process you know. I'm glad you mentioned about tailoring what you see and stuff online especially handy for younger people than me too as there is some stuff on social media thay shouldn't really *be on there*.
If only we had a good news tv channel or something I'd watched that frequently lol I guess.
I tend to get most of my news from social media nowadays as I personally find news channels too draining to watch! It can feel like such an overload of information
What do you think would make a good news channel Amy?
Oh yeah definitely I think it's important to be informed but also to be mindful of how news you consume which could be classified as 'doomscrolling'.
When it comes to a good news channel I think things about people's achievements, well being advice and like festivals or events that may be happening.
Amy22
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making my account private.
i’m not sure whether it’s private or not but how do i make it private? i know it sounds so silly but im not sure how to. much appreciated. 
eylah
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Re: Anybody want to vent or chat about anything? w/c 25.08
@eylah thanks you for been so kind I appreciate it im pretty tired so im just going to rest
Re: Anybody want to vent or chat about anything? w/c 25.08
@eylah I really dont like working with people I don't know bc im worried they're just going to make fun of me and talk behind my back abt how stupid I am and how I shouldnt be there (has happened many times in the past when revising for exams) or they might just mislead me as a joke bc its funny to see the girl everyone hates stumble over her words and embarras herself infront of everyone. People don't like me so I avoid when possible. I've had many people in the past say messed up things to me I remeber this one time I was in textiles class we were doing sowing and one of my FRIENDS handed me a piece of thread I thought it was so I didn't have to get up so I said thank you and she just started laughing and told me to go hang myself with it. People just don't like me i only have 2 real friends and being a very extraverted person that kinda sucks. I get pretty lonely at times 
Re: Anybody want to vent or chat about anything? w/c 25.08
@eylah. Thank you that means a lot. I dont know lately thing have been pretty shit. I'm prepping for A levels even though I just finished GCSEs feels like I cant catch a break and arguments with parents and stuff home's been a bit chaotic lately. When I told my mom about what happened on the bus she treated it like I was overreacting she said oh well nothings gonna happen in broad daylight you should of just said no and that hurt coming from her. Then she asks me why I never open up to her or my dad. Well why the fuck do you think? Everytime I open my mouth about something weighing on me it's either invalidated or turned into a huge argument so I try to find support elsewhere ill admit in the past I didn't get support from the best places but I didn't really know what else to do the safegaurding team at school are shit I hate their guts and fantasise about burning the school down with them still in it maybe im a bit messed up I don't know.