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Nemuritai wrote: »

@Redemption huge congratulations on getting that job, I'm really happy for you and I know you'll do great. It's so great that you've found something that works for you, and it's honestly been so admirable to see you working so hard to find a role despite setbacks. I'm proud of you, and hopefully you feel proud of yourself - you absolutely deserve it

Also if you don't mind me asking, what are domestic jobs? I'm just curious since I haven't heard of the term before.

Thank you so so much @Nemuritai , I hope you're ok. Domestic job is cleaning

Verity wrote: »

Hello @Amy22 thank you for sharing this and being so transparent with what you have been going through. It is definately best not to bottle things up but of course, we undertsand that it's not always easy to express how you feel. You are really brave taking the step to get your emotions out there. You are definately not 'stupid' or 'silly', it sounds like this is a difficult sitationship for you and you should give yourself all the grace you can.

You mentioned it may be triggered from a mixture of watching I'm a celebrity and learning about healthy eating, I'm wondering if something like this has triggered you before or anything familiar to it?

Aw thank you, I think I was just having a silly moment and episode to be fair, I normally do sometimes. I normally quite good with my food and this hasn't really happened before to be fair. I know when I was younger I struggled with food because of different tastes and textures.

Thanks for the support @Amy22. I am hopeful this will lead to paid work but I wouldn't be surprised if I was let go the moment my internship ends. I have heard people with disabilities with basically being used for free labour and being imminently let go they ask for pay. But I will find out by June or maybe earlier because I could very get pay while I'm doing my internship, hopefully if that happens I can ask for more hours or another day.

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Sian321 wrote: »

It really is, isn't it @eylah ! What's your favourite way to stay warm?

blankets and hot water bottles! and my teddy bears 🫂

Yess stuffed animals really help

i got over 60 teddys they’re my comfort thing!

Verity wrote: »

Hey @Lottie5433 I'm really sorry this was said to you, that can't have been easy to hear when you are already struggling. It's understandable that this has taken a toll on you over the years. Being the bigger person can be hard, but it can also alow you to set boundries if a realtionship is causing you distress. I wonder if you've spoken to you sister about how these words can affect/hurt you, what comes to mind when you think of this conversation?

I really wish the best for you with your appraisel and I hope you get the outcome that you want, is there anything in particular that you are worried about that you feel comfortable sharing? it's completely understandable to feel this way about your wellbeing call, and the other things you are worried about I'm sure are not helping, but in a way, the wellbeing call could be another way to explain all of the bullet points you mentioned. I'm sure they will be there to listen as are we.

Hi @Verity, thank you again I appreciate your words.
I’ve never spoke to my sister about how her words hurt or affect me, I know if I did she wouldn’t care or she’d go tell my mum what I’ve said. Either way no one ever gets how I’m affected by it all - funnily enough not even my therapist I had understood just said “your eating disorder is a result of comments made by other in your childhood” didn’t really help with it or anything really.

I wouldn’t say there is anything I’m worried about with the appraisal it’s just the thought of talking about my performance and the expectations for next year. But I’m kinda feeling okay going into next year because I know my general manager is supportive and I now work alongside my boyfriend and we will be taking things on as a team - like dealing with a certain employee.

So I didn’t get a wellbeing call, I did email CEDT and they just said they look forward to seeing me in the new year and just to let them know ow if I was coming to session or not - guess that’s do they can do a wellbeing call if needed.

The missed call I had from ICMHT was about me meeting with one of their workers to see if starting DBT now is a good thing or not. We have arranged that in January I am to meet them in person to discuss all this just waiting to find out the date which is a bit daunting because like I don’t know what to expect but I also need to get my rota done for work so my team know what they are doing. I also want to know so I can let my general manager know as I’ll need set days off and that has to work around my contracted hours and the opening times based on the season we are in etc

So there is a lot currently but thank you for the message

@Sian321
I have had such a busy day today so far, and I still have a few more things to do today this is literally the only short breather I have had today so far.

I have absolutely no support in person at the moment.
And as for parenting, I will say I am doing a better job than I thought I would be. He is struggling quite a bit but his treatment seems to be doing the trick, he has been really exhausted lately though and spending a lot of time sleeping. It will be his first Christmas not in hospital so that is exciting, he is looking forward to Christmas, I am feeling rather overwhelmed about it so I will try and make it a wonderful experience for him while also taking it easy.

Sian321 wrote: »

It really is, isn't it @eylah ! What's your favourite way to stay warm?

blankets and hot water bottles! and my teddy bears 🫂

It really is, isn't it @eylah ! What's your favourite way to stay warm?