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Okay, that's okay, can I ask why you feel like that?
I understand that you may not see this as a good thing, but I do.
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And I am pretty sure yiu do stuff right, dont be so hard on yourself lovely
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" So I say thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing, thanks for all the joy they're bringing, who can live without it, I ask in all honestly what would life be? Without a song or a dance, what are we? So I say thank you for the music, for giving it to me "
'' It's a beautiful day and I can't stop myself from smiling "
What have you done today? Is there something that has made you feel a little better at the moment?
I know how hard it is but it's good to try and make yourself do things you enjoy, when you're feeling low, to make yourself feel better.
What else do you enjoy doing?
I also like to draw, go for walks (cant on my own though and no one to go with)
The therapist I had last would call that dissociating, like even though you're here, you really aren't, but I get where you're coming from
I've always wanted to go horse riding, sadly I don't have the money to, haha! But horses are such beautiful animals, you should show us some pictures of the horse you ride some day, would love to see them! Do you own the horse, or does it belong to the stables? - Ooh, and what's the horses name?
Have you done any volunteering, you mentioned you liked walking, I love the fresh air to! But my parents are such pains when I go out alone, in comparison to in groups of friends! But I started volunteering, and allowed myself to create new social bonds with people my own age, as well as supporting the environment around me, I do honestly love volunteering! I volunteer with Mencap, a charity focused on supporting people with learning disabilities, but they do such an array of things, its amazing, you honestly do feel like you're changing a life! Have you thought about volunteering before?
I miss drawing, even though I'm an art student, I rarely draw, it's all about working with acrylics with me
Look after yourself, and do keep us updated on how things are m'dear, I do hope to see you in chat later thoughh!
Best wishes,
Angel!
What else do you find helps sometimes?
I have a 'happy jar', this is a jar with happy quotes and sayings in that I read sometimes when I'm feeling low. I find chat to be a great distraction sometimes.
I hate mindfulness, doesnt work. for me anyway. I've never even heard of DBT, what is it?
I ride loads of different ones, most owned by the riding school. ride a couple somewhere different who a woman owns. and ride another one somewhere else that's my friends, but my friend says shes mine. so lots of different names, so wont say them all as you probably don't want to know.
I have volunteered at the riding school where I ride before.
I mainly just draw horses.
i'll try get to chat, but I dunno.
I do try but I really struggle to concentrate on drawing especially atm, I don't know why. I hate mindfulness, it doesn't work for me.
talking sometimes helps, like texting a friend or chating on here or something.
Are there any dog charities nearby that need volunteer dog walkers?
What's happened Katie?
Mindfulness is something that takes a very long time to learn, but it's great to hear you've considered giving it ago in the past, sounds like Mindfulness is quite difficult for you then. DBT is a type of therapy specifically designed for Borderline patients, but can be offered for an array of people, maybe it's worth discussing that with your GP, I did CBT forehand and found it to not be helpful, whereas DBT was more beneficial (Uses a lot of Mindfulness).
Of course I want to know the horses names, if I ever had a brown horse, I would name it Buttercup, I've decided
It sounds like the riding school is a bit of a comfort zone, have you tried more social volunteering, for example with Guides, or a charity you admire at fund raisers, etc. I volunteer with Guides and love it, I also volunteer with Mencap, which holds many festive things to raise money! Have you looked in to more volunteering in your area?
I'm sorry to hear you're struggling again, Katie, would you like to tell us a bit more about what's goping on for you? Sounds like you have a fair bit going on for you, but well done for reaching out to us on here
Could you ring samaritans katie? They will listen to you and will not judge you.
What have you done today? Anything fun?
well the ones at the riding school that I ride are; TJ, pinto, heather, craig, magic, sollie, Kermit, jake, Thomas, honey (think that's all of them) the ones at the other place are called; messiah, Chesney, lynx, steven (but I only rode lynx so far, help with other ones too though) and my friends are called; puzzle, splash, murphy, tilly, rouge, bliss, daizi, little brother, and theres one more which I cant think of the name
I volunteer helping someone with there horses, the one with lynx ect, but ot that much lately cause shes been really busy
partly that thing, but they made me do something else too, something new
just picking up my horses poo
How do you feel about ringing samaritans, or even texting them?
Baking is fun! What are you baking?