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Post by daveyposhboy on Dec 28, 2018 22:17:56 GMT
so AA boys
how'd we go about that anyway just turn up or
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 23:10:38 GMT
I don't actually have a problem like this myself, but I know my mum has definitely shown signs like this recently. All started around Christmas when after months of getting excited for it she suddenly couldn't be arsed, she spent the entire Christmas/New Year period utterly lifeless. She hid herself away from everyone and refused to see family. She had a few days out of the entire two, three weeks actually seeming genuinely happy but then she'd slide right back down. I'd pretty much worked out that she was at least depressed but I didn't think bipolar could be so rapidly changing. It's affected me a lot, I've stopped going to uni, I'm always anxious at home around the time she finishes work because my mind always goes to the worst with her. My dad hasn't helped, constantly asking her what's wrong and not even having a bit of a grasp of mental health issues. Wasn't until I snapped at him the other week and told him to lay off her that he actually began to see the point. He's always someone who'll take the piss a bit and she's always been welcoming of it but recently I can tell it's affecting her so I've been backing her up on everything whether I agree with her or not. I said to her a month or so ago that she needed to go and see someone because she has a problem which she kept denying, and she's finally going to tomorrow, so at least she's welcoming the fact she has a serious problem and hopefully we can get her some proper professional support because I can only do as much as I know. But it's tough trying to balance uni, work, preparing to leave the country at the end of the year with my mum in this state and with her actually being this way. I actually forget sometimes how long ago this was because it feels so recent. Never felt more vulnerable in my life than that time and it’s always this time of year that worries me, which is stupid because she wasn’t depressed because of Christmas, it just becomes guilty by association I suppose. So proud of where she is now though. I actually don’t think I’ve ever seen her as happy as she generally is these days. Things don’t get to her as much as they used to, she’s more capable of brushing things off and learning from them. She’s even decided to reinvent herself, leaving a comfortable job to go to college and uni at what is now 46 years old in the hopes of getting a job working for the NHS who’ve done so much for this family, both for me before she was part of the family, and for all of us after.
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Post by Бенне on Dec 29, 2018 0:34:50 GMT
so AA boys how'd we go about that anyway just turn up or It was a long time ago but my stepdad spoke to his doctor about it and they helped arrange support if that helps, granted that isn’t entirely anonymous but it’s worked wonders for him.
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Post by Olivier on Dec 29, 2018 6:57:21 GMT
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Post by you give me rrrroad rrrrage on Jan 8, 2019 21:05:12 GMT
I feel this is kind of big.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 8, 2019 21:32:41 GMT
Judging from some of the comments in response to that tweet; probably not.
Maybe when the "BACK IN MAH DAY" generation fuck off.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2019 22:04:30 GMT
He’s a fascist, that’s the only serious topic that should be spoken about concerning Buffon.
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Post by daveyposhboy on Jan 8, 2019 23:59:20 GMT
Behave. Mental health transcends everything else.
Impressed that someone as self-concious as Gigi would come out and talk about something so personal. Does feel like the sport is on the cusp of the breakthrough, and I think for men in general the situation needs more "Superstar" perspective to normalise it.
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Post by notpropaganda on Jan 31, 2019 10:20:50 GMT
My nephew's aunt (on the other side) took her own life last night. Suicide is a fucking bitch.
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Post by you give me rrrroad rrrrage on Jan 31, 2019 18:36:34 GMT
My nephew's aunt (on the other side) took her own life last night. Suicide is a fucking bitch. That’s horrible. Sorry to hear mate.
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Post by daveyposhboy on Jan 31, 2019 20:38:45 GMT
Very very sorry to hear that np. Hope all involved can get through this period without too much self destructive questioning or reflecting.
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Post by Exonerator on Feb 1, 2019 19:06:24 GMT
My nephew's aunt (on the other side) took her own life last night. Suicide is a fucking bitch. Let me know if you wanna talk, I've had friends commit suicide unfortunately.
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Post by notpropaganda on Feb 2, 2019 0:06:37 GMT
Thanks folks. It’s not my first time dealing with suicide unfortunately. I’m grand I’m just devastated for my sister, her partner and his family. My nephew is only 6 months so he won’t have a clue but it’s just shite, some great photos of the 2 of them together
Ughhh fuck suicide
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Post by #FreeBTS on Feb 2, 2019 1:05:46 GMT
Saw someone die for the first time last week (cancer). Was my girlfriend’s aunt who I wasn’t as close to, but fucking hell it was scary. Anything about how it is in films is so off, nothing prepares you for how brutal something like that is. Absolutely terrified of seeing anyone I’m close to ending up like that.
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Post by notpropaganda on Feb 6, 2019 11:36:39 GMT
sorry to hear that #FreeBTS, hope your girlfriend and the fam are coping alright. agree on death in general not being captured well at all in popular culture. even how a dead body looks is so different from anything I've ever seen in movies or TV shows. I've seen a lot (I dunno how things are done in the UK but at home we have an open casket in the house for 2 or 3 days before the funeral). There's a podcast called Griefcast which I find quite good, it can sound pretty morbid when you describe it but I think it's kind of cathartic. It's Cariad Lloyd (think I've seen her on 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown) interviewing different people (mostly comedians) about death, someone they've lost in their lives and their journey of dealing with it etc. The very first episode is with Adam Buxton and I think it's a good indicator of whether you'd enjoy the rest of the podcasts, it's funny, heartfelt and sad.
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