Autumn days in the village with lots of support for all kinds of MH problems - depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis etc

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Shiny new thread. xx

Another positive too, we're booking the holiday tonight once we find out if mil wants to come with us, Dh invited her, we will be paying for her and she will just put a few quid towards the food and assist in cooking and babysitting duties.
Dh wants to take me to a posh restaurant in Amsterdam for my birthday on our own. Still a bit freaked out by yesterday especially since when Dh came home and I told him what she's said he decided to make me feel much better by telling me that "those are the ones who section you right?" I know I'm nowhere near sectionable but he bloody freaked me out!

Congratulations on the weight loss spidey and good news about the holiday. Please try not to worry about being referred to the CMHT, they won't try to section you unless you're really acutely unwell, I promise.

I've had a nice two hours riding and am going to go and soak my aching bottom in the bath. Think I'll bake some bread this afternoon. Might as well enjoy my freedom as I'm back to work on Monday.

Awww at kittens! Jealous. I miss my cat so much.

Well done on your weight loss spidey and as you rightly say they will not section you! They have no reason to. I have been sectioned a fair old bit (as you do ) and nobody from the CMHT has EVER sectioned me! It has always been the crisis team/people in hospital. You will be given the support you need and deserve.

Good luck for Monday MH enjoy the peace while it lasts.

Good luck collar, thinking of you today.

Congrats on the weight loss spidey They would only ever section you if they had no choice (e.g. if you were adamant that you were going to go and kill yourself after the appointment, and sometimes not even then).

I was sectioned from outpatients (2nd appointment with the psychiatrist), but I've never met anyone else who has been. I was acutely suicidal, and not in great touch with reality (I tried to walk out of the appointment, quite literally...not something I can actually do).

Good luck today collar

Just home from the hospital, still have my gallbladder but should get my surgery within the next few weeks. Knackered now.

Glad you're home, victrix - I hope that you don't get any more pain before they operate, or at least it's manageable. At least you should sleep better at home.

I've been sectioned from an OP appt with the psych, but it shouldn't have been a surprise since I'd been assessed under the MH act the day before. I went voluntarily, but was then kept in on a 52.

Well done on the weight loss Spidey. I'm finally getting rid of some of the weight I put on in hospital. I can fit into my cycling clothes again, which certainly makes it easier for me to get out on my bike.

I'm really not good at the mo, but keeping going.

I actually made it through work today. Surprised and pleased - but even more pleased I'm not back in til Saturday so I have two more days to hopefully recover from this bug properly. Mental health wise I'm not doing too badly except for money worries but I'm pushing them away as soon as they appear in my head - can't do a damn thing until DH has phoned this evening anyway. Off to get the DCs now.

Well done on making it through work fuzzpig I hope you recover quickly, and get some you time.

Well done everyone on weight loss - I slipped last night with the takeaway, but was back on track today.

How's everyone doing today?

Hi everyone - thanks so much for all your messages of support over the last day for my 2nd job interview :)

I managed to get a bit of sleep last night and woke to feel less anxious thankfully!

I think the interview went well. It felt like an eternity as apart from a small group task, the one to one lasted for 40 minutes! So hopefully might know my fate by the end of the week.
The good news if I am lucky to get the job is I would not have to work at weekends! After 7 years of working most weekends that would be the very best!!

Keema - so sorry to read that you are not in a good place at this time :(
I was wondering if something had occured. Thinking of you...

Victrix - Glad that you are home now from hospital. So will surgery be before xmas do you think?

Spidey - you lucky devil with the weight loss. I need to consider my pre christmas diet soon to make way for the annual festive troughing I like to indulge in!!

Fuzzpig - Rest up and enjoy your couple of days off work :)

Snowy - Bake off tonight at 8pm :)

Fluffy - You ok?

Hope everyone else has had at least a reasonable day? Nana? Nethuns? Any better today?

Oh, I hope you get it, collardove Sounds like they felt you're a serious contender with a 1-1 that long.

Thanks for the reminder, I'd forgotten about bake off!

Can't watch bake off it makes me hungry and therefore jealous :o for some reason I've been wanting to watch the fourth Indiana Jones film for a while so DH leapt at the chance (he's the Indy fan, not me!) so we have snacks and will curl up on the sofa once the DCs are asleep.

Snowy - I have everything crossed to get the job!!

Fuzzpig - I have snacks too Tyrells handcooked ready salted crisps and I have cut up some small pieces of mature cheddar cheese - yum.
Enjoy your film I am ready for bake off!

Bake off, a glass of wine and DP......lovely

I'm watching bake off too - but 7 minutes behind as my carer just left.

Also watching gbbo here!

I'm watching the bakeoff later, we had a naughty treat and ordered a takeaway (ive found if we don't assign guilt to it and just count it as a treat and carry on with the rest of the diet we don't feel so deprived, if we desperately want to have something there's no point denying it to ourselves because then it builds up and leads to failure)
I did forget about my ibs, the diet had mostly made it go away but takeaway pizza has ruined me. At least if my IBS is playing up so much it's doubtful I'll digest much of the pizza as when the IBS flares up I according to the dr have an incredibly fast movement through my digestion. Which is nice...
Back to eating dust tomorrow!

One offs are ok, I need to think like that. I have mango as a treat with my online grocery shop for tomorrow.

Hope you're enjoying gbbo all! (((( fluffy ))))

Tmi so don't read it if you're easily grossed out but IBS is so undignified, sometimes when it's bad and I've eaten Something I shouldn't have it travels through so fast that poo smells like vomit, because it basically is

I do have a positive though, holiday is booked and deposit paid. So we're definately going to Holland!
I shall start stockpiling immodium for all the lovely treats!

Gosh, 20 layers(!)

It must be hard to manage at times, IBS

The IBS sounds grim spidey but good news about the holiday.

Who on earth has time to bake a 20-layer cake? Looks tasty though.

And we specifically booked a caravan on a quiet island on the site, surrounded by water and woods and an extra cabin on the overnight ferry just for me! So I can get away if there's too many people and can be alone he said he knows it'll be hard for me to leave my attic so he's tried to take it with us (he booked it without telling me he'd planned this.
Dh might not understand sometimes and just tells me to cheer up and get over it but sometimes he lets out a little flash that he understands and wants to help. He also bought me running shoes and other things for running today. I'm Not gonna hold my breath that he will stay like this but it's nice while it lasts lol