Being Mentally Normal: The Theory and The Actuality

[Mitchy1nge]

we must be on part 11 or something by now?

Well Done. Think of all the back muscles growing.

Does anyone know what a catechism is?

I know everything about it because I chose to write my undergrad dissertation on Internet forums and sh (insert ironic face)
And I'm a childline counsellor so spend time telling teenagers what not to do and what to do.

500 short?

It's Mars Bar Time.

went to catechism every saturday morning

was for people not at catholic school (had a parent who claimed to have been abused at catholic boarding school so we had to go to day schools that were not religious)

It's like a prayer or something I think. I was an adult when I became a Christian so missed out on all that stuff.

Hugs caulk, I hope you're ok
I'm a bit of a fence-sitter re church: I went religiously (ha) as a child, but losing a friend, aged 23 made me question the whole God thing and I've never been back (weddings, christenings and funerals excepted)

haven't done cutting of self (am wincing just thinking about it) but luckily for the squeamish there are many ways to self harm (driving fast, drugs, am sure horses could be in there too somewhere) so can still be part of our gang :)

I remember Childline.

"I'm thorry, all our counthellorth are buthy talking to children at the moment."

Okay, thod off, I'm ringing Samaritans

Childline snitched on me to MH services when I was suicidal

Ahh, childline. A friend of mine works for them and it's somethng I've thought about, just not right now

Am technically on a break at the moment from them, as too mental to talk to other people

samaritans snitched on me once! they sort of duped me into giving them a friend's number for some reason

I had taken quite a lot of coproxamol so that must be many many years ago, is it still verboten?

Horses are definitely a form of self harm
Speaking of DHorse, I feel a bit...awkward visiting her when DGroom is looking after her. She's my pony, damnit (well that's what her passport says). At times like this, I'd like to be mentally normal enough to assume sole care of her

They, and mn encouraged me that possibly going to hospital in October was a better plan than possibly having liver damage for ever.

I text them quite often, partly because I'm fearful of being deleted from here, and also because they are generally really helpful when in the house with passive aggressive/angry housemates!

I'm sorry, I may be slightly tipsy.

Childline were actually very helpful for me when I was a kid. Far more than MH services.

I wince thinking of cutting, too. I don't know why I ever did. I think it was the SSRIs. When I wanted to stop myself, I made myself think of cutting someone else, and the sick horror I felt at that thought helped me avoid doing it for a bit. That didn't stop the guy who cut my breast when I was 16, though.

I didn't think the Samaritans ever snitched :(

Horses have passports?! What?

Samaritans will talk to people for you (like ambulances) if you want them to.

is she ridden millie?

am allowed to ride my orange one tomorrow (a very rare treat!) but only because am riding out with world's dullest hacker, she finds a steady working trot a bit of a thrilling pace

is still pleasurable in its way but am DESPERATE for a gallop, haven't really had one since Christmas day (is a bit squelchy everywhere)

And hospital is always the better option than paracetamol induced liver damage. That really sucks

I'm feeling reassured that it is possible to stop sh and that one day I will not want to desperately do it so much.

they have to have passports

rodeo boy has a pink NF passport (he isn't, he looks sort of highland to me)
barney has a fake british horse generic type one I got the vet to make to say he was a bit younger than he is for insurance purposes (not insured now, he's properly ancient)
and new orange one has a welsh one saying she is welsh

I took so many paracetamol overdoses as a teen (most of which were never treated) I'm amazed my liver hasn't bought itself a one way ticket to Guatemala.

Me too, although most were a packet worth. I was always shocked that nothing happened at the time.

Passports, yes :)
Technically, she's ridden, in that she's rideable and has three!! saddles. I love a good blast, but DHorse, despite being a bit skittish, is very polite when it comes to going fast and tends to stick at a steady canter, despite my electric backside
:D
Anyhow, mental abnormality has meant she hasn't been sat on for months, so she's just a (very) pampered pet. I have thought about selling her, but I fear she's one of the few bits of "me" left. And I would miss her terribly