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26 Jun 2023 11:28 AM
26 Jun 2023 11:28 AM
It's a shame @LostAngel but like you said, you tried your best but life got in the way and other things became more important. Can you come back to it later if you want?
❤️
26 Jun 2023 11:29 AM
26 Jun 2023 11:29 AM
26 Jun 2023 11:32 AM
26 Jun 2023 11:32 AM
26 Jun 2023 11:33 AM
26 Jun 2023 11:33 AM
I think walk and talk therapy is a great idea @outlander
I used to take the people I saw for walks when I was at an older persons mental health service. Some of them found it difficult to open up when we just sat in their home but take them out and they can't stop talking! It was really nice. 😊
26 Jun 2023 11:35 AM
26 Jun 2023 11:35 AM
@outlander This is great.
Thank you.
Long story short.
Dressmaker by trade. Closed shop down 10 months before Covid hit. Grandkids arrived. Stopped work to look after them. My mental health went to shit fast. Started studying again. Found a new lease on life. Have Diploma in Community Services, Cert in Childhood Education and Care, Cert in Child Protection, and now half-way through Cert in Mental Health and working as a Teacher's Aide in school system and looking for a job in the community sector in mental health or domestic violence focusing on children.
PHEW! Sounds exhausting.
26 Jun 2023 11:44 AM
26 Jun 2023 11:44 AM
Hi @Nannax2
Wow that does sound exhausting! But good on you!
I envy the dressmaking by trade part - my mum is an amazing seamstress. I always said she could have been a fashion designer but she just stuck to making clothes for herself, myself and my kids.
I used to be a teacher's aide. Loved it mostly but then got a position at a school where there were so many kids who had different need to what the mainstream caters for. Teachers were burnt out, teacher's aides were at a loss....my mental health went to crap and I ended up going into peer work lol.
26 Jun 2023 11:48 AM
26 Jun 2023 11:48 AM
Some days I wonder if I am doing the right thing.
As i am so exhausted, but majority of the time yes!!!!
I feel good about the study as it gives me an outlet
And I wish to work in the community mental health sector supporting our gorgeous children
26 Jun 2023 11:51 AM
26 Jun 2023 11:51 AM
Love that @Nannax2 . The mental health of our young is so important. x
26 Jun 2023 02:57 PM
26 Jun 2023 02:57 PM
This is great! Thank you for thinking about us study-ers.
Taking on study can be really exhausting mentally and physically.
For me study is something that moves me forward in my recovery journey.. after a lot of dropping out and fails. But I am here today studying Social Science and hoping to show myself that I can do it 🤞
Body double really helps me! Its something I've learnt as a tool in ADHD - a body double is someone who sits with a person with ADHD as they tackle tasks that might be difficult to complete alone.
I find body doubles on https://discord.com/invite/study or a website called flo body double.
Looking forward to hearing the ways people face they study struggles 😋
fluffylight x
26 Jun 2023 04:05 PM
26 Jun 2023 04:05 PM
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