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06 Apr 2025 05:23 PM
06 Apr 2025 05:23 PM
Sounds so hard. I think in the past, I had the Friday blues because it means I have limited supports over the weekend. @Bow
Hope things improve for you.
06 Apr 2025 06:19 PM
06 Apr 2025 06:19 PM
We all know the answer to that
06 Apr 2025 07:27 PM
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06 Apr 2025 07:37 PM
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06 Apr 2025 07:39 PM
06 Apr 2025 07:39 PM
It’s not helping my already extremely unstable state @tyme
06 Apr 2025 07:46 PM
06 Apr 2025 07:46 PM
Hugs @Bow . I remember you saying that it was good to see him, but it could also bring up some difficult things.
Do you find engaging in your projects, helpful at all?
06 Apr 2025 07:52 PM
06 Apr 2025 07:52 PM
Yeah @tyme
When we were kids, after our parents separated, dad’s girlfriends kids use to make us play really inappropriate games. It was horrible. We had no choice. So even though it was not his choice, he was made to do things to me. Not really ever talked much about it. Just another piece of trauma thrown on the pile.
I do spend a fair bit of time doing my own thing in my room. He spends most of the time with mum.
06 Apr 2025 07:56 PM
06 Apr 2025 07:56 PM
So sorry to hear @Bow . It sounds so hard to have to in a way, 'relive' those memories. Does your mum know? (Once again, no pressure to respond).
I just want to you know that I'm here for you.
06 Apr 2025 08:06 PM
06 Apr 2025 08:06 PM
Nah she doesn’t know @tyme ive never told her. I don’t even know if my brother remembers that stuff.
I was very much treated differently compared to the other kids. The gf’s 3 kids and my brother… they all lived together. And I came to visit every second weekend. I was the outsider. I didn’t even have my own bed @tyme and often slept in a bed that another kid had wet in. I can still remember the smell as I went to sleep.
its hard to get my head around sometimes that kids that age knew of such things and did it to others their age. It’s really messed up
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