Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

[Daisydreamer]

Just tagging those online, you are more than welcome to join this discussion 🙂 

@Former-Member @BPDSurvivor @Bill16 @Bow @Clawde @Emelia8 @Hal1 @Historylover @Former-Member @Jelly @Meowmy @Mindy911 @StuF @TAB @MDT @bipolarbunny @frog @greenpea @outlander @znp 

[MDT]

Have a good chat forumites
I wont be in this one and I'm loathe to not go but I simply need to go for a walk after the day I have had

[TideisTurning]

No worries @MDT sounds like some good self care in action! 😊

[Daisydreamer]

Welcome everyone to our Topic Tuesday on Self Care for Carers! An extra special welcome to our guest @Shaz51 🙂 

To open the discussion tonight, I would love to hear from you all:

Would you like to introduce yourself and what you are hoping to get from the discussion tonight. 

I'll hand over to @Shaz51 now to introduce themselves 🙂 Take it away Shaz

[Daisydreamer]

Not a problem @MDT Take care tonight and hoping your walk is restorative

[Daisydreamer]

Welcome @Mindy911 and @znp and thanks for joining us! We'd love to hear more about you and what you hope to get from the discussion tonight

[Shaz51]

Hello and welcome @znp , @Mindy911 
I am Shaz51 and I am a carer for my elderly mum and I am unpaid carer and wife of my husband who has MI and Bipolar 2
I have been on the forum for 6 years and Community guide for 5 years and am very involved in self care and you may have seen me around the forum

[Jelly]

Hello all, this is my first SANE forum! Hoping for self care tips (as a carer) and it'd be great to hear other people's experiences and how they cope with everything.

[znp]

Hi all

This is my first time in a forum session and so don't really know what to expect. I am the father of a 23 yo son who has BPD and other mental health challenges. He is currently in hospital (last ten days or so). He lives with my wife, me, and our youngest who is 19.

I have good self-care I think but I am feeling really jittery at the moment.

[Emelia8]

Good evening @Daisydreamer @TideisTurning  @Shaz51 and anyone else here.

I will be here when I can tonight, but may need to head off at some point. If so, I will read through later.

Emelia