https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/an-introduction-of-course/m-p/382054#M19395 <P>Welcome brokenmirror <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😊</span></P> <P>I like the way you write. Thank you for my first smile of a very long day. </P> <P>I like to think of my depression as one of those carnival mirrors. Warped and exaggerated and all bent and out of proportion. I don't see myself or the rest of the world how it really is some days. </P> <P>I hope you keep writing and joining in on threads that appeal to you. Am looking forward to hearing more of your story. One great thing about broken mirrors is they can be repurposed and rebuilt into the most amazing mosaics.</P> <P>Warmest welcome. </P> <P>Nat</P> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:35:31 GMT Quercus 2018-03-28T13:35:31Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/an-introduction-of-course/m-p/382053#M19394 <P>Salubrious greetings to all and one...</P> <P>Like many amongst this merry band, I too bear the dread and wearisome burden that is depression. </P> <P>Of this I will doubtless expound at length in future missives.</P> <P>For now, I am simply the bearer of a broken mirror...</P> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:43:51 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/an-introduction-of-course/m-p/382053#M19394 Brokenmirror 2018-03-28T10:43:51Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/an-introduction-of-course/m-p/382054#M19395 <P>Welcome brokenmirror <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😊</span></P> <P>I like the way you write. Thank you for my first smile of a very long day. </P> <P>I like to think of my depression as one of those carnival mirrors. Warped and exaggerated and all bent and out of proportion. I don't see myself or the rest of the world how it really is some days. </P> <P>I hope you keep writing and joining in on threads that appeal to you. Am looking forward to hearing more of your story. One great thing about broken mirrors is they can be repurposed and rebuilt into the most amazing mosaics.</P> <P>Warmest welcome. </P> <P>Nat</P> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:35:31 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/an-introduction-of-course/m-p/382054#M19395 Quercus 2018-03-28T13:35:31Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/an-introduction-of-course/m-p/382055#M19396 Hi <G class="gr_ gr_15 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="15" data-gr-id="15">Brokenmirror</G>, and welcome to the site.<BR /> <BR /> We do try to be the 'Merry Band' but sometimes it's difficult to read what sorrow and sadness that confronts people on the site and that does concern us, simply because we have experienced it ourselves, so we all pitch in to help each other.<BR /> <BR /> By all <G class="gr_ gr_17 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="17" data-gr-id="17">means</G> come back and begin your journey with us.<BR /> <BR /> You maybe able to help others as well, but we will be here for you.<BR /> <BR /> My best.<BR /> <BR /> Geoff.<BR /> <BR /> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:07:24 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/an-introduction-of-course/m-p/382055#M19396 geoff 2018-03-28T18:07:24Z