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Middle, mature, elderly aged person...lonely & living alone...Needing someone to talk to?..Let’s be here for each other.

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Hello Everyone..... have noticed that a lot of mature aged and elderly people are living alone and overwhelmed by loneliness...I though I would make this thread to give and receive support to each other as well as a place where we could also chat abo... View more

Hello Everyone..... have noticed that a lot of mature aged and elderly people are living alone and overwhelmed by loneliness...I though I would make this thread to give and receive support to each other as well as a place where we could also chat about any thing you want to chat about...so we can all get to know each other...Life’s not as lonely with others to talk to....forum friends can be a big help for us in not feeling so alone... Share some tips, exercise, gardening, favourite meals, recipes, books your reading, hobbies, what you like doing.....pets and their impact they have in your life....anything at all you feel that would help other people struggle with living alone....and loneliness.. I have a volunteer day..one day a week, which gets me outside of my home and into a different atmosphere where I can talk to the other volunteers and sometimes even customers, when I venture into the shop...Do you volunteer yourself somewhere... I have 2 little Maltese x Yorkshire..that are my companions, they help me to get out of bed each morning to care for them....when really all I want to do is stay in bed..... Please feel free to talk about what your interests are or how your traveling right now.. Looking forward to getting to know you... Grandy..

A song to express your feelings

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At this hour, I find myself particularly vulnerable because I am heavily sleep deprived, and my brain can't really process. I have been awake for 21 hours and 12 minutes straight after a string of nights of only a few hours' sleep. I don't feel well,... View more

At this hour, I find myself particularly vulnerable because I am heavily sleep deprived, and my brain can't really process. I have been awake for 21 hours and 12 minutes straight after a string of nights of only a few hours' sleep. I don't feel well, nor do I feel sleepy. So, I am listening to the soundtrack of my life entitled "Walkabouts" and right now, the perfect song to describe what I am feeling (at least the chorus of it) is Madness by Muse. Has anyone ever felt like they could communicate more if they did it through the songs that already exist? I challenge us to have a conversation consisting of song quotes. So, dedicated to my depression; here I go... Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad....Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...I, I can't get these memories ooout of my mind, and some kind of maaaadness has started to evolve. Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad... And I, I tried so hard to let you go-ooo, but some kind of maaaadness is swallowing me whole, yeah....Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...I have finally seen the light. And I have finally realized, what you mean.... Ooh oh oh [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Hi everyone, just a reminder that song lyrics are copyrighted material, and we (as in BB) can get into trouble for reproducing them without permission. If you could just keep to sharing song titles, or one or two lines from the song at most, rather than whole lyrics that would be great - that way we can keep this thread open. ]

Unscramble my word.

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Hello everyone.... I like word games and thought this game would be fun to play.... Select a word you like with 6 letters..any word as long as it’s not a negative word...Please only words in English dictionary....the next person who comes along has t... View more

Hello everyone.... I like word games and thought this game would be fun to play.... Select a word you like with 6 letters..any word as long as it’s not a negative word...Please only words in English dictionary....the next person who comes along has to try to unscramble the word.. Example....enclad......CANDLE.. I’ll go first..good luck.. My scrambled word is... wleorf.....lol watch out for auto correct... Grandy..

The winds of change are blowing across the planes

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Hi new to all of this, but so glad to see I am not alone in this, so many good topics that is certainly helpful for me.Stay strong

Volunteering

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I am 45 years old and I have been volunteering in an op shop for six years. I like my job but I am not obsessed with it and I am not that materialistic. People always want to talk to me about my job. Sometimes I don’t want to talk to them because it’... View more

I am 45 years old and I have been volunteering in an op shop for six years. I like my job but I am not obsessed with it and I am not that materialistic. People always want to talk to me about my job. Sometimes I don’t want to talk to them because it’s not that interesting and I don’t care how much they want to spend. I don’t want to be rude but sometimes I feel like I need to find some more friends outside of work.

Quotes that I like

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I couldn't think of a more creative name for this thread so I kept it simple. I love coming across quotes that make me feel good or make me think about a situation in a different light. I have a "little book of confidence" that I used to carry in my ... View more

I couldn't think of a more creative name for this thread so I kept it simple. I love coming across quotes that make me feel good or make me think about a situation in a different light. I have a "little book of confidence" that I used to carry in my handbag for when i needed it and I have a few other little books with quotes that I reflect on now and then I thought it would be good to share some and encourage others to do the same. For starters I have: If you want to know someone's mind, listen to their words. If you want to know their heart, watch their actions. People are not addicted to alcohol or drugs, they are addicted to escaping reality. cmf x

Ruminating, Surviving, And Releasing Pain (in a hopefully healthy way)

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Physically writing helps me proccess me things. So I always have a notebook and pen/pencil on me incase something happens, but also just in general as I forget stuff easily and so need to write it down if I want to have any hope of remembering it lat... View more

Physically writing helps me proccess me things. So I always have a notebook and pen/pencil on me incase something happens, but also just in general as I forget stuff easily and so need to write it down if I want to have any hope of remembering it later. But yeah, writing helps me proccess and realise what's ruminating and what's helpful. I write a lot of poetry, but also I do what I like to call word "vomits" where I basically just mentally spew all my thoughts (both negative and positive) onto the paper. Once it's out of my head, I can see it much more clearly and make sense of it and I find it really helpful as it just gets it all out. So whenever I start to hate myself again and wanna self harm I just get out my notebook and "vomit" it all onto the paper instead of carving it forever into my body. This usually works but sometimes the pain and longing for dead loved ones just gets too much and then I can't get it out of my head fast enough and it builds and builds and eventually explodes and that's bad, because then I can't control it and if it's in public then its wayyyy worse and then I'll regret it for life and ruminate forever on it and yeah. So writing really helps me, but sometimes it doesn't and all I can do is silently scream in bed alone at night, or go on walks around the block (preferably in the cold because then I can rug up with layers of physical protection, but also cos the cold wakes me up and helps me see more clearly). On those walks I usually call a friend or listen to music so I can either get everything off my chest, or just drown and suffocate my sorrow (in a good way) so I can get myself together and go back to my family pretending everyting is fine (cos my siblings don't rly know about my mental healt struggles, so I have to pretend I'm fine for them).

Live Regardless

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I have learnt so much in the last couple of years after loosing my late wife to brain tumor! I have learnt to move on as it seemed pretty difficult living in the four walls we got together, thinking about downsizing was one of the best decisions i ma... View more

I have learnt so much in the last couple of years after loosing my late wife to brain tumor! I have learnt to move on as it seemed pretty difficult living in the four walls we got together, thinking about downsizing was one of the best decisions i made the whole time as it feel a little better but i always remember the good times and that keeps me going and very hopeful about everything i do in life.

The poetry corner - post your poems in here

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Hi everyone, This is a thread for sharing your creative works. Please bear in mind our community rules before submitting your work. This thread is located in the BB Social Zone, so the primary purpose here is entertainment. We will not publish poems ... View more

Hi everyone, This is a thread for sharing your creative works. Please bear in mind our community rules before submitting your work. This thread is located in the BB Social Zone, so the primary purpose here is entertainment. We will not publish poems containing dark or disturbing content, including themes of suicide, self-harm, death, dying, abuse or other forms of trauma. Thanks for your understanding.

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Middle, mature, elderly aged person...lonely & living alone...Needing someone to talk to?..Let’s be here for each other.

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