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9:44 am
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Toffeeapple
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Post edited 9:52 am – Wed 21-Jul-10 by Toffeeapple
brightspark said:
Have you noticed that above my avatar, the suggestion is that 'Brightspark wilts' – that'll be Saturday night, then !
What a hoot! I hope you're not wilting today?
Interesting stuff about Purple Ronnie, I have a card in my kitchen that says ' I want you to know that I think you are great and although I'm a bit of a mug, if you ever need me I'll always be near to come round and give you a hug'. My daughter gave it to me. Bless!
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9:51 am
Wed 21-Jul-10
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brightspark
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Not too badly, TA, just marginally wilting ……
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9:53 am
Wed 21-Jul-10
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Toffeeapple
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Is it hot down there in sunny Wiltshire? Or should that be Wiltingshire?
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5:39 pm
Wed 21-Jul-10
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brightspark
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Post edited 6:08 pm – Wed 21-Jul-10 by brightspark
It's warmish with a lovely breeze – just right for drying the washing!
The 'wilting' is just because there is so much to do before my stall on Saturday – sometimes the sheer amount overwhelms me doesn't take much though !!
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11:15 pm
Wed 21-Jul-10
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brightspark
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Toffeeapple said:
Interesting stuff about Purple Ronnie, I have a card in my kitchen that says ' I want you to know that I think you are great and although I'm a bit of a mug, if you ever need me I'll always be near to come round and give you a hug'. My daughter gave it to me. Bless!
TA, I read an article about Giles Andreae (creator of Purple Ronnie & Edward Monkton), and it is about depression. That may sound very uninteresting, but described by a man such as this guy, it allows some insight into this awful illness, here.
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9:45 am
Thu 22-Jul-10
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Toffeeapple
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I know about depression, it is a most debilitating illness. We often find that people known for their humour are afflicted.
I do hope that your stall does well on Saturday, try not to wear yourself out beforehand! 
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10:11 am
Thu 22-Jul-10
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some cheering news: suffering from depression when young seems to be linked to developing alzheimer's, or other forms of dementia, when older. Yay!
no amount of coffee will save me, it seems.
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11:22 am
Thu 22-Jul-10
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Toffeeapple
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Why thank you, my little Rae of sunshine!
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11:59 am
Thu 22-Jul-10
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Rae Mond
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1:11 pm
Thu 22-Jul-10
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Danny
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That's a very good read, BS. Thank you.
". . what a rare and beautiful treasure is the simple human gift of
joy. I
lost it so completely for a while."
Luckily, I have only ever brushed the fringes of depression, never clinical. But even that was a most hateful place to be. I have the utmost sympathy for anybody unfortunate enough to be struck down by it.
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10:49 pm
Thu 22-Jul-10
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4:49 pm
Fri 23-Jul-10
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Toffeeapple
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KateUK said:
It is GRIM.
Have you been there too Kate?
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7:28 pm
Fri 23-Jul-10
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Oh yes, but I get upside too – though the manic stuff is just as bad really. But as I get older I know it better and manage it better. Had a really bad few years when it just hung around for what seemed like for ever, the upswing after was as bad: but on a more even keel now and more accepting of it and wouldn't want to be any other way- its a part of me, I just have to learn to make it a less intrusive part of me and to see it coming and have a few tricks up my sleeve to cope with it.
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7:43 pm
Fri 23-Jul-10
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mutley
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I know what is like to bee ther,e how i made it back i dont no but you do some how, keep going. you are welcome to my phone number if i can help i will, love mut & jade 
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8:47 pm
Fri 23-Jul-10
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Danny
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Good man, Mutley. Thanks for that offer. I will take you up on it.
Kate – I think you struck the nail on the head. Experience comes with age (sadly) and now I recognise the symptoms very early on and take evasive action. Gratitude is my favourite one. I stand outside the back door on a sunny morning, raise my arms to the heavens and thank the universe for the good things in my life.
That is like a switch. Just thinking about the good stuff (like 3 or 4 blessings that I am grateful for) works wonders.
Yikes – this is getting very personal. Maybe we should open a new Depressives thread?
No. I think there must be enough forums and help sites out there already.
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