Mental Health - Education, Support and Prevention
30-03-2025 06:15 PM
30-03-2025 06:15 PM
Awww hun @avant-garde ,
Your resilience never ceases to amaze me.
Despite your past trauma, you continue to power on.
Hugs to you.
Do you go away for this camp?
30-03-2025 06:19 PM
30-03-2025 06:19 PM
@tyme yeah, hours drive north
Glad to be home now though, my lower back doesn't like foam camp mattresses.
30-03-2025 06:39 PM
30-03-2025 06:39 PM
Did you find it edifying, spiritually? @avant-garde I guess that's the main thing?
Do a lot of people go?
30-03-2025 08:23 PM
30-03-2025 08:23 PM
@tyme I think this sums it up more than mere sentences can
25 hours felt like so long
and for a time it really was
copious triggers, a bit too much
surviving was enough
now into the final hours
I can see what a help it has been
relationships I had discounted
I didn't imagine this
to feel somehow connected
though the only single here
some would say "represent!"
that i could feel happy here
yes sometimes overwhelming
yes, all a bit too much
but that even in my darkest moment
knowing and feeling, loved
singing old familiar hymns
in a place with actual acoustics
is this what real church feels like?
have I felt like this before?
for this brief, uncertain moment in time
feeling connection I felt was lost
building relationships, I didn't expect
friendships that didn't hurt
to now look upon the final hour
have a peace and a smile on my face
I didn't expect this, I'd lost hope
on this concept, maybe familiar, grace
30-03-2025 08:54 PM
30-03-2025 08:54 PM
That is profound @avant-garde . I can't even describe the feeling I have within me after reading that poem.
Hugs
30-03-2025 09:10 PM
30-03-2025 09:25 PM
30-03-2025 09:25 PM
@avant-garde wrote:
my writing blows you away doesn't it?
Totally @avant-garde .
It feels like there is so much within you that is bursting to come out, so it's about finding a way for the words to form in their perfect way.
I am in awe.
31-03-2025 07:40 PM
31-03-2025 07:40 PM
31-03-2025 07:56 PM
31-03-2025 07:56 PM
heyooo @avant-garde how was Bonhoeffer? and how are you going?
also read that you conquered the church camp, proud of ya for getting through it!!!
i'm good! did some shopping this morning and had to get myself a cushion for my car seat cos i'm too short to see ahead comfortably 😆
31-03-2025 08:05 PM
31-03-2025 08:05 PM
Bonhoeffer was intense! But so completely captivating! I actually had no idea who he was originally... just heard Christian war movie and it sounded interesting
I'm justifiably struggling... a lot of anniversaries this week...
I have a back cushion for my car, but although being not even 6 foot I'm too tall for some cars
If you need urgent assistance, see Need help now
For mental health information, support, and referrals, contact SANE Support Services
SANE Forums is published by SANE with funding from the Australian Government Department of Health
SANE - ABN 92 006 533 606
PO Box 1226, Carlton VIC 3053