Mental Illness Fellowship Northern Territory

Hi @Mazarita @Bunniekins @CheerBear and anyone else around this afternoon.  I haven't caught up on the last few pages yet but will do so shortly.

@Mazarita  Love back atcha    Yesterday with the new support worker ('care worker' she calls herself) went really well.  3 hours contact time.  We went down to the wharf and caught a ferry to the other side of the harbour, walked to a cafe and got a coffee and took it to a park where we chatted for a while, then caught the ferry back.  She's really nice and gave me the impression she will really help me work towards goals, unlike the one from PHaMs over the last 6 months (tho I will still have her occasionally when the regular ones aren't available).  Plus we had a nice connection about growing up sailing.  It was great to get out on the water but it did trigger some strong memories from 9 years ago that I wasn't prepared for.  I managed not to talk about that until we were in the park, didn't have a full flashback experience.  She was really reassuring.

Then today another significant event - I gave sil's mum an hour massage which I felt really good about and she's told me this afternoon that her pain has diminished so mission accomplished.  I was a lot more confident today than when I did my bro a few months ago.  I think re-reading my massage manual before I went made a big difference, especially the chapter on massaging the elderly.  Stuff I knew but it was good to have a refresher.

Looking forward to catching up with everyone.