I can't tell you all how nice it is to be on here

Rosabella

Is it normal to just break down and cry do you think? I wonder if this is the mind/body's way of healing itself?

I've stopped being able to sing now because it starts the moment I begin ..as if any effort is quashed by it.

At home I can relax and do it, but when I am out and about I find there are times when I know I'm going to cry so I can't answer people. I don't want to do this but feel overwhelmed.

I think talking to strangers or from a behind a screen is easier than talking to friends and family .
Big hugs to both Nonni1 and Cherrytree x

Hang in there Nonni1. I too have had to deal with very upsetting circumstances for the last two years that make me cry to myself (not infront of others) everyday. It releases the stress. My problem is also that I can't tell anyone about it.
Hopefully you will eventually feel better and be able to talk here or at least feel connected.
Chat away! smile

Annie, please have a word with Mrs P, then I might get an undisturbed nap.

Only sometimes

Yes Non, keep chatting, you will find plenty of sympathetic and empathetic ears here. Many of us have been down, including me, and Gners have helped with their support. Keep to the cheerful threads, some of the contentious ones would drive a saint to drink.

It is a case of priorities surely .

Do I wash the kitchen floor. Get the vacuum out. Wave the feather duster around. Sweep the back path. Wash the breakfast dishes. Clear the coffee table and file the mounds of papers or curl up on the sofa with iPad and visit GN ? To hell with the housework

Good luck Cherrytree, post away Nonnie

Nonnie Most of us have been on here for a therapeutic moan, or a little weep, so please keep on communicating.
Watch out for that GandTea though, he's a bit cheeky sometimes

nonnie keep chatting.
Had a few health probs myself.
I'm sitting in hospital reception waiting with fingers crossed at the moment. I'm by myself (my choice) GN is keeping me company and grounded.

for you sometime soon

Housework -- let me explain. Housework is what Mrs P says she is doing when, whilst having my afternoon nap, she attacks my ankles with the cleaner.

Thanks all.

I can't say what happened, and that's probably the problem. All I can say to you is that it happened and it got sorted, and I am living with the memory of it, and what they did.

You may live to regret saying that

Nonnie, post as often as you wish on any thread you wish , I am so sorry you are troubled

You know, some of the topics are so personal and heart wrenching, it makes me realise I have a lot to be thankful for.

I have a friend who is not allowed to see his children. It makes my problems pale into nothing by comparison.

Housework you say?

Wots that !

NanaandGrampy that is not a word with which I am familiar- maybe when you have some spare time you can explain to me what I should be doing instead of spending too much time on line.

Yes - talk away. Distract yourself. And if you feel ready for it, maybe unburden yourself, too.

Virtual 'friends' can offer as much support as real life ones . So feel free to chat away if it helps you.... we're all here to avoid doing the housework anyway

Sorry to hear that Nonnie it does take time to recover from a shock and sometimes it just hits you again at an unexpected moment . Talk away to your hearts content and feel to post even dare I say 'frivolous' posts. I hope you start to feel like your old self soon