I have noticed over the years I have been on the site and forum, there comes posts here and there from various users posting about things going on in their personal lives that may or may not be stressful for lack of a better word. I have always considered myself to be a fairly empathetic person and figure it would be nice to have a topic here designed to be a safe zone in a relatively safe zone that this site/ forum actively promotes and cultivates.
If anyone needs to talk, vent or just hang, I and many others would be more than happy to be there, and assist/ join in.
Unfortunately, at least from what I am privy to, it seems like good news comes sparingly or is obscured by all types of nonsense that more than likely sells better to the masses.
Well, I have gave up with the news. I know I won’t find good news there.
I ended depressed and even sick because the sensationalism they sell is… disgusting. They will give you the most awful details if they think you will visit them because of that. People behind the news don’t matter at all.
I can understand. Sometimes it seems the more people head online, the lonelier it may be. I also don’t think that the pandemic helped much with bettering this or bringing people together.
I remember doing a bit of art therapy years ago. I’m not the most creative person so it went as well as it could. Are you doing it for a certain amount of sessions, or one session at a time to see how it goes?
I plan on participating same as we did last year. I’ll start a new topic for it in preparation.
Today hasn’t been a particularly good day for me, but I stumbled across something that really lifted my spirits. Maybe it will help someone else too. All the videos this person makes seem to be a treat for my soul: