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Isn't the pic of the Harbour this morning a shocker. My friend works right on the water and would not be 500m from the bridge!
Yes I am so happy I am going home @Former-Member.
With regards to community help you can't double dip in two different buckets of funding. So if you receive the NDIS you can't access this service through the Primary Health Network in NSW. I haven't even considered the NDIS for myself @Former-Member. Just finding the stamina to get this paperwork done was enough. The government really has the upper hand in that it is close to impossible to complete the Centrelink/NDIS/Community Health forms when you are very unwell and have no support. You don't have the concentration for it and that means people miss out and it benefits others who have someone in their lives to do it for them and can act as their advocate. I feel my brain turn to jelly just at the thought of having to do the application but I won't discount it in the future.
I have been a gold star patient @Former-Member, this is true. With a busted brain it gets me down a lot, but then I try and remind myself that my doc gave me a gold star for hearing, a gold star for eyesight, a gold star for kidney and liver function, a gold star for blood pressure, a gold star for cholesterol, a gold star for BMI, a gold star for nutrition, a gold star for oxygen levels, a gold star for dental, the list goes on and on, but you get the gist. It's easy to forget everything that is right with you isn't Miss Sherry 
I will hug you and say, "I miss ya limbs".
I fee like a raspberry cordial...wanna share one with your Otter pal?
Corny 
There's plenty of room in the pool for another Appleblossom Otter, @Appleblossom . And I can pour you a fresh lime and soda or a raspberry cordial in your favourite glass on arrival.
It takes a while to walk out of the fog doesn't it, decades really- Hearing you about the problem of being forced to conceal and the confusion of living a double life.....makes me sad when I contemplate all the years taken from me and missed opportunities, years I can never get back.
But the double life fuelled by my fathers NPD was the only structure I knew and combined with threats it was pretty easy to control us. It makes it that much easier because he found a partner who revered and enabled him, validated him and pretty much idolised him, my mother was his servant and she enjoyed it.
But he would also completely crumble if someone rejected him and would be in full flight if they had the courage to. But whereas with other mental health conditions you could attribute behaviour to someone being mentally 'unwell', my fathers was fixed and intractable. I am often horrified by the naivety of some people believing that everyone has a chance to be rehabilitated - no.they.do.not!
They were very confusing years, but the confusion is gone and its amazing how long it takes for us to become comfortable with the truth and how much we avoid it. Its like the false reality was comforting.
Corny
I present to you ladies @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Appleblossom @Former-Member @Maggie @Faith-and-Hope , the breed you are caring for this weekend and taking for a puppycino this morning on your walk about town - the Berdoodle
