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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions 13th December 2015, 10:36
Replies: 8
Views: 1,874
Posted By Phool
Re: Smoking and chronic mental illness:what's the best way to quit or cut down

I was an infrequent, social smoker in my 20s, but when I had my breakdown at 31 I took it up in a big way. It seemed to be the only thing that relaxed me, in reality it was probably just taking a few...
Forum: Other Issues and Conditions 13th December 2015, 10:19
Replies: 2
Views: 1,992
Posted By Phool
Re: 100 years old and making a comeback – Freud’s theories of the unconscious

Thank you for posting this. I recently visited the Freud Museum with a couple of SA ladies and it reminded me of things I had read when I first had a breakdown 10 years ago. Since then I have gone...
Forum: Club 30-81 12th December 2015, 18:27
Replies: 303
Views: 73,689
Posted By Phool
Re: The 30+ what are you thinking right now thread

How different my life was a year ago to now and not in a good way :headshake
Forum: Club 30-81 8th June 2015, 10:05
Replies: 1,032
Views: 210,974
Posted By Phool
Re: The 30+ how are you feeling thread

OK I think my OCD is in overdrive. I quit my job a couple of months ago and went abroad for a few weeks. Since I came back I have done nothing but clean and reorganise.

I mean I am not that messy...
Forum: Club 30-81 8th June 2015, 09:58
Replies: 14
Views: 3,735
Posted By Phool
Re: Recommend A Book - General

Cool. Do you read in Spanish? I tried reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Spanish once. I did not succeed lol [emoji17]
Forum: Club 30-81 7th June 2015, 17:44
Replies: 14
Views: 3,735
Posted By Phool
Re: Recommend A Book - General

I am a member of a historical fiction book group and I really enjoyed the latest book. (I usually don't lol)

It is Some Luck by Jane Smiley. It is the first in a trilogy about an American farming...
Forum: Club 30-81 7th June 2015, 17:37
Replies: 14
Views: 3,735
Posted By Phool
Recommend A Book - General

To compliment the other thread I thought I would also start a general reading thread.
Forum: Club 30-81 7th June 2015, 17:35
Replies: 11
Views: 5,157
Posted By Phool
Re: Recommend A Book - SA and MH

So the book I came across is Triumph. A collection of short stories of different womens triumph over breakdowns.

Currently free on kindle...
Forum: Club 30-81 7th June 2015, 17:33
Replies: 11
Views: 5,157
Posted By Phool
Recommend A Book - SA and MH

I just came across an inspiring free book on kindle and am a member of Good Reads and a meetup book group and thought it might be worth starting a thread.

I thought maybe those of us that are a...
Forum: Club 30-81 2nd June 2015, 15:01
Replies: 1,032
Views: 210,974
Posted By Phool
Re: The 30+ how are you feeling thread

Really stressed atm. Sorting out lots of long term financial stuff. Future feels really bleak. Meh.
Forum: Club 30-81 22nd March 2015, 07:56
Replies: 33
Views: 9,124
Posted By Phool
Re: Do you ever wonder where and how it will all end?

I am in a similar position. In my 40s, father died a long time ago, I am an only child, I have cousins but don't see them regularly. I have a handful of friends, mostly former colleagues and none...
Forum: Club 30-81 22nd March 2015, 07:40
Replies: 33
Views: 9,124
Posted By Phool
Re: Do you ever wonder where and how it will all end?

Not wonder exactly. But I have a lot of thoughts about it and wish it would hurry up.
Forum: Club 30-81 22nd March 2015, 07:29
Replies: 1,045
Views: 208,923
Posted By Phool
Re: You know you're getting old when..

On days out you long for a nice cup of tea and a sit down...frequently! :p
Forum: Welcome & Introductions Room 21st October 2014, 20:31
Replies: 28
Views: 4,249
Posted By Phool
Re: Hi Everyone

Hi overthinker

Also 40+ female. There is a 30+ section here and a chatroom. Hope you find it useful. :)
Forum: Welcome & Introductions Room 21st October 2014, 20:29
Replies: 8
Views: 2,095
Posted By Phool
Re: Yeah, another newb...

Hi moorsman

Also 40+ and also diagnosed early 30s.

There is a 30+ section here. And quite a few of us use the chatroom. Hope you find it useful. :)
Forum: Welcome & Introductions Room 21st October 2014, 20:06
Replies: 8
Views: 2,056
Posted By Phool
Re: Hello

Hello espresso. You are very welcome in chat as are other newbies :)
Forum: The Lounge 20th October 2014, 20:00
Replies: 59
Views: 5,476
Posted By Phool
Forum: Club 30-81 19th October 2014, 19:15
Replies: 15
Views: 3,006
Posted By Phool
Re: What would you invent for over 30s?

Amen Simon except I live in a flat so its me standing in the doorway wondering why I had gone to that room.
Forum: Club 30-81 19th October 2014, 12:33
Replies: 31
Views: 4,419
Posted By Phool
Re: WHY? - now thats just silly!

WHY oh WHY litter when there is a bin right next to you.

I am thinking particularly of bus stops. Usually a bin at a bus stop but in my area they are plagued by fag butts and chicken bones. The...
Forum: Club 30-81 19th October 2014, 12:29
Replies: 15
Views: 3,006
Posted By Phool
Re: What would you invent for over 30s?

Lol Azalea I'm fairly tall and still putting light bulbs in without a chair but my mum doesn't reach beyond the first shelf of the top kitchen cupboards. Good call.

And yes Rufus I know lots of...
Forum: Club 30-81 19th October 2014, 10:44
Replies: 15
Views: 3,006
Posted By Phool
What would you invent for over 30s?

This article amused me: http://www.buzzfeed.com/robynwilder/spray-on-maturity?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpgm&s=mobile#1aff75y

And I wondered what people would invent to make life easier.

For me it...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 3rd September 2014, 09:18
Replies: 8
Views: 1,691
Posted By Phool
Hi ding Just wanted to say when we have met,...

Hi ding

Just wanted to say when we have met, at meets or on the Northern Line you always came across as incredibly competent and capable and intelligent.

I can relate to the imposter feeling....
Forum: Welcome & Introductions Room 21st August 2014, 16:35
Replies: 9
Hi
Views: 1,797
Posted By Phool
Re: Hi

Hiya, I am 40 and like you the SA really kicked in around 30. Various trigger factors. I think I have always had it but sometimes things in life bring it out more. So you are not the only middle aged...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 21st August 2014, 16:31
Replies: 8
Views: 1,341
Posted By Phool
Re: Awful leaving do situation

Ugh sounds awful. I left my contract job 2 weeks ago and refused to have a leaving do. I have for the last two jobs before that. I hate them, find them awkward. Hate being the centre of attention. I...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 3rd August 2014, 15:28
Replies: 19
Views: 1,826
Posted By Phool
Re: Not wanting to talk to new people, especially those you will never see again

I get this in both directions. I am currently contracting. One is ending this week. Even though these have both bern year long contracts, I can see why certain people can't be that bothered to get...
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