Straeon Llwyddiant
Dyma gasgliad o gyfweliadau fideo twymgalon gyda chyfranogwyr o gymuned Cwm Taf Morgannwg, a orffennodd eu cyrsiau yn ddiweddar yn y Gwasanaeth Gwella Lles (WISE) dan arweiniad hyfforddwyr, ac sy’n rhannu eu straeon iechyd rhyfeddol gyda ni yn agored.
Mae’r unigolion hyn yn dangos dewrder a phenderfyniad aruthrol i rannu eu profiadau gyda’r cyhoedd, wrth iddyn nhw anelu at ysbrydoli eraill i gychwyn ar eu teithiau lles eu hunain.
Gyda chefnogaeth barhaus Hyfforddwyr Lles hyfforddedig, clywch sut y gwnaeth pecyn offer arloesol o strategaethau WISE eu grymuso i gymryd rheolaeth o'u lles personol a meithrin ymdeimlad newydd o hunanwerth.
Mae straeon y cyfranogwyr hyn yn dyst i'r potensial ar gyfer newid a thwf sy'n bodoli o fewn pob un ohonom.
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thank you
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for me it was
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um because I suffer with irritable bowel
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syndrome which I've had for for years
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um and I particularly get it at periods
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of high stress
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and I was talking to my GP about it and
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asking if there was anything cows that
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could happen far from the medication
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that I was taking
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um and and they suggested
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um this this wise course so I got into
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contact with them have I assessment done
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and and then and then got on the Sigmund
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program
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for me personally it's it's really
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helped in in the sense that we've been
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able to set action plans each week which
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have been sort of like little goals and
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that you set yourself and that you're
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able to then work towards during the
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week before the next session
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um and those little action goals those
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little action points so that there's a
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really helped sort of
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um feeding new habits for me
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um healthy habits so things like going
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for a walk by the Sea
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um or
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um writing little affirmations and
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sticking them in a jar so that at the
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end of the year I can open that jar and
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have a look and see what I've written
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and it just really sort of like focusing
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on the positives of of life and
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um really getting sort of
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for me back to one with nature that
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that's been the most important thing for
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me
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um but because as a whole has been
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really good because there's
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so much information out there and the
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stuff that's taught on the course is no
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different from the information that's
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out there but what it does is that it
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brings it all into one place into one
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space
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in a very safe space
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um that that's created every week
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um by the by the mentors
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um and it's also been really good
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because
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um we've been working as a group and I
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know that group work can sort of sound a
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bit scary and can be can can put off
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some people and I was a little bit um
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unsure about it at the very beginning
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but actually it's been one of the best
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things ever is to is to work with people
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who are from different backgrounds they
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bring different ideas and thoughts you
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share as much as you want to share or as
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little as you want to share it's
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entirely up to you and but to get
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information and and ideas and feedback
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from other people has been absolutely
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invaluable and and that's what I would
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um personally recommend to anybody who
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was considering coming on the wise
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course
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um you really do you really do help
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support each other and there's a lot of
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camaraderie and friendships have been
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created as well
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um which has been which has been really
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good
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um
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and I just think that uh
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in terms of creating a safe space and
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and and an environment where people can
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feel supported
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for me personally I've been able to
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take less medication I've been feeling
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less stressed about things I've had a
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lot of
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um
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quite deep personal things happen during
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the six months course you know in in my
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own life and I think that I would have
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handled differently
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um if I hadn't been on this course this
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course has really taught me how to how
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to deal with
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um
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challenging events
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um in my own personal life
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and I think that's been down to setting
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these action lines each week and and
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just adhering to those and and having
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the support from everybody else
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well
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one of the things that the the course
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teaches you is
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um a whole load of a whole load of tools
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in a tool kit and so there's lots of
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things in there that that you can take
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with you such as
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um meditation
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um you know to
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their various things but one of the
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things I'm going to take is that is is
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making the action plans so
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each week
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however I'm feeling
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I've now got a whole series of actual
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plans and action points that I can that
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I can use in my own life
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um in order to sort of
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um relieve those appearance of stress so
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that's what I'm going to take forward
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um other tools that I've learned
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from that toolkit
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absolutely 100
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um
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you know it's not only beneficial for
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all the things I've said before but also
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as well it helps to reduce the strain on
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the NHS I've been going to the GP less
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um for me I've been able to take less
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medication which has been fantastic so
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I'm saving the NHS time and money and it
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also
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um benefits benefits me as well
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um so definitely I definitely recommend
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it to anybody who's thinking about it
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and just
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even if you're unsure all I will say is
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just give it a go
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there's no harm in coming on trying it
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and and if it doesn't work for you
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that's fine at least you're giving it a
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go but just give it a go
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thank you
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I joined the wire service because I've
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had a few long-term health conditions
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and unfortunately my mental health
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declined and because of that my health
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issues started taking a toll on my
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day-to-day life and so I reached out for
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help buying my GP
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um and they referred to me to wines
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to try and readjust my life and
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get on a better track
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um
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because it's quite easy to forget how to
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look after yourself when you don't feel
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very confident to do so if you can't
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look after yourself you can't look after
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other people so you forget about
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yourself
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um
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and you just
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push yourself away into a corner and
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forget and it's important because if you
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don't look after yourself
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you know I'm not going to be able to
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look after other people either so you
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gotta put yourself first
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and regardless how you feel and taking
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the first step is really important
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because you'll have a better life
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knowing that you've tried rather than
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sitting there and
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stealing so that's that's why I've come
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to ice and enjoyed the experience
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on a pedestal level it forced me to put
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myself first
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um
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because I'd
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forgotten about myself stopped looking
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after myself maybe as well as
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if someone else was caring for me they
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would have cared me better the more I
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was doing for myself and
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some
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come into this program has helped me
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understand things better what I should
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and shouldn't do
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it's giving me tools to be able to
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navigate around my conditions when
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regardless what they throw at me my
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conditions
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can always be managed and the tools
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they've taught us
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minimizes the impact on my life so it
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means I can lead a more functional
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normal life without having to depend on
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other people and so the healthy eating
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and
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the Sleep hygiene the exercise and I
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know the exercise bit is quite scary
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because if you've got any type of
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chronic pain or fatigue the last thing
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you want to do is move because you
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should want to kill up involved and
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it's what coming here is showing me is
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regardless how small the movement is if
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you do the tiny sub movements every day
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eventually it'll get easier and easier
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and you can get bigger movements and
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it's not so strenuous I mean
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and life is easier and you can breathe
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easier you can walk better you can
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manage your day-to-day life better
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because your building
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the foundation that you can stand on if
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it's not broken it's not Rocky it's
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stable and the tools they give you helps
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you keep it stable for as long as
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possible
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um
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and they help with your mental health as
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well because that's quite important
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because you can get down quite easily if
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you're not kind to yourself
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so the breathing techniques are
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fantastic
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um I find if my cried pain is very high
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if I just stop breathing they hold it's
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not the greatest thing to do because it
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just keeps going up and at that and you
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just eat it
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let it Breeze and eventually
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you'll come back down again and you can
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carry on but I was finding that I was
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holding my breath a lot and I couldn't
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do much and it's just opened up my life
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to a better way of living because
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they've shown me healthy ways to deal
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with things mentally physically
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and socializing it's quite important as
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well
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um because I shut myself away from
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people my family because you guys
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you worried that your family and the
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people around you are sick of hearing it
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so when you get down or see you close
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yourself off and it's not healthy so you
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need to be able to talk to people and
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communicate to people reach out to GP
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um
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your mental health professionals and
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they're all happy to help that's all
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they want to do is help and you've got
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to allow yourself to get the help
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and take the first step
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because otherwise you're just going to
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stay stuck in the same shoe
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that regardless of
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any problems you had you clean
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minimize it by turning in it into
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smaller
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easier to manage chunks it's not a big
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mountain it's not hard to clean if you
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could break it down into smaller
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steps
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before you know it you're halfway up
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and it doesn't feel hard either it's not
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sometimes it feels
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pressured but it's only pressure because
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you want to do good for yourself and as
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long as you're kind to yourself
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and you treat yourself right and look
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after you're eating you're sleeping how
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much water you're drinking you can't go
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wrong really as long as you're doing all
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those things
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there's always that opportunities to be
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better and have a better lifestyle and a
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better outcome overall
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um
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so going forward
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and definitely keeping the healthy
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eating it's not perfect there's a lot
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better than what it was and that start
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being drinking water
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and having more energy and I still feel
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the same amount of pain
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but it doesn't upset me as much anymore
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because I could cope a bit better and as
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long as I can cope
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then it's okay
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um and having these tools help me
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makes it just a little bit lighter every
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time I put myself face every time I need
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a little bit more forward life just gets
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lighter
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and hopefully
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if I ever do fall back and I struggle
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and
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need help again I know I've got all
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these toolbox and
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the program to reap back on go over
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again and just readjust my life because
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it's not going to be perfect
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it's always going to have those little
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blips and knowing these programs like
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this around to help will just help you
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re-center and go forward and that's the
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important thing for me
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yeah
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yes everybody
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is a little bit naughty sometimes and
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you eat too many biscuits and rub too
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much alcohol and you don't sleep right
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and you're staying on your phone a
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little bit too long and it all adds up
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and if you feel not quite right coming
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to wise
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help to realize that those little
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naughty habits you're doing
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we'll build a bigger picture and I
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definitely I can see a couple of my
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friends needing
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a little less time on their phone or a
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little less time drinking
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and it just helps you readjust
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so the thing is already new and
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I think it's really useful
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to be in an environment where people
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think like you and feel like you and
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this place definitely it makes them
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produce
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and that's all that matters and it's in
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your own time and in your own space it's
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not forced it's
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free-flowing and
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it's flourishing gives you the
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opportunity first I would recommend as
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many people as I could
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thank you
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so it was something that was recommended
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to me by the chiropractor because they
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knew that I'd been having some issues
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with regards to pain and how I was
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feeling mentally so I was on mental
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health issues as well and you know just
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dealing
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maybe you knew that that sort of sense
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of community so that's what I was that's
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why I joined I thought actually and
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maybe good to meet people who are of a
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similar
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you know cine group or feeling similar
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to me because obviously I think the
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chronic illness journey is very lonely
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um and I definitely from my experience
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felt that so being able to speak to
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others who felt the same and met people
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from all over you know the county
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um from different backgrounds different
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ages you know is
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from every Walk of Life really so it's
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been really good to sort of integrate
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myself and have that sort of looking
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forward to every week or week
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fortnightly to be able to speak to
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someone and um but also learn new things
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of how to cope with pain as well
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so on a personal level it's been a
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really beneficial uh Endeavor for me I
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think
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um I'm really thankful for the NHS for
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suggesting it to me because
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I'm a bit reluctant just because you
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know even though I wanted that community
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and being with others
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there's also as well as a little bit
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worried about over sharing and being a
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burden on people and things like that
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um but I think that's because I just
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felt that in my personal life as well
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um so for me on a personal level after
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I've come from the sessions I felt
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really good so I felt you know positive
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that you know I've learned something new
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um each session uh Cass and Deborah have
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been really really good
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um you know providing information and
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talking to all the best equally so
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there's no
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you know there's no discrepancies or
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anything between anyone
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um you know we're all treated really
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equal which I lie
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um but there's also the level of like
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empathy and compassion as well which I
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really appreciate from personal
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perspective
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um because obviously I feel like
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especially hidden disabilities like I've
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got quite a few conditions
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people tend to judge
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me based on how I look on the outside
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and I don't like looking ill I've never
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like looking out I always
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maybe it'll take me forever to get out
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of bed because I'm in pain but I'll um
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you know I'll put makeup on put a bit of
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a mask on and a brave face and just you
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know go oh yeah I'm okay
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but um you know it's sort of uh become
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into that sort of realization after this
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sort of thing of like
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everyone's a stacked to a certain degree
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where they mask how they feel
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but it's actually okay to be vulnerable
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and even though many people will
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understand there is actually quite a lot
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of people overwhelmed and defies and be
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compassionate towards you as well
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so yeah so I've had that sort of
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feeling integrated feeling hurts
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um
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but also feel like I'm helping others as
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well so like
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in in the sessions the confidential so
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nothing goes out of the room
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uh you know and we all respect each
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other like no one will talk about other
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people it's just whilst in the room
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stays in the room
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and so it feels a very safe environment
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which I like
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and
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um
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for me as well I think
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when I'm able to then maybe I've come
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across something of like oh I used to
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have this actually that's really helped
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me
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and then I've been able to provide some
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advice or personal perspective on
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something backed up by you know what cat
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and uh Dead videos talking about as well
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um it's been really beneficial for the
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other person as well to hear from other
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people's perspective along with myself
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so there's that sense of feeling Health
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but also feeling helpful so it's like a
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two-way exchange which is really nice
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foreign
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so
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things like back to sleep and sleep
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hygiene you know doing things like you
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know not having
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um Electronics before beds you know more
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of a uh you know maybe a shower in the
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night exercise
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was a thing that you could do but
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um you know which would be helpful but
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you know things like that so
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um yeah so things like Betsy be healthy
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eaten and also how to communicate with
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family
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um you know your feelings
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um you know in a healthy way especially
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if you're feeling like a burden or
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you're scared to make and worry all
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their reactions
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there was a very good discussion and
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sort of
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oh well yeah open discussion amongst us
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all about how we would
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um approach family members and how we
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could help them sort of not understand
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because obviously they may not be going
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through what we're going through but to
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at least help them
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look at our perspective in a bit more of
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a open-minded way and compassionately
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and then approaching a subject more
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sense today so I really appreciated that
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as well
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and also as well I think
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the fact that I've actually linked
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friends so the fact I create friends not
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just in the session and then when we've
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come up with session is just go home to
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our lines and everything it's like no we
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actually want to be there for each other
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uh meet up for coffees meet up and check
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in on how would each other's do it and
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there's friendship just built which I
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think is really nice
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and you know and I've made friends with
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people of all different ages which is
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really really nice and also as well
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there's someone voices like a concern or
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a problem they've got or the Hat feeling
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bad will jump to the support I think
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that's a really beautiful thing to
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witness
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um so yeah for me that is the things
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I'll take away mainly and just how I'm
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thankful
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that this is a free service as well like
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I'm just so happy for the NHS and you
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know that this is available I feel very
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lucky
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um in that regards
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um but yeah so then underneath these
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definitely would recommend why you serve
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friends and family even strangers I'd be
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like if you're ill and go go and see
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wise but joking aside no I definitely
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would
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um icing
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if you're looking for
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sort of like a sense of kinship and
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camaraderie you know that you're not in
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this alone
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effect for that
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thank you