Search results

What country are you in @Friday ? I can't believe how specific your 20s people get! Don't think that would work in Australia! They'd prolly be told that they're a "smart arse (ass)" pretty quick! 😆 What country are you in @Freida ? Just wondering if it's Aus as both of these are super...

Good old Alf! He stayed pretty PC though with the Australian sayings, keeping the right classification for Home and Away in its timeslot. Although "G'day" genuinely is said a lot in Aussie still. "Flamin' galah" and "Fair dinkum" I don't hear much nowadays.... unless I'm watching Alf, of...

We say, 'don't teach me how to suck eggs'.... don't do the granny part though! lol Never heard of any of the others though, but they're brilliant! I love 'your bum's out the window'! (I can't even type that in the right accent!!!) My husband is a shocker for Aussie sayings and phrases. I...

"Crazier than a shithouse rat"... that sounds like something an Aussie would say. Might have to steal that....! Well, f*ck me dead! (the Aussie way of saying 'I'm surprised') 😂 I must say, I was feeling rather pissed off (annoyed) with the world, until I read about the shithouse rat...

In Australia, 'dead horse' is rhyming slang for 'tomato sauce', or in other worlds they call it 'ketchup'. Sorry your day was sh*tty, but hopefully the idea of your day riding in on ketchup will give you a smile! :)

I recognise that combination of things leading to having difficulty coping well. There are times when I am so stressed and triggered that even turning towards completing a simple household chore like loading the dishwasher will seem too much pressure to bare. If I try to do it anyway I will...

That's great. I too do a lot of writing. Writing is really the only way for me that I can really talk to the other parts and work out what's going on. With most of my parts I have a really good, caring relationship now. Although, in the last 12 months when I first became triggered again, I...

That's really interesting! There are a number that overlap with us Aussies! We say hoodies too and beanie. We use 'kilos' to abbreviate kilograms. We use 'chips' for the same cut hot potato treat that is deep fried.... but we also use 'chips' for the thin, cold potato crisps that you buy from...

Too right, cobber! 😆

That is really interested that it is so similar to your experience, as I too have DID. Sometimes it's really frustrating and really hard to be patient with my brain. On the other hand I think that ability of my brain to distance itself has allowed me to achieve things in my life that I don't...

That's interesting. Ours is officially English, albeit our own specific dialect, but it really is debatable whether it 'should' be the official language. We are such a multicultural country, and technically historically the original language was the many varying dialects of our First Nations...

Sometimes I find the amount of triggers I have in day to day life overwhelming and hard to deal with because my mind is so highly dissociative that knowing why I'm triggered can sometimes be impossible. This week, I can tell by my physical symptoms and emotional state that I have been triggered...

One of my fave (favourite) youtube videos that very clearly demonstrate just how much we Australians love to abbreviate literally everything!!! What is hilarious about Australia is that we have to abbreviate or change so many words and names, even if it makes the name longer to say... so...

In Aus, it's like we're too lazy to ever say full words, so as many words as possible are abbreviated, so a conversation (a convo) can be unknowingly complex for somebody who is used to proper English! Australia = Straya Football = Footy Chocolate = choccy Biscuit = biccy...

Good old Alf.... although I don't know many Australians that actually say 'Stone the flamin' crows' too often. 🤣 Well, you're actually quite accurate, we generally say we speak 'Australian' 🤣 Or in Australian, we say that we, "crap on in 'straylan lingo' 🤣

Hahahaha! That's brilliant!

When I'm writing posts, I often find myself saying very Australian things and I sometimes think, 'Oh, I wonder if people from other places will know what I mean, if I phrase it that way?' It got me to thinking about how even though we speak English in Australia, we speak with a lot of Aussie...

Ah, f**ketty f**ksticks, I am so gosh darn sick of my body! I was diagnosed with a condition called Reactive Arthritis earlier in the year, to add to my ever growing f'ing list of conditions! I have been in too much pain to walk or mountain bike ride like I used to but took solace in the fact...

Nope, there's always some other f*ing shit around the corner, you're right, and it always hits you smack in the face, you don't know where it's come from! Can't sleep, afraid of sleep, dissociative, hypervigilant, and more f**cking sh*t that comes and never goes the f*ck away. I often think...

It hasn't been big news in the area I live in for a very long time either, although for us I think it's for the opposite reason. I live in the island state of Tasmania in Australia, so we are somewhat conveniently geographically isolated, which has made it a lot easier to keep covid controlled...

Came across this preliminary study about how antidepressants could be linked to a lower mortality rate for those contracting COVID...

I was diagnosed with DID over a decade ago now. The initial diagnosis is scary and it makes you worry about not being in control and about whether you're crazy. My T describes it as actually a beautiful way the mind protects itself and adapts to the situation it's in. My husband is aware of my...

I have a few 'monsters'. The first is a repetitive image of one of my abuser's angry eyes coming at me. The second is a dream I have repeatedly too. The monster is being stuck back living with my abusers with no escape or ability to leave and support myself. It this dream I am always...

I'm more of a cuppa tea gal, or decaf if I'm having coffee. Will drink a weak late if I'm super tired.

Thank you. You're right, I often don't think of myself as strong, although other people that know what I have been through say I am. It's perhaps a common thing amongst survivors, because you often feel like you're breaking or falling apart, you don't think of yourself as strong, but I guess to...