Good morning @Appleblossom
How is your son doing now? It's such a hard journey for them and for us all.
I am with you on those two systems and what I could really say!
I really want to leave this world having made a real difference to how we as a society treat each other, mental illness and incarceration.
A renaissance of awareness and understanding and compassion and tangible help (not just words of hope or change) needs to happen. Maybe it has started as the conversations around these issues are everywhere it seems.
There are so many 'lost' youth in our society making waves and not in a positive way. It's sad however maybe that's what the world needs to experience to wake up and act. I feel for all those youth. I am firing on all cylinders this morning and I haven't even got our out of bed!
Found the number to where my daughter is staying temporarily and left a message last night. She won't have liked that but it's not a private number. I don't know where she is exactly. I just recalled the number she called me on last. She did not return call. She is angry at all the knocks she's having trying to get back on her feet and really struggling. We have had a number of unsettling arguments suddenly. It's both of us trying to adjust. Me being so sad that she is having these struggles even with some support in place. Her struggling with overwhelm and uncontrollable thoughts. I'm ready and prepared to hear from her hopefully today. I have given her a small amount of money until her Centrelink comes through next week after initially refusing to assist as I was wondering if she had reverted to old habits. She hasn't. I just needed to work those feelings (of my paranoia about her past) out and I did that by going for a walk. She doesn't know I changed my mind. It won't be easy to make amends. I hope she will understand. I'm here for her.
Thank you and @tyme and others for being here for me. It does help to be able to 'see' my thoughts like this.
