Board Thread:Friend Code Exchange/@comment-2606:A000:1015:CA08:5436:10F0:9340:DCC9-20191222082337/@comment-44706065-20200101210723

 Hi Leanna, 

Yes, I agree, accents can be appealing especially if you are a curious person (I am too).

Like Portia I am English but I have a gravelly voice (with a faint hit of camp if I talk too fast!) and I'm also a slow talker. If that helps you hear me when you read this. I am also honest and sometimes a little cheeky if I know someone well (feel free to swipe me round the ears).

Yes, it can seem as though you are talking fast, it's funny how different it can come across when we read instead of listen. When I read your writing I am reminded of the squirrel from over the hedge, Hammy? I think. After she has an energy drink and talks very fast, it's quite a sweet image. Now I will enjoy reading in a slow southern drawl.

I sometimes read people's game names differently in my head eg. It say 'Aral' and my brain calls her Ariella and 'зльвиpa' gets called 'Ban-amp' or 'Banana' and some have nicknames eg. Portia is Porti-poodle but don't let on she might not like it :P

We have also gone through the mill here with our politics. I would say sometimes it feels like we have toddlers running the country but that would be very offensive to toddlers.

I lost my partner and two children in an accident three years ago while I was at work, I was only 28 at the time and I wasn't able to work for a while. I felt isolated, negative, angry, lost, depressed, etc. After years of insomnia I am fortunate enough to have some marvellous tablets that knock me out. We are all human even us therapists, I'm proud to be human and fallible even when it's acutely painful.

I can really appreciate how difficult it is having lost the little support you had and how difficult it must be not having people to talk to in your own familiar language, just hearing that itself can feel like nectar to the ears. That's all before you add on struggling with insomnia, your illness, taking care of family, etc. You have a lot to manage right now for one person.

It can feel like a real fight with our brains sometimes, especially if we haven't have been met emotionally in the way we need from those around us. To me you're a very important and worthy human being, irrespective of any stereotypes you do or don't fit, that is all that I need to know.

I'm glad talking on here is helping in some small way and we are very happy to listen. I may not be on often (work) and not usually say much (Men! *eyeroll*) but when I am I enjoy reading through no matter what the length or content.

That is a lot of words for me! I may have to have a lie down ;)

Warm wishes and a very merry new year to you my lovely.

