Has anybody received support from a support group and would like to give us some feedback XxThank you Xx

Henbant wrote this can anybody offer some help and advice Xx

It has made me realise that there are many agencies and supports available to people with depression but the support for their carers and friends is much more difficult to find. Does anyone have experience of either running carers support groups or being part of a support network in the community?

It would be wonderful if somebody could give Henbant some advice THANK YOU Xx

Can anybody give some help and advice to Henbant XxChloe

If anyone hears of groups that have been formed providing mutual support and confidentiality in a local area I would be interested to hear of the benefits and pitfalls
Many thanks.
Love Henbant x

Jean sent me this Xx I thought it might interest you Xx

For all my friends who listen and share….

A thought to share

I just finished taking an evening class at Stanford. The last lecture
was on the mind-bodyconnection—the relationship between stress and
disease.  The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among
other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his
health is to be married to a woman whereas for a woman, one of the
best things she could do for her health was to nurture her
relationships with her girlfriends.  At first everyone laughed, but
he was serious.

Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems
that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life
experiences. Physically this quality “girlfriend time” helps us to
create more seratonin—a neurotransmitter that helps combat
depression and can create a general feeling of well being.  Women
share feelings whereas men often form relationships around
activities. They rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they
feel about certain things or how their personal lives are going.
Jobs? Yes.  Sports? Yes.  Cars? Yes. Fishing, hunting, golf?  Yes.
But their feelings?—rarely.  Women do it all of the time. We share
from our souls with our sisters, and evidently that is very good for
our health.  He said that spending time with a friend is just as
important to our general health as jogging or working out at a gym.

There’s a tendency to think that when we are “exercising” we are
doing something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out
with friends, we are wasting our time and should be more productively
engaged—not true.  In fact, he said that failure to create and
maintain quality personal relationships with other humans is as
dangerous to our physical health as smoking!  So every time you hang
out to schmooze with a gal pal, just pat yourself on the back and
congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health!  We
are indeed very very lucky.  Sooooo let’s toast to our friendship
with our girlfriends. Evidently it’s very good for our health.

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