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I’m having really bad grief panic attacks and am genuinely not okay.
Discussion Thread 🛸 Sunday 22 March 2026
Submitted 23 hours ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
Would Nurse on Call be suitable? 1300 60 60 24
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
I’m calling the help lines
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
so many hugs
Do you have something you can do?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
The boyfriend got me some flowers! Left them at his house accidentally, so I’m sure he’ll be a good flower dad for the next week. He lives too far away :(
Unfortunately my mind automatically said, “What does he want? Is he trying to manipulate me?”Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 hours ago
The boyfriend
oooh it’s official!
More than welcome to swing past mine and grab a few for him:
Can’t help w/ roses though.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
Thank you! Those are very pretty :)
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
The Lego flower kits are nice for another options.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
I need an excuse to buy more Lego flowers!! Thanks for the suggestion :)
Catfish@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Yes! Nice sit at home & chat date activity. The smaller ones could also pub.
tone212_@aussie.zone 4 hours ago
Lovely afternoon at the beach, soaking up the last of the warm weather.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
i too did some beach, it’s so mild out there
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Having a lot of trouble cleaning lately. Life has been stressful and I have managed work sleep and food, and ok levels of outside and social time but I am in a deep funk when it comes to house chores. See one thing, see a second and third, brain overloads and I sit scrolling. Or today I come home ready to start and crash out asleep.
This is all ok EXCEPT that having a cluttered not clean place is pulling my mental health down. Ugh…I have a big tub to dump in anything out of place so I can try to clear and clean. Wish me luck.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Happens to lots of us. It’s called life. I find that putting on some headphones and listening to some upbeat music, or a podcast or audio book can make it less tedious and the time goes faster. But I know what you mean about starting. It’s sometimes hard to get motivated.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
It happens. You work full time. Give yourself a break. And it’s f’ing hot.
I wish you luck 🤞
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Thanks mate. I appreciate it
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
I feel you.
Unsolicited advice on emergency/exhaustion cleaning
When I get like this it can help to dump everything in the big tub just to be able to vacuum… but then you have to sort out the tub or it just sits there. But it gets it out of the way so you can do it later. Another way to easily declutter is to hang a plastic or paper bag on a doorknob and throw in a single unwanted item anytime you happen to find one. (I kept one on the wardrobe handle to immediately take anything I tried to put on and then decided not to keep.) Then when the bag is full donate. You can have multiple through the house. Clean laundry I just pile into the ‘clean’ basket to pull from or shove handfuls of the appropriate clothing into each drawer. I don’t always have the ability to put things away but I can shove them in the ‘general correct area’ or ‘contained’ and move onto more urgent tasks. I can always put them away properly later if I have the opportunity. Disinfectant wipes or baby wipes are good to wipe up something sticky before sweeping or quickly go over a dusty or dirty surface as a stopgap. I still hate the countertop dishwasher I invested in because it doesn’t clean to my standards but that is currently being used as an alternative to a pile of rotting depression dishes. Before I’d fill the sink with boiling water and everything dirty, let it soak until it was just tolerably hot to wash… but if not done that runs the risk of a sink full of swamp water. Stick vacs are not always great compared to full sized vacs, especially cordless ones. Cordless battery ones can run down fast and be weak. But they also are a lot easier to just grab for a quick pass when you have 5 seconds worth of motivation. You can use them on hard floors too, just swipe over the whole area. When I empty the bin and have to replace the bag, I often put on multiple bags at once while I’m already doing it. It sucks but that way the next time I lift out the rubbish it’s already lined ready to go. If I don’t do that I procrastinate and rubbish starts piling up on the counter… Pottering around semi-aimlessly cleaning in one area can help. Doing it drunk or high may help (though I unfortunately can’t have substances). You don’t have to get it all done at once.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Thanks! I do a bunch of these but some are new and helpful. I need to declutter so have put tubs strategically around the place for stuff without a home. And luckily I don’t have roaches here (my 18months of German roach hell from living next to a hoarder still makes me gag). I just managed a good hour while on the phone to a friend. Gonna do floors then meal prep now
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
luck 🍀
also, Mission Creep is something I have had to learn to stop
I know the other stuff needs to be done too, I can leave it until my next specific cleaning day, the seagoons will be alright in the meantime, the chore hasn’t been forgotten, there is a schedule
having a schedule for each room has really helped me . So now I just say, I know this hall area is a bit of a mess but it can wait until Wednesday, which is laundry and hallway day , eg Today I am just going to do the living and dining room.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
I want to have a schedule but life has been chaotic with long work days and other health issues making me exhausted so I am trying to just do one thing every day even if tiny. Otherwise I feel terrible that I have broken the schedule 😔 thanks.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Agreed, I concentrate on rubbish,
litter trays, anything that will smell or attract bugs. That’s more important than folding or ironing
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Contemplating an order of ridiculous items to add to Lego Death Star. Balloon dog, pirate hat, and goat will absolutely make the list. Star Wars lego
SituationCake@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Do it.
Catfish@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Oh I will, it’s just a matter of trimming the possible list 🥨🎸🎩
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Is the yellow thing on the second floor pictured a bunch of bananas?
Catfish@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Yes, pew pew
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
I looked up sexy cocktails for couples, found tipsybartender.com/drinks/sexy-drinks and got an education.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
First harvest!
It’s late and it’s still fruiting heavily but I wonder if this thing can go 3 years.
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
🌶️🖤🌶️🖤🌶️
SituationCake@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
That’s a humongous amount of chillis!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
looks awesome , so red and healthy and delicious 😻
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
They are fiery!
Didn’t hand any out at the partay because I forgot so next meet up when ever that might be I’ll hopefully make up for it :)
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
What a chill day.
Tomorrow I’ll find out if work will give me the flick because of this whole heart episode. Of course they’ll make up some other reason.
Eh. I’ve got multiple interviews next week and I’m comfy for the moment.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
It sounded like a mediocre job, worth keeping for the pay but nothing special work wise.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
You know, it was a real disappointment.
They made it out to be such an amazing opportunity. But when you spend the first month on boarding and training yourself because no one knows what to do with you, then yeah… Not so great.
Taleya@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Going to see a little pair of ginger boys today at a foster. It feels so gauche. But Cerys really isn’t doing well on her own, she’s never been a lone cat
Eagle@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
A pair of gingers is a good idea. They can annoy and entertain each other, and Cerys can join in if she feels but she won’t be their primary source of entertainment.
And remember that your heart isn’t pie, divided up into slices of love. With each new creature we meet and love, it grows to fit them in and Misha’s place in there is forever.
Taleya@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
We knew we had three criteria:
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boys as they really don’t get hierachical like females and just roll over and accept being the bitch
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younger, for similar ease of introduction / hierarchy reasons
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two to annoy each other at their energy levels instead of Cerys. So we started looking at bonded pairs.
We would have loved to adopt an older pair, but they’re all set in their ways and we’d basically just be upsetting three elderly cats for human morality.
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melbaboutown@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
It’s ok. You’re trying to comfort your girl 🫂
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
so many hugs to you all 🫂
SituationCake@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
It’s so sad loosing a pet. It’s not gauche. Everyone heals in different ways and if having some new kitties around will be good for you and the household, then that’s awesome. Hope the are a good match!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
3 weeks today since I quit smoking.
I have zero desire to go back.
I can honestly say I’m proud of myself :)
SituationCake@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Well done! I hear it’s a very tough thing to do.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
I’m proud of you! I’ve cut down heaps. I am vaping but even that’s a small amount.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Thank you :)
I swear that nicotine spray thing made it so easy!
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
You should be proud of yourself. Right on.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Thanks heaps!
I’ve already noticed the difference. It’s nuts lol
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
The black cat is coming back in my backyard again. He’s trilling, giving me tail hugs, caught a mouse and brought it over to show me (before eating it) and is trying to come inside 😬 He also ate grass and vomited, has a really snuffly nose, and I see little bald spots still.
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Crying over Melbcat while patting this one. The poses are similar but so different. I can almost hear the old lady groan she would make as he flops down. He’s a distraction from losing her but the pain is still there.
There’s an update though. He has owners! I was going to ask the one neighbour I don’t avoid but they were with one I do… finally I just put my big enby pants on and approached both. He lives around the corner and belongs to a couple who has another cat. One neighbour feeds him also sometimes.
I feel relief that I’m not solely responsible for him and he doesn’t need to be trapped. Unfortunately now I can’t really sort out his fungal jungle and will have to run the mushroom gauntlet every time I go out.
And I’ve broken the ice with a zero boundaries neighbour who I was trying to dodge 😬
SituationCake@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Good news that black cat has owners and others looking out for him. Will hopefully be a burden off your mind.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
It is! I was worried what would happen if I moved away or got too sick to look out for him.
Still I don’t think he’s getting proper care 💔 I hate it when people get pets and ignore them.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Well my $10 BESPOKE shoes I got in Hoi An 17 years ago that I forgot about survived the dancefloor last night.
First time wearing them. I was honestly expecting to arrive home barefoot.
Needs a bit moar glue but they made it!
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Pretty keen for another 20% off at Dan’s to counter that diesel price.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Are you on their email list? If not, get on it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Looking at news sites a person could think One Nation won the SA election
except Labor won by a landslide, ON just increased their small vote , which was probably more a lost Liberal vote than a ON vote
the bias of reporting is just incredible 😧
SituationCake@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
They were never going to form government, but One Nation has been very successful for a minor party. It’s gonna make the news. They didn’t win any seats, but they got 20% of the primary vote. That’s huge. More than the liberals got. It’s upended election norms. This isn’t going to go away quietly. Lots of far right wing sentiment out there, and it’s growing.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
A quick Spoiler Free PHM mention :
I watched the Project Hail Mary at the IMAX. The choice of screen size was worth the extra money. There were a few breathtaking shots that caused slight vertigo which is part of the fun.
I did read the book when it first came out, however, forgotten most plot details which is great. Going into a movie and constantly comparing it to the author’s original storyline can be unfair to the merits of the movie.
I rate the film amongst one of the best I have seen this year. The humour combined with the action and suspense were well balanced, as was the flashback structure of the story. Unfortunately , I don’t like Ryan Gosling though, but that’s just personal preference. He did a fine job.
4.5/5
SituationCake@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
I saw it this weekend too. Normal cinema not imax. Really enjoyed it. I read the book a year ago therefore I didn’t remember every detail of the story, didn’t bother me if minor stuff changed as I might not be remembering it right anyway. I think it was true to the main story and and vibe, very nicely done. The actress who played Eva was perfect casting too. The dead pan line deliveries were brilliant! Agree with your 4.5/5. Feel good movie, good antidote to the current state of the world.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Precisely…🙂
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Today the new electric blanket goes on the bed. I might wait a bit longer on changing to the winter doona though, especially as thiis house stays pretty warm overnight.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
I decided to install Homefront: The Revolution with the intent to finish it since I’m going to be off tomorrow. It’s just a few tweaks short of being a game I’d recommend to people that like a particular type of game when on sale. Unfortunately it’s pretty forgotten about so there’s no mod scene, and any talk or effort in mods would be around how the developers snuck an entire PC version of Timesplitters 2 in there, which is a much better game.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Serious about time splitters?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Yeah, it’s in the game as an arcade cabinet. At first people thought it was just the demo but it turns out it’s the whole thing, and there are ways to bypass homefront and just play timesplitters
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
I decided to use the snoring indicator on my sleep monitoring app to find out if I do actually snore. It detected three minutes of snoring, which it recorded. The first was a loud car that hooned past. There were also a couple of audible breaths and a bit of purring. I feel confident that wasn’t actually me.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
Woke up thinking I needed to wash and refill the water bowl
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
For black cat?
make new memories, new memories want erase the old but will bring new happiness
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Well I’m Sick sick. I think it will be a long weekend for me at a minimum
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
more sleep
get well soon 🍵🍯
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
time for second sleep, hope I don’t get more weird dreams
like losing a suitcase on a train, murder, sharing a shower, and cats on a float in a parade
bacon@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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It’s going to be a warm day, 29, I am surprised
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
Goon show review
The Curse of Frankenstein starring Neddy Seagoon, Eccles, Bluebottle and Bloodnock
It was the silliest Frankenstein ever, 7 years at the South Pole and they didn do nuffin but clown around and play bagpipes
3 hobbits