HO HO HO - Merry Christmas

Hello everyone!

Just wondering how everyone is feeling now that christmas is approaching! Hope that everyone is well. I've gladly been feeling brilliantly this past week or so even while I have been ill aswell. Maybe it is the christmas spirit in the air or I'm just feeling better from the increase of my antidepressants. I used to take sertraline and they didn't work for me either. Now I take venlafaxine 225mg a day and they are brilliant :D :D :D :D :D :D

Hope everyone is as happy as me

Claire

I too hate christmas I'm afraid!!! I think it is all alot of fuss about nothing and I refuse to spend too much!!! :twisted: :twisted:

I have already told everyone that they will not be recieving a xmas card from me this year beause I see them most days!!!

I'm sorry to sound like scrouge (think it's spelt correct???), but I don't like the idea of people thinking it's better to get into debt so that they can get great presents for others!

Anyway, I like to be different just to kick up a debate with my pals at work ( good healthy debate!!) :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Xmas Humbug

Summer woopeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

mind you in 4 days Im of to Texas till next year well the 1st but dam sounds better saying it that way.


Then back for a DWP tribunal, just what the Doctor ordered to depress me

Hi Sebrown

DWP=Department of Works and Pension, formally known as DHSS.

or as I refere to them The Department of WAR and Pensions

They (well in my area) are the most ignorant people in refrence to dealing with SAD people. In fact i would say they verge of discrimiation. (no offence intended to the many excelent people who work there)

After been informed of my SAD in writing from my Doctor they use wording in some clerical reports like "The claimant claims to suffer from the SAD syndrom"

If they don't consider a medical report we don't stand a cat in hells chance of having SAD acepted as disabaling as it can be.

Hi sebrown

The disabiled Living allowence is payable if you have a sickness for at least 3 months and expect it to last another 6 months.

As most other things depend on your circumstances I have some good advice web sites that can give you a idea what you should be able to claim for.

Let me knoe if you want them :lol:

Before I disapear to sunny part till January:
http://www.avrquest.co.uk/tsunset.jpg

Yes I thought the picture of snopw and winter would only depress people so i thought well this pic cheers me up.

I will be celebrating the solstice, as the very start of the daylight hours gradually increasing once more. I don't do very much of the commercial 'xmas' stuff (and I don't see 'xmas' as pagan, or christian, it's just about lots of stuff being sold to us from October onwards) because all the shopping and rushing around stresses me out too much. I don't do decorations, because I don't get much enjoyment out of them, save for fairy lights. My family decided years ago not to give presents apart from the kids, which leaves me just one nephew to buy for. I'll get one present for hubby and he'll get one for me - that's it! I may go over to my parents, if not we'll get in games to play so we don't have to watch the same films that are on every year, order some nice food online and go for a walk in the woods if the weather's OK. It sounds a bit 'bah humbug' I know, but we've gradually worked out what we need and we don't need from that time.

Lovely picture oldhippy! I wish we could go away on holiday, unfortunately my husband just started a new job a couple of weeks ago so has no holiday entitlement yet. I hope we can get away in January/February.

Lorraine

hi,
I told all at work that I'm not sending them cards this year, not case I'm a horrid, mean person, but because I feel that it is a waste of money and as Julie said...trees!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Be good!!! :shock:

Hi Kiki

True, it's not Christmas per se, it is the commercial jazzing-up and the subliminal messages in all the ludicrous advertising instilling the 'lemming syndrome' in the unaware. If one is lucky, it is a family time, a happy, reflective, appreciative time, and a time of aspiration. But it needs to be gentle and calm, with an awareness that not everyone everywhere is having a jolly good time.

Julie (with fairy light lit thoughts)

There we go, I knew there were some of you 'closet christmassy' people out there. I have to say that the majority of our office have sent an email rather than cards and donated money to our charity for the year (for a thermal camera for the local fire station) which to be honest I think is a far better idea.

Less than 2 weeks to go, and I'm just looking forward to giving people their presents that I've really thought about this year (I even made my own xmas crackers - lol)

Reading back thru the posts, I must take slight offence.....I know that a LOT of people have problems with us 'benefit staff' (whether DWP or LA)but believe me there are those of us who work there who aren't so bad...... I'm a benefits officer, and I suffer this just as the rest of you (maybe not so bad - but enought at times) and they are not particularly understanding to staff either!!!!!!! Don't give up on all of us, you never know, you may get me at the end of the phone one day :wink: :wink:

Kiki

One of the girls at my office had a top idea. Rather than everyone sending everyone cards in the office, we set up a collection box money for a local charity and a whitebord in the dinning room for messages. Takes all the stress out of it and only one message to write. :lol:

no wonder you are having concerns about the christmas party if you work as a benefits officer.........har har! :wink:

Hi there "oldguesswho" !!

Nice to read you, thought we might not see much of you whilst you are away having a great time 1000's of miles away with your mates! Good to see you have managed to log in and check us all out ~ nothing changes here, well not until April next year, except that more SAD folk are finding the Forum which is good.

What's the weather like where you are? Got sun? Hope so!

Kindest festive things ~ Julie

Hi there Sian ~

Hmmm, he is a multi-faceted man that's for sure! Just assumed by the subject matter...... number one on oldhippy's list of 'not my favourite things'......!

On my way to kip, must away and drag myself there... to sleep, to dream, to escape, oh joy...... nightie night Sian

Julie

It means 'No new posts '

I think admin will have to remove the stickies.

surely madness is better than boring :evil:
or is it :?


sian

Hi Julie & all,

I was just thinking the same thing! I again had to log in ???

At least I know that it isn't just funny old me (hee hee !!!)

Hope you are all doing ok :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D