Trying to give myself grace and meet me where I'm at, as I return to the gym following a myriad of injury and illness. I know practice makes progress and I will eventually get back to where I was, but..

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Just a cute lil progress pic; I'm five years seizure-free today :)

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Boxes!

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I got the results of my Masters degree this week; and it's those three little words every girl wants to hear: First class honours. There are so many people I couldn't have done this without. I'm so grateful.

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I'm handing in my notice to work tomorrow. Telling them they can take my resignation and watch me go, or take my resignation and take me back as an agency nurse and pay me the wage I deserve. Either way, they're getting my resignation. But fuck me am I NAUSEOUS over it.

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Chaos patterns: Has anyone ever seen a more bizarre way of writing how to inc and dec stitches!

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IT'S DONE!!!!! IT'S FINISHED!!!

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She ain't wrong

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Graffiti on the Berlin Wall, Germany

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I'm slowly learning more about Magic the Gathering, but not by choice 🙃

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My partner & I got engaged! They're not quite ready to share the news irl but I'm bursting with excitement, so here's a quiet cheers with strangers!

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Big mood 🙃

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The mental breakdowns are solid meme material though, I'll give it that. Just over six weeks to go.

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Thought ye might like a WIP update! I have reached row 249 and I am delighted with how it's turning out!

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FINALLY BLOCKING THIS!!!

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Also: Presence > Presents

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I came fourth in my very first crochet competition today! 😀

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Repeat to self: Feelings are not facts! Feelings are not facts! Feelings are not facts!

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My SIL is a lab tech and sent me this today.

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This is beautiful and I had to share it with all you beautiful trolls

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Just a cute lil progress pic for 5 years seizure free

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MRW my manager, who is giving me neither funding nor study leave to go back to do my masters, suggests I base my thesis on something that my (small) workplace would benefit from.

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Today I had to go home sick from work with a brewing ear infection which I'm now on antibiotics for. I'm so tired, but the pain is keeping me awake. Welcome to my Pity Party 😭

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Taking a mental health sick day tomorrow and I feel only like 60% guilty about it

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This feels personal

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My favourite listicle.

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My favourite piece to date!

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Swiped from Instagram

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I'm not crying. You're crying.

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That first one tho! 👏🏻

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Sometimes no matter what I do, there are days when I'm just so bitter and frustrated, and I feel trapped in the circle of feeling shit. But, I would still like to try to be a Functioning Adult, so, anyone got any ideas?.

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I'm so proud of myself 😁

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🔊 PSA: Thought I was beginning to have an anxiety attack earlier bc I felt the very sudden urge to cry into my dinner. Then I remembered my empty house and multiple vibrators. & I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW 💥

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Can't post on IG coz my coworkers will know I'm being salty af 😒.. if anyone comes at me with this BS when I go back to work Saturday I sweartogod! 😤

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This is a new one

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WIP update: Row 140 out of 300. My uncle passed away today but he got to see what I had done so far. I hope this labour of love will bring my aunt comfort when it's finished!

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Tapering off my SSRIs. Headaches, insomnia and nightmares have morphed into raging ladyboners. So THIS is what a libido feels like!

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My uncle died 9 weeks ago. My grandad died last Tuesday. My grandaunt, his sister, died today. Trolls can someone go out and put a pause on the Reaper's to-do list????

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My first wall hanging that isn't just silly practice scraps! I followed a tutorial on YouTube and I love it. 🥰

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Got a good chuckle out of this

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Happy Halloween!

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This actually isn't the worst

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IT'S SO SOON, YOU GUYS

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Latest WIP update: 108 out of 301 rows, several minor albeit unnoticeable stitch mishaps, and a beaming sense of pride over how my first graphghan is turning out!

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I'm sad. I'm tired. I think I'm coming down with something. I don't like my job. I don't like my body. I'm disgusted with how I look. I'm overweight. I'm grieving. I'm frustrated. I need a hug. I'm tired. I'm so tired.

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Row 180 out of 301!! Pheewwww 🤪

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I'm feeling very 7/10 today. Tell me your best jokes.

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MRW I find out a colleague I trusted talked shit about me behind my back to other colleagues 🙃

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Hi Trolls! I went back to the gym today after a few months off due to health issues! Everything hurts! It's great!

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If this is a mistake avail of it while you can. Diesel seems to be at least 10c more everywhere else!

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Physical therapy was really hard today. There were actual tears. 😥 pls send puppies and warm blankets!

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Inducting new staff like:

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How much cheese is too much cheese to eat in one sitting? Asking for a friend.

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TROLLS. MAGIC WANDS AINT CALLED MAGIC FOR NOTHIN'.

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Murder She Wrote would have been quite a different show if in each episode Angela Lansbury blamed the victim. SMH🙄

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I may hurt all over, BUT --

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Spotted in Mousehole, Cornwall

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When your colleagues are busy and your patients are screaming for their meds and your feet are just two throbbing masses and you want to run away But not before screaming:

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Blank clockface upcycled with €3 dominoes and €1 superglue

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[FO] I've been crocheting for three months and look what I can do 😁 acrylic yarn with 4.25mm hook

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When you have a week off from your essential job during quarantine, but all six seasons of Community come back to Netflix tomorrow

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Here's to the UK's NHS for saving my uncle's life one surgery at a time!

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DANIEL KELLY IS MISSING. He's from Cork but has been spotted in Dublin.

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Am I right 😁

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After months of experiencing emotional detachment, going through epilepsy & SSRI medication changes, not sleeping, struggling with work and home life, my neurologist finally referred me for a psych review and my GP gave me sleeping tablets and I've just had the BEST FUCKING SLEEP EVER HOLY COW

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Stop taking photos of me and clean my tank so I can go back inside - Terry

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We live together. It's been 50 days. ❌👉🏻👌🏻❌

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These damn drugs. This damn job. This damn stress.

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Ladies 🙌🏻

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🐢🤓

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PMS is bullshit.

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Trolls, in a brave act of coming out of my shell because I'm a painfully naive sexplorer and too shy to go to a shop, I ordered some adult toys online. This is a pretty accurate depiction of me waiting until next week for the mail to arrive.

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MRW someone asks me how physio went this morning:

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TROLLS HELP ME! My SO is depressed. Meds have side effects. I haven't got laid in close to 8 months. We live together but he's unemployed rn so I can't even masturbate in peace (1 bedroom apartment). I'm losing my horny little mind! What do I do?! 🙀

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BREAKING NEWS: TERRY LIKES GRAPES

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My turtle has the right idea on bad days. RUN AWAY.

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[FO] My first hat that fits!

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It's THAT week again and I can't find the brand of tampons I like anywhere. I also reeeeally want to chug wine like there's no tomorrow but I can't because health reasons. There's only so much satisfaction I can get from Netflixing and crocheting for nine hours straight. Send me all the happy memes!

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Lotus flower combined with outline of the Cambodian Angkor Wat Temple, created by Bodie in Love/Hate Social Club, Cork, Ireland

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I took inspiration from a previous post here and started a blanket (this is the width)

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Knowledge is power. Know your hurricanes.

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Today's Interesting Intrusive Thought Of The Day is brought to you by generalised anxiety disorder and the impending mortality of all humankind!

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My kinda progress pic! October 2014 - July 2017 😍🐢

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What's a girl gotta do to get some codeine for her bruised ribs 😑

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I think he likes cucumber now 🐢

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The night mode on this camera is just something else!

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Terry says good morning!

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I'm getting my second tattoo today after thinking about it for almost a year!!

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HIFW the melatonin supplement didn't do as great a job as expected 😣

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MRW I post a pic of my latest step counter where my steps average 11,000 on work days, and my mum comments saying it's a good thing I work coz I'd never get any exercise otherwise.

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Has science gone too far?

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3am, can't sleep, hauled up on the couch, definite signs of the flu and my neck is in spasm like a mothertrucker. Hold me.

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My first FO!! Worsted weight yarn in orange, black and white with 3.75mm hook

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There is a leak in the boot of my car --> the car is constantly damp and humid --> it is sprouting wildlife. How can I reduce the damp while I wait until I can afford to fix the leak?

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Period blues. I've been away from my SO for a week, and still another week until I go home and see him. I'm homesick. My uterus hates me. I'm running out of SSRIs because I didn't bring enough with me. Pleazzzzzz send me all the wholesome memes and puppy gifs ☹️☹️

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DANIEL KELLY IS MISSING. From Cork, spotted in Dublin

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Scumbag Epilepsy

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There's been renovations going on in the apartment above me for the last 6 hours since I got home from night shift. Guess who will need ALL the coffee tonight.

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I mean no one told me they had to take the back entrance to work but here we are

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Weak for my hair anyway! 😍 #selflove is the #bestlove

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I rate this 3.6 roentgen

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Caught bae sleeping 😍 sorry for potato quality, I had to make sure I didn't wake him so zoomed in a lot

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Captured in Mousehole (yes that's the real name of the village), Cornwall, UK

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When life hits you with those spasms and stiffness

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Cambodia forever has my heart

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Got a small (moderate) case of The Blues. Do your magic ✨

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So a local bar was forced to take their sign down because some snowflakes thought it didn't suit the aesthetic of the street, and it was vile, so the bar is keeping the old sign up for now. Introducing Macs Meat Market, ya jabronies! NOT gay sex.

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This is a [FO] cowl scarf I made last year. It was my first FO and I want to make another but I can't find the pattern! Can someone tell my how many stitches to cast on? I feel it's ~24 but not sure. And I think the pattern is k1 p1 all the way through

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Ah lads.

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