Hey Dolphin 🐬 here’s my Christmas 🎄 before Halloween 👻 🎃 I was telling you about

[Starrlight]

Creating things like this keeps the depression away for me

I decided not to get a real tree this year we just don’t have the room so here’s this little one ... I haven’t put the ornaments on yet but most of my ornaments are too big for this little guy

Something so simple

Can bring joy

I know people who have a Christmas room all year round for that reason

[Mrspjsmom]

My son and his fiance have an artificial tree in the corner of their dining room. They leave it up all year and change the decorations. For Christmas they get a live tree and put it in their front window then decorate both trees.

[Starrlight in reply to Mrspjsmom]

Cool. I’m curious do they put seasonal decorations on like seashells for summer? I had a friend who did that.

[Mrspjsmom in reply to Starrlight]

They put seasonal decorations on and some holidays. Valentines day, St Patricks day, Easter then summer and Halloween. For summer they have pink flamingo lights shells and other things. My sons fiance has made many of the different decorations herself.

[Starrlight in reply to Mrspjsmom]

That’s awesome!!!!!!! I am so inspired now!

[Dolphin14 in reply to Mrspjsmom]

I know a few people that do this. It's such a fun idea

[Mrspjsmom in reply to Dolphin14]

It is. I don't have the room to do it or I would.

[Dolphin14]

I love it! Thank you so much for sharing. I can't wait to put mine up

❤️🐬

[Starrlight in reply to Dolphin14]

Thanks! Yeah it’s so fun!!! ❤️ ⭐️

[Starrlight]

(((((((((LunsaSkye)))))))) thank you so ❤️ 💕 How are you?

[Agora1]

Hi Starrlight, I am one of those people who keeps my Christmas tree and decorationsup all year. Both in the living room and family room downstairs. Some days as I walk

by the little musical animated characters, I'm transported to a calm and peaceful state. xx

[Starrlight in reply to Agora1]

I remember you doing that and I love that for you! Soooooo awesome! 🎄 🎄

[Agora1 in reply to Starrlight]

xx

[Starrlight in reply to Agora1]

(((((((((((Beautiful Agora))))))))))

[goldieoldie in reply to Agora1]

Amazing, Agora....❤️😇

[Agora1 in reply to goldieoldie]

xx

[Dubba61]

Looks Cute. Like the Mickey! I bought a real, Blue Spruce, one 3 years ago, only around 2 nhalf feet tall. It lives outside in a large Plant pot and I bring it in for Christmas and Decorate it. As it's now about a foot taller, I probably won't be able to bring it in after this year. But, I shall plant it in the Garden. As I did the last one. Saves waste and Cost about £17. 👍

[Starrlight in reply to Dubba61]

Oh that’s very cool 😎 I love that so much good on you!!! 😌

[Pat9]

lovely Starlight, nothing wrong with this, I love having the tree up and the lights.. a lady across the road to where I live has left the lights in her window up all this year, if it cheers you up then there is no harm, I am going to put mine up early this year as well enjoy love xx

[Starrlight in reply to Pat9]

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 😌

[goldieoldie]

thats understandable ,its a lovely tree,i have an even smaller one -often wonder why I bother,but as you say its thearaputic and staves off depressed feelings--hope you are well.

[Starrlight in reply to goldieoldie]

Exactly! I really think so - therapeutic for sure! I’m okay, how are you today, Goldieoldie?

[goldieoldie in reply to Starrlight]

Im fine thanks,trying to stave off the feeling of gloom with the dark nights upon us and the colder days too,but just need to carry on regardless---glad you have moments when you try something different,something I sadly lack,though Im still trying....❤️🐕‍🦺😊

[Starrlight in reply to goldieoldie]

Keep trying yes. Do you have any type of thing I mind? Going out or staying in? Pottery? Watching the stars? Journaling?calling a friend or loved one? Taking a walk? Bible bath with candles and music? Ha I don’t do most of these myself they just popped into my head. 😂 Best to you!

[Hidden]

That's beautiful!!!!!!! And such a happy tree!

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

Thanks 😌 what is ERP? I looked on your profile.

[Hidden in reply to Starrlight]

It's exposure response therapy....you make a list of least scariest to most scariest of things you either try to avoid, or do a compulsion to avoid the anxiety afterward....and start with the least scariest one. You expose to it and then sit with that anxiety until it goes down and don't do anything to make yourself feel better about the exposing to it. It's not to prove a bad thing won't happen after you do it, but instead to accept living with uncertainty. That's the thing you want to strive for is living with uncertainty. People with ocd always want to be certain there aren't any risks in the area of what their obsessions are, but it's impossible to do that however we continue to try. Ocd is relentless but it loses its grip the more you do ERP. I highly recommend Dr Jonathan Grayson's book Freedom from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder-A Guide to Living with Uncertainty. You can get it on Amazon😊

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

So awesome I would give that a shot!

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

Which fear are you working on? How’s it going?

[Hidden in reply to Starrlight]

I have had this fear of fingernail fungus for a long time, ended up catching it twice, been clear of it over a year but still think of it all the time and have avoided touching lots of things and/or washing my poor hands way too much! Thank God I have been making sure everyday that everything is "contaminated" with the fungus (at least in my mind it is) for about 10 days now. I have to just keep being willing to be uncertain! What things would you like to work on????