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Eden1919Senior Contributor
I am feeling very scared tonight and i am trying my best to distract myself but it isnt working well. I am feeling scared for a lot of reasons and it is complicated but basically i keep getting scared that people around me are secretly planning to hurt me and i dont know what to do anymore i am so scared and tired from being scared and nothing seems to be calming me down.
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Sorry to hear that you're feeling so scared tonight @Eden1919 . It's really hard when the usual distractions don't work. If you are finding it hard to calm down on your own, please reach out to a helpline for counselling. The following services are available 24/7:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
The Samaritans: 135 247
Take care @Eden1919 
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GwynnSenior Contributor
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Eden1919Senior Contributor
@Former-Member I have not had good experiences with helplines and last time i tried one it made things a lot worse.
@Gwynn Hi, well ususally listening to music or watching something helps but i have been trying that and it isnt working tonight.
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GwynnSenior Contributor
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Eden1919Senior Contributor
@Gwynn I have tried those nature things before but they arent really helping at the moment idk why nothing seems to be helping.
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GwynnSenior Contributor
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Hi @Eden1919 , I'm sorry nothing seems to be helping right now. Well done for continuing to reach out here. I've sent you a quick check in email
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wellwellwellnezSenior Contributor
You're really not alone in what you're going through right now. I think there's something in the zeitgeist. Pretty uncertain times in general. The media spin has been relentless. Society seems to be changing but no-one knowone knows what it's changing into. At some point that's gotta upheave our instincts.
We've always needed trust. And we're going to need it maybe more than we've needed it before going forward. But we also can't just trust for trusts sake. We gotta be real and we gotta expect (and to a certain extent create) what's worthy of our trust. It makes sense for our inner children to have a lot of questions. It feels like a spiritual reboot is going on, or something like that.
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LostAngelSenior Contributor
@Eden1919 it seems like your going through alot of fear and worry at the momment please reach out for support from Sane Helpline or Lifeline or Beyound Blue if your finding things are getting worse rather than better ,sometimes it is very hard to distract ourselves unfortunetly,is there maybe a friend you could contact to help think of ways to stay calm?
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Eden1919Senior Contributor
@Gwynn thanks
@Former-Member sorry i disapered i have answered the email now.
@LostAngel there is no one i can contact at the moment.
I am still really scared but i am trying really really hard to stay as calm as i can. i am just scared cause the people who are planning to hurt me arent really people and they work for a creature thing that wants me dead and there is a device in my head and they keep taking stuff out of my head and putting stuff back in to scare me and i keep getting scared because they are putting stuff in my food and there is just a lot going on and they are going to hurt me.
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