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Trying makes it worse

Trying makes it worse

Hi,

I'm EternalFlower and I've been feeling completely overwhelmed, sad, and pessimistic.

I've tried and been a responsible patient and person, reaching out to various services when I started feeling scarily anxious and suicidal, 2 years back..

My Dr is new, a young guy who regularly admits he's inexperienced, and aside from some good jokes, he actually does very little

I notice how easy it is to blame myself that I don't feel better, a total shame spiral, but I wander if my treatments just are bad....

I wanted to chat and hear anyone and hope I can use this space to help not feel so alone.

Thanks xxx EternalFlower

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Hi @Appleblossom have no appetite haven't ate a meal since it happened

Went to grocery store so have some snacks around and a friend dropped off baked goods like cookies and cakes

Went for a walk at least and spoke to gp and catt

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Yes @EternalFlower . I know its true. Even I couldn't make that up. I just loved the beautiful way you wrote it and it stayed with me. I know you are are dark woods. I read the advice that Appleblossom is giving you. Its so well thought out and illustrated that I dare not add to it. I hope you can one day draw sustenance from it. wishing you peace my friend. tonys

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Nice to see you around @tonys you dropped off some other threads. I was wondering how you were going. Saw that you were online just now and decided to say hi. Nothing much happening here. Did some yoga today and voted

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Hey kind farmer @tonys welcome @Former-Member @Appleblossom @TAB @tyme

Trying to fight back against dark thoughts

Like a warrior

A princess

A soldier

A queen

A winner

A fighter

A person.

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sounds like things improving @EternalFlower that's good to hear

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@EternalFlower I hope you will be ok. I know you are going through a difficult patch with your mental health. You have all of our support from SANE. I have been through many hard times with my schizoaffective diagnosis. Sometimes it can be too much.

Please keep reaching out for support no matter how difficult it feels to feel open and raw about your feelings. Just letting you know we are within 12 hours of a solar eclipse and its triggering even for normal people without a diagnosis of MI. Its one of the reasons why I do yoga in moments like these even though my mental health is stable. But emotionally I have struggled this week with so many unknowns, stressors and worries.

Sending you my strength and solidarity lovely lady

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Oh Wow . Hello @Former-Member Well I did slide of the map for a while. Lets see. Had corrective surgery to free up an arm and get a hump of my back. You heard right. . A hump.

Then came infection, mild heart attack, induced comma, stroke and lost a bit of speech n memory.

Might not have happened in that order.

Now I'm back to annoy you lot. In a nice hospital but hope to be out soon. Lots of physio and slow hands so I fade from the forrums and sleep a lot.

Now. how are you @Former-Member . Please forgive me but are you that energetic super hero lady that I used to call, Little miss sporting goods . . ? Things, faces, and places are slow to return but with a little help n understanding, good gains each day. Raconteur, now that rings bells. . tonys mb 1

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Yes yes YES @EternalFlower . thats perfect. . . don't touch it. add a little each day.

It lifts us too. Well a dream awaits me . . gnite flowers tonys

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Like @tonys said, your last post was solid gold @EternalFlower

Sounds like a mantra for survival and thriving.

Somehow I believe it helps to make up our own, of course they are snippets already floating around in the language domain, but personalising the right things makes all the difference..

A warrior woman can have the fiercest tenderness...

Gently Bently

Apple

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Hey @tonys thats just terrible what you have been through. I had no idea. I'm so sorry you have been so unwell lately. So THAT is the reason why! I'm glad you're back and am pleased you are re-gaining your mind and body slowly. What a thing to go through. Gee you've experienced quite a lot in such a short space of time. You must be feeling tired and overwhelmed. It must be so difficult...Sending healing thoughts your way

Yes I'm still walking around the place and trying to stay healthy. Was headed for a heart attack/stroke in doctors own words several times. Have been able to get BP and weight down. High BP runs in the family. Please keep in touch. I have thought of you in the interim and wondered what happened but it sounds like you are recovering your strength after this gruelling ordeal.

Keep going Tonys! Just remember lots of guts and determination will get you there my friend.

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