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I'm not doing great at all today. I'm feeling down. I also keep beating myself up for everything and feel like I'm just failing. I need a break from everything. It's getting so hard that I don't know how to keep going anymore especially since I can't talk to anyone around me as they are leaving me or don't understand.
Hope you don’t mind me reaching out I just really need a chat and though I could come on here and vent and talk for a bit.
@Birdofparadise8, nothing much, too burnt out to function. What are you up to?
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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor
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What's happened @creative_writer
I had a uni class and my GP appointment I'm trying to keep myself together. I ended up SHing last night, which isn't good, so I just don't want that to happen again today. I also don't want to be sad either, which I don't think it going to go away today.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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@Birdofparadise8, my uncle coped with bipolar by smoking. I feel like I need to find something self-destructive to cope with things.
It’s okay, SH happens, but you can still break the cycle. Sending you lots of positive vibes
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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor
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Oh okay @creative_writer
What do you normally do to help with your bipolar?
Yeah I guess just annoying I've been SH free for like three, maybe four months which is no gone.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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@Birdofparadise8, therapy, self care and meds help. But I need something else, I’m desperate. I don’t want to say too much on here, I have something in mind, I know it’s not a healthy way to think about things, but I’m in too much physical and emotional pain right now, I don’t care if it’s right or wrong, I just need to get through the days.
It happens, relapse doesn’t mean you won’t be able to stop again. You can go without it as you have in the past
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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor
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Can you talk to your supports about more ways to help @creative_writer?
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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@Birdofparadise8, I could. I don’t even know why I’m so upset
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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor
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I'm sorry @creative_writer
I know how you're feeling. I'm feeling the same.
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JynxModerator
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Hey @creative_writer and @Birdofparadise8 can hear you're both having a rough one today. I'm around if you wanna chat.
Totally legit to not know why you're upset as well. It doesn't mean that you ought not to be, or ought to be just fine. Sometimes we just gotta breathe through the bad and try not to get caught up in the whys and the what fors.
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