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Not Coping

Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor08 Nov 2022, 6:51 pm AEDT

Not Coping

Hey everyone how are you all?

@RiverSeal @Shaz51 @NatureLover @tyme @Former-Member @Eve7 @Former-Member @amber22 @Jynx @FloatingFeather

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.

Thank you

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor23 Oct 2023, 4:50 pm AEDT

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What is oddysey @Kyle1

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Kyle1Senior Contributor23 Oct 2023, 4:53 pm AEDT

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oddysey... an Oddyssian like adventure, filled with obstacles, challenges, and peril before arriving where one belongs... @Birdofparadise8 (after the hero, Odysseus/Ulysses)

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor23 Oct 2023, 4:55 pm AEDT

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Sounds very wordy hahaha @Kyle1

Sure I'm sad, alone and hate myself and feel like I'm not getting anywhere.

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Kyle1Senior Contributor23 Oct 2023, 5:01 pm AEDT

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that's the thing with myths, @Birdofparadise8

They make entire stories out of life events that otherwise leave us without adequate words...

Like overcoming Medusa; who could only be defeated upon reflection. To face her straight on would leave you petrified and immobile...

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor23 Oct 2023, 5:02 pm AEDT

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Sorry I'm a bit confused @Kyle1

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Kyle1Senior Contributor23 Oct 2023, 5:05 pm AEDT

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metaphors @Birdofparadise8 😄

They help us grasp the insubstantial, the obscure, the too large a thing, the inexpressible...

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor23 Oct 2023, 5:07 pm AEDT

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Oh okay @Kyle1

Sorry

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Kyle1Senior Contributor23 Oct 2023, 5:10 pm AEDT

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to put it another way @Birdofparadise8

It sounds like you're on quite a heroes journey...

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor23 Oct 2023, 5:15 pm AEDT

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hahaha I don't think so @Kyle1

I'm not a hero.

How are you?

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Kyle1Senior Contributor23 Oct 2023, 5:19 pm AEDT

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that's what the stories always say, @Birdofparadise8

No one is a hero. Until... 🙂

I am currently caught in the horse latitudes, with a breach in the hull.

And wondering: should I try fix this?.. Or just find something else that floats?..

I've been sleeping all day long and could easily return to pillow Island atm...

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