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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 Contributor06 Nov 2023, 8:39 pm AEDT

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Ah okay @creative_writer

Did you see my post about my parents?

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MelbcoffeesnobSenior Contributor06 Nov 2023, 8:45 pm AEDT

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Hi there @creative_writer

I'm good, I started off my day by going to my favorite cafe for a coffee and then going to my favorite small veg fruit grocer (a lil mum and pop type of shop nearby) and brought a plethora of healthy scrumptious fruits. (blueberries, apples, bananas, mangos) 🤤

Then I spent the day at the beach with my dog. The weather was beautiful in Melbourne, it was far too good to be stuck in-doors.

Sleeping in because you don’t have uni tomorrow, ah don’t you just love the little things in life 🤗

What are you studying?

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creative_writerSenior Contributor06 Nov 2023, 8:45 pm AEDT

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@Birdofparadise8, yes

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor06 Nov 2023, 8:46 pm AEDT

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Maybe it's just funnier for me because I know what my parents are like @creative_writer

Is something wrong?

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor06 Nov 2023, 8:48 pm AEDT

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Is that your dog, the photo on your profile @Melbcoffeesnob?

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creative_writerSenior Contributor06 Nov 2023, 8:49 pm AEDT

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@Melbcoffeesnob, I’m in Melbourne too. I actually found it too hot for my liking, but I’m sensitive to the heat.

Fruit shopping sounds nice, I love berries-strawberries and blueberries. What’s your fav fruit?

Beach sounds lovely, I can’t say I’ve been to the beach in Melbourne despite living here for so long.

I’m studying social work 🙂

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creative_writerSenior Contributor06 Nov 2023, 8:51 pm AEDT

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@Birdofparadise8, sorry I didn’t mean to sound rude. I’m just frustrated about something that I feel I shouldn’t be frustrated about

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor06 Nov 2023, 8:52 pm AEDT

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Oh okay. What's happening? You can talk to me if you would like @creative_writer.

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creative_writerSenior Contributor06 Nov 2023, 9:04 pm AEDT

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@Birdofparadise8, I’m not sure if you have ever experienced this, I’ve been in the mental health sector as a volunteer, it sort of breaks your heart knowing there is so much you can do for a person, yet, at the end of the day, they take matters in their own hand and make their own decisions. Like I’ll never know what happened to the people I spoke to when volunteering with Lifeline

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor06 Nov 2023, 9:10 pm AEDT

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No, I haven't. That would be hard @creative_writer

Gosh, with lifeline, even more. Hearing people in crisis but then not talking to them again. Is that why you want to go into social work, like you see the person face to face?

Was it hard working at Lifeline? I don't think I would be able to cope with listening to someone in crisis.

When I worked in ED, people would come in attempting that rattle me enough, and I wouldn't talk to them.

Were you in a good MH state when you were volunteering?

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