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Not Coping

Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor

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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Kyle1Senior Contributor

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@Birdofparadise8

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tymeModerator

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The white dog vs the black dog. I think it's an African teaching. If you feed the white (happy side) then the black withers. If you feed the black (depression), then the white withers. @Birdofparadise8

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor

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I'll have a look @Paperdaisy

Right okay, @tyme, I am a black dog.

Hi @Kyle1

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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The white dog vs the black dog. I think it's an African teaching. If you feed the white (happy side) then the black withers. If you feed the black (depression), then the white withers. ----- ohh I like this @tyme , going to share it with my step children and their partners

Hello @creative_writer , @Kyle1 , @Paperdaisy , @Birdofparadise8

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tymeModerator

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No no no @Birdofparadise8 . Your black dog is so well fed and pampered that you THINK you are the black dog!!!

The white dog is there whining and waiting for you to feed it!

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor

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Do you mean self-compassion @tyme

I just said ew, when I thought that.

You don't want to know how much I hate self-compassion. I am really really bad at it I don't believe it at all.

I still feel like the black dog the depression is just so consuming.

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Kyle1Senior Contributor

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@Shaz51 @creative_writer

hi guys!

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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hello @Kyle1

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creative_writerSenior Contributor

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Hi @Shaz51, @Kyle1. I hope you are both doing well ❤️
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