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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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creative_writerSenior Contributor11 Dec 2022, 12:27 pm AEDT

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Hi @Birdofparadise8, @tyme, @Captain24 and @Shaz51. Hope you are all doing well xx.

@Birdofparadise8 hope work goes well for you. Honestly, feeling pretty overwhelmed today, but have been for some time now, even before yesterday.

@Shaz51 it’s a warm day here too, don’t know why I am under covers. TV and sleep sound good.

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor11 Dec 2022, 12:57 pm AEDT

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Hey @creative_writer

Yeah, I hope work goes fast 4 hours to go hahaha.

I'm sorry to hear you are feeling overwhelmed it can be very scary, but I'm here if you want to have a chat about it. Hope you can have a nice relaxing day and enjoy the sunshine.

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creative_writerSenior Contributor11 Dec 2022, 2:31 pm AEDT

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@Birdofparadise8 I really do hope work is going well today.

I’ve been left with a lot of difficult emotions lately. I can’t help but feel guilty about not being able to cope with my MH without professional support. It’s not common practice to get professional help for MH in our community as there is a lot of stigma. It’s been ingrained in me that I need to care about my reputation and what people think during my upbringing. I know many people perceive MH in a negative light so I feel pretty worthless, shameful, unloveable and damaged. It gets really bad to the point I get suicidal thoughts.

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor11 Dec 2022, 2:34 pm AEDT

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Yeah I totally understand that the stigma around mental health is really bad and it just makes you feel worse when people around you don’t understand what your going through.

I’m here and so it everyone else so we can stay safe together @creative_writer

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creative_writerSenior Contributor11 Dec 2022, 2:42 pm AEDT

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@Birdofparadise8 MI can sometimes get treated like a overly Western concept too. My dad is like when he was growing up it wasn’t as common. There are also misconceptions regarding autonomy of those with a mental illness. If I do a google search I can see MI is not so uncommon in many developing countries either. I reckon it is often undiagnosed and not recognised. My cousin has struggled with her MH and she grew up in Muslim majority countries her whole life. I also know the consequences of parental anxiety on children anxiety levels from my personal experience.

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor11 Dec 2022, 2:44 pm AEDT

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I think it’s just a hard topic each way you look at it.

You doing anything nice for yourself today @creative_writer I’m just on my lunch break.

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creative_writerSenior Contributor11 Dec 2022, 2:52 pm AEDT

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@Birdofparadise8 what are you having for lunch? I had cooked vegetables, and had my afternoon tea.

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor11 Dec 2022, 2:53 pm AEDT

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I just had a ham and cheese toasted sandwich and I have some biscuits and dip. @creative_writer Sounds nice then.

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creative_writerSenior Contributor11 Dec 2022, 3:00 pm AEDT

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@Birdofparadise8 What kind of biscuits and dip do you have?

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor11 Dec 2022, 3:26 pm AEDT

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Tzatziki dip and just savoy biscuits @creative_writer

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