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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 Contributor17 May 2023, 9:15 pm AEST

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I can't stop crying @tyme

How can I go on like this for six weeks?

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tymeModerator17 May 2023, 9:51 pm AEST

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Would you consider looking at a different private clinic as part of perceived conflict of interest? @Birdofparadise8 - that is, I remember you once mentioning that you wouldn't really want people from work to know?

Also, no, you can't continue like this for 6 weeks. You can't continue to focus on the 6 week mark. For now, it's about focusing on the next 5 mins. e.g. how do I get past the next 5 mins?

Please don't look at the 6 week point. Otherwise, you may be setting yourself up for failure....

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor17 May 2023, 9:54 pm AEST

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I could, but they won't necessarily know as there are many different hospitals so the ED is in Richmond, and the MH one is in Camberwell I could hopefully get direct admission to Camabrwell and bypass ED @tyme

Yes, the next 5 min.

I keep going back to my last session with my psych and how things were going okay, and six months later, I am 100% worse.

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tymeModerator17 May 2023, 10:13 pm AEST

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I'm hearing you @Birdofparadise8 .

We will reconvene tomorrow. I'll be on the Peer Group Chat. Hopefully we can chat after.

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor17 May 2023, 10:14 pm AEST

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Yeah okay sounds good. Have a good night @tyme.

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creative_writerSenior Contributor18 May 2023, 10:48 am AEST

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Hi @Birdofparadise8, I hope you are feeling better today 💖🫂

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor18 May 2023, 11:33 am AEST

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Yeah I’m feeling a bit better I have just had my session with my psychologist which was good.

How are you @creative_writer?

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creative_writerSenior Contributor18 May 2023, 11:57 am AEST

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@Birdofparadise8, I’m happy to hear the psych appointment helped and that you are feeling better.

I’m zombified today, I only got 3-4 hours of sleep, woke up from a bad dream, felt sort of disorientated after waking up and couldn’t sleep afterwards

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor18 May 2023, 12:06 pm AEST

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Thank you, @creative_writer, I really appreciate you saying that. I just hope the rest of the day goes okay and that I don't spiral tonight when I get home after my four-hour lab this afternoon.

I am sorry to hear you feel zombified today, I don't think I would cope very well on 4-hour sleep. I hope you can look after yourself today and maybe have a rest.

Were you planning on doing anything today?

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creative_writerSenior Contributor18 May 2023, 12:24 pm AEST

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@Birdofparadise8, what’s the lab on? Four hours is a very long time, I thought three hr labs were too long!

I was meant to go shopping. I can’t seem to get much done right now, maybe I should nap? My brain is going into analysis mode, I had my psych appointment yesterday so been processing trauma, and trying to understand myself in terms of being high functioning ASD

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