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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
Hey all,
I keep losing myself, I recently lost a family member to cancer and had the funeral and have been struggling for a few weeks while grieving and dealing with a few other things in my life,
I just don’t know how to help myself while im stuck in this loop. I have a lot of other stuff on my plate that I’m trying to manage and was just trying to find a space to where I can express it.
im safe
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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
Have a good sleep @Jacques - I do have a few other helplines that I find helpful
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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
Can I act like I’m fine when I’m not @outlander - things are just getting on top of me
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
@outlander - I feel fine just got a few big emotions to be honest, I still have been reaching out, pet loss is hard
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
Mhm, going to make food I’m hungry @outlander
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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JacquesSenior Contributor
I saw this @Fluttershy1 and thought of Mr Romeo
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Fluttershy1Senior Contributor
Ahahahhahahahahahaha @Jacques - I love it!!!! It was true aswell lol.
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OwlunarSenior Contributor
Hi @Fluttershy1
Losing your voluntary job has to be so hard - I lost one in the past - it was a bitter pill indeed.
Now I know it was someone else with an issue with me and not by business actually - nevertheless I felt very hurt at the time - and hopefully you will feel better about yourself in time too. That is my honest wish - prayer even.
And you are good enough - we welcome you here - it's true I haven't posted much lately - I do read a lot though.
So - as I try and say something helpful - all our feelings are valid even when they are not sound - now what does that mean?
What we feel is real - humiliation - redundancy - hearing other people's criticism - which is not our business but it would be polite for other people to keep it to them to themselves. The way we feel about such issues is an unpleasant reality.
It's not the truth though - whatever other people think or say is only their truth - not yours - not ours.
Try and feel okay about yourself - try and make a habit of feeling okay - while it's okay to be not okay sometimes - it's better to feel better when you can.
Caring heaps
Owlunar
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