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New23Casual Contributor
44 year old female from Brisbane suffers health anxiety, depression, panic attacks. Looking for genuine people to talk too who may suffer same for support etc. I believe that healing can happen the more support you have!
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
no @fluffylight
I'm feeling afraid and have cowered in bed all day...
I've been on the phone calling still and again for help from support workers, lawyers, realestate agents, counsellors, people i know... Literally no body is calling back!
I'm totally isolated.
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fluffylightSenior Contributor
Hi @Kyle
Bed can be a safe space for me so I understand the need to be in bed, it gives temporary relief sometimes (for me).
I wonder if the lack of responses is because it is a public holiday?
I can recognise how much you are trying, we are here for you 💛
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
what's the public holiday for, please, @fluffylight ?
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fluffylightSenior Contributor
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
I appreciate you taking time today @fluffylight . It's not often easy trying to help someone with their issues when you have some of your own, and life pertaining to you... And the training isn't always a fit, for the world of persons is a personal world, after all... I do hope you have a calm, grounding night.🫂✨️
And you, too @New23 !
We didn't get to talk much today... perhaps another time. Warm regards to you. I wish you well. Until next time, God bless 🙏🫂
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Hey @Kyle1 you have put in so much supporting and welcoming people. I wish you could find reciprocal support, but somehow real life seems to more uneven. Still appreciate your energy and effort and wish you had better people in your life. I promise I am not a bot or an hallucination. Wish our mate was still here but it is what it is. I sense that she is well, considering it all.
Nice to meet you @New23 There may be less people online than we realise, considering the forum covers all of Australia. I was surprised it can be so slow at times.
Take care
Apple
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