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Broken hearted over and over again

Broken hearted over and over again

I'm currently just over having to grieve over and over again.

My heart just keeps getting broken.

Please don't be nasty to me from a choice I already regret as I'll have to live with the consequences for ever.

The last 3 years has been unbelievably tough and it just seems that I keep loosing people I give my heart to and much more. Over 3 years ago I had my own business for 5 years and burnt our from overworking, and injuries. My relationshipship of 7 years, we were married broke down as well. This was when covid happenedas well. We owned a house togetherand we planning on having children. We were doing a house extension preparing. I worked my arse off until burnout. I was also waiting on a pay out from getting hit by a car , hense the injuries. That settlementwas going on for years and years. Anywaythe marriage broke down because i wanted children amd he didnt. n, i lost my husband, my dream of the family I wanted with him, my house and businessand had to move back into my parents with no income. From there my world just kept getting through teally big hurdles. My ex husband absolutelyripped me off with settlement and courts would laugh at the amount that i was given, but i wasjust to stressed to deal with the back and forth. I met someone in this meant time trying to fill a void and he had a child. This was way too early to be moving on. That didn't workout and my world shattered more. I started to to get my business up and running again to focus on that then I got another injury. I moved into my own place finally and then this lady kickand things I thought were looking up. This injury got worse as my job was physically demanding and I ended up having to give my business up after 2 years. I'd never lived on my own and things got really hard. I got insomnia from the pain in my injury and stress from having to give up my business again after just getting it solid. I decided to study and just work with my mum and use savings until I could find a new path.. 5 months after moving into my own place I met someone who was from France travelling around and just thought it would be a fling until he went back to France 6 weeks later. We hit it off really well and decided to become an item and he move here for me. I struggled alot waiting for his return of 2 months. He finally got back and we had a lovely month and we fell pregnant, i thought long and hard about it and talked to him about it and he seemed 50/50. . This was really stressful . And I told him I wanted to have a baby with him. He also freaked out and didn't want it. This absolutely shattered my heart like nothing before and I chose not to keep it him and to support him. The medical procedure went horribly wrong and I got sick having to have surgery 3 times. Nearly getting sepsis. I wanted to die with my baby. And I tormented myself ever since. This whole time trying to move forward I kept getting taken into emergency for surgery. I got more traumatised each time. I lost trust in myself and I was collapsing and becoming unconscious from all the stress everytime we'd fight. I was trying to study in the mean time and had a lot of pressure from that and just got a new job as an AIN. We kept fighting and fighting and he was lying about a few things that I found out as well. We kept trying and trying but the fights got worse as my resentment towards him grew. Coming up a year and I was learning French to meet his family. It's only been 4 months since the last operation. He's already had 2 jobs since arriving here. He just got a new one 6 weeks ago and wants to go back to France to see his family. He hadn't organised tickets or accommodation even though I kept asking months prior. As I'm still healing and being in a foreign country with non of his family speaking English I asked for a unit by ourselves so I could recharge. 2 weeks before he wants to go he hasn't booked anything. Its a wedding with all his family, he wants to party and didn't listen to any of my requests. I said if we do not book today I'm not coming. He left it until he knew I was upset then we went to book and I just this overwhelming feeling and said no. I asked if we could please just meet his parents, brother and grandparents this time around instead of everyone. And I didn't want him to leave me behind. I'm feeling really sensitive. And said no I'm boycotting his family and he chose to without me. I broke up with him as I just feel so broken hearted and not supported or listened to no matter how much I try express my needs. I just needed this support after everything thats happened and I wanted to meet his family too as he knows mine. I'm just so broken hearted because I seem to support my partner but I don't get the same back. He quit his job after 6 weeks, his car was about to die and he would of had no job to come back to. We were over a year together but this absolutely destroyed me in this short amount of time. But I've come to the conclusion I'll do IVF once I'm feeling healed and my strong self. I have so much love to give and just giving it to the wrong men.

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@Hopefulsoul - please take care and Iook after yourself

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I'm trying, thank you for making me smile 💜

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@HopefulsoulI read your story and wow! I really don't know what to say. I can't even imagine how you've dealt with all that and still keep trying to get everything back on track. As incredibly tough as everything has been, it's really impressive how much resilience you've shown in fighting on with all that stress, grief, and your injuries. It sounds like a fair bit of bad luck as well. Not just with the injuries and your business suffering as many did during covid, but having potential partners who turned out to just have different priorities to you and, in my opinion, not being very understanding and supportive. I wish you all the best going forward, especially with the IVF if you go that route. Like I said, you sound like an incredibly strong and resilient person so I'm sure you'll eventually get what is important to you, through sheer strength of will if nothing else. Trust yourself and don't let others make you feel bad about yourself. Take your time to grieve even a bit of time to just relax and Im sure you'll begin to make big improvements in your life and find that happiness you deserve!

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@MJG017 Thank you so much for your kind words. I feel like it's just been survival mode and sheer determination. Right now I'm surviving through anger. And you are right, it's time to grieve and relax where I can. And when the time is right, I'll go down the IVF route. But for now, I'll keep studying and working, enjoying my dogs, family time and myself. I'm tired of blaming myself for relationships fails. Honestly, thank you for your support. It makes life that little bit easier. 💜

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Hey @Hopefulsoul ,

I wanted to check in with you to see how things went after your ex left?

Are you okay?

Thinking of you.

We are here if you feel you need any emotional support.

We are thinking of you.

Hugs.

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@tyme

Hi there,

Thank you for checking in. It's been a roller coaster of emotions.

I had a bad day today emotionally, i made it through work. It gave me purpose and I'm ok now.

Just not sure whether to mend it or leave it is the problem.

I know I'll work it out, just I really don't want to have to keep grieving over and over. It's debilitating and hard to keep going all the time.

To get the message across has been so frustrating, he just wasn't hearing me.

And just feel like i keep failing at relationships. I really want a long term partner and family, I just don't know at what costs i need to pay for this? When is enough enough?

Am I being selfish? Am i being unreasonable ?

I just don't know.

I went to the doctors and they wanted a pap smear as they think i have an infection again. I fell not 100%. So it's just non stop.

I know things are temporary, just severe anxiety is really exhausting and effects my daily life of things I enenjoylike the gym, running, i don'thave the energy for the things i love, from these continuous traumatic exexperiencesbut i have been taking the dogs for a walk. I guess better then nothing.

On the plus side my friend and i are lookkng at buying a house together

Thank you so much for checking in

Xx

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It sounds like you are under incredible stress. I wonder if this is playing a part in the infections you are getting @Hopefulsoul

I hope and pray you work out what's best for.

You deserve the best. It takes time to grieve over the things that have been lost. Yet hopefully, by connecting with others, you'll feel supported.

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I am definitely under incredible amounts of stress and have been for years now.

I know I deserve the best, I'm not sure if I'll experience my old life i enjoyed outside of sévère anxiety anymore.

Thank you for your support.

I really appreciate it

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@tyme

Sorry I forgot to tag

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We're glad you are here.

Keep your eyes on the goal you have for yourself and your feet will find the right path.

Have you been keeping busy? Do you find yourself managing? @Hopefulsoul

You've really been through more and I could ever imagine. I acknowledge it will take time.

Please know we are here for you.

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