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Is it crazy to find the relief of letting go that help isn't coming when it's gets to 5pm Friday.

Unknown userMember25 Oct 2024, 6:17 pm AEDT

Is it crazy to find the relief of letting go that help isn't coming when it's gets to 5pm Friday.

Anyone else spend their days trying to get help or sort things out to only be constantly disappointed. I've discovered I like outside business hours because it releases the pressure and I no longer have to be disappointed because the expectations are gone.

Outside business hours

This has become my favourite time of the week, when offices are closed, because I no longer have to be disappointed by the lack of responses

It is like a release, the expectation or hope that someone might help is not happening and I can accept reality and allow my mind to let go of the what ifs and the causes

I have tried so hard to advocate and ask for supports, put things in order, but no one else seems too concerned, maybe it's a sign to just accept the reality

It does seem harsh and I never anticipated that a world would be so hostile to provide answers, but if you are going to move on it's time to accept the brutality

It might change, someone might one day turn around and say hey we are here to help, the waiting lists have been reduced, now is your turn

But I just can no longer let my thoughts be consumed by the option as it instills the current absence, neglecting the possibility is the only valid thing for imminent survival is what I've learnt

I am not without hope, I am just realistic to the situation that has not changed for a substantial time, concreting my resolve in the facts and evidence

See hope is one thing but if you are going to make it through life with limited defeat, in my opinion reality and acceptance takes precedence

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tymeModerator25 Oct 2024, 8:14 pm AEDT

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It's been a real eye-opener speaking to you and I hope the peer to peer support you receive here will be a source of support while you wait for your much needed other supports.

@Former-Member .

I hear what you mean by how hard it can be to access care.

For me, I went from having no support to heaps of support. It just happened. Like I won a lottery ticket... I don't know how else to explain it. And I didn't have to fork out money for these support. Maybe because I was so unwell and I was also on my own? I didn't have any family or supports around me and I was in and out of hospital constantly.

I don't know.

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Unknown userMember25 Oct 2024, 8:42 pm AEDT

Re: Is it crazy to find the relief of letting go that help isn't coming when it's gets to 5pm Friday.

@tyme That's great to hear. I have been told that once support happens it will probably be overwhelming because it will be abrupt and quick. I just don't want to bank on it incase it doesn't happen.

It's only my mum and me at present. There is no other physical active supports. It's unreal to me that I can be suddenly so disabled and refused access to supports. But I didn't get a great start at my initial hospital admission so hopeful once the legality of that all clears up there will be some resolve, relief, and the support that should have been initially received.

I feel bad because I get so frustrated at mum but at the end of the day she's the only one here and she's trying and I try to remember that this is just as new for her. I just wish I didn't have to advocate so hard for myself. I'm a social worker and I'm not getting anywhere so I can't imagine people who have no experience or previous tools navigate any of this. It is very hard.

I do wander if one day I'll wake up and get the two waited emails. One justice has been done, and two ndis has been approved. I don't want to get two hopeful because I'm one to always prepare for the worst but I'm very happy to be proven wrong.

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