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Am Not Coping

Am Not Coping

I am really not coping at the moment but this is entirely on ME!

This is a message for a few people on here @utopia @Former-Member @Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member

that I asked could be passed on but it seems that only part of it has been and I understand from the responses that have made it through my emails that I have caused untold distress for some people. I was not going to return because of what I felt I put people through but I especially wanted @utopia and @Former-Member to know that they were not wrong at the time and I was going through a real crisis period. You both held me together for longer than I could myself until the point where my own self-destructive thoughts overwhelmed me.

The entire message that I sent to SANE is below:

I have just viewed the multitude of emails and messages sent from forum members and members of the SANE team – as well as the text and voice message left on my phone.

I have not been able to communicate with anyone since the other night as I have been recovering from what ended up being an unsuccessful attempt to end the pain.

At the time I was in a very distressed state and I did want to stop the pain and all I seemed to achieve is to cause others pain and worry and that is the last thing I wanted to do – I just wanted to end mine and say goodbye to everyone beforehand so my future absence was explained. I should have realised that the message I posted would have concerned some people but I really was not in any state to think about the repercussions for others.

I am so sorry I caused so much distress to others – that is something I will have to hopefully try and live with.

I don’t believe after the concern and anxiety I caused to so many that I will ever be able to return to the forum.

Can someone from the SANE team please explain all this to all those involved and pass on my gratitude for their compassion, concerns and kind words throughout the time I have been part of the ‘forum family’.

Thank you and sorry again for the difficult position I put everyone in.

Zoe7

I do not want any responses from any of you. I just wanted to let you know exactly what has happened and let you know how truly sorry I am for hurting people I have come to think of as friends and family, and who I really care about.

Your support, advice and compassion are what make you all the wonderful people you are.

@utopia and @Former-Member I am so sorry that the trust you placed in me has now been broken because of my actions. I also felt that we had a stronger connection, especially over the last week, and you both helped me in ways I cannot even describe or explain. I was not pulling away from you two - just wanted to pull away from myself. I couldn't cope with my own feelings and no-one or nothing was actually going to be able to stop me at the time. It's now just another failure to add to my list of failures. I really don't know what else to say to you both but to reiterate my heartfelt 'sorry'.

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Tomorrow is Bubbles3 and Rockpool's is the 22nd @Shaz51 - are there any we have missed in between that you are aware of?

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I am not aware of any more birthdays this month @Zoe7, only Bubbles3 and Rockpool`s

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Thanks @Shaz51 - I thought I might have missed one - I missed my sister's partner's birthday the other day - just losing track of time. He said it was ok because I did mention it last week so he knew it wasn't intentional I still felt bad about it though!

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I know what you mean @Zoe7, today is one of my cousins birthday , and I can`t remember which one , I will have to go on facebook to find out xx, bad aye

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hahaha @Shaz51 I nearly forgot my own birthday last year - now that is BAD lol

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'heat pump man' has come - need a new heat pump (knew that!!) He is going to order it first think Monday morning (as they are closed now) and try to get it here quickly. Otherwise it will be Thursday or Friday next week - not going to cost much - only around $2500 (and that is the friends and family rate!!) - arghhhh. I can't even begin to think about how I am going to pay for it atm - too much to deal with.I think I will curl up in my corner and never come out

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Zowie @Zoe7 ...... !!

Do you have any household insurance that can help with that ? Or any other sort of insurance (like medical) as a necessity for your climate and your current state of health ?

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No @Faith-and-Hope if I went through insurance it would be at least another thousand and would take longer to replace (and my excess is not cheap either - had to change that earlier this year to be able to afford insurance!). I have a tiny little fan heater that I pulled out of the spare room (was not easy to get to) but it is providing a little heat - just have to have it sitting right in front of me. It certainly is going to chew up the power - so more expense down the track. I honestly do not know whether to laugh or cry (think I might be all cried out for now - so maybe it is time to laugh!!)

Enough about my crap life - how has yours panned out today?

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Okay so far @Zoe7 .....

D3 cancelled on her Physio apt .... neck too sore, but she was really rude to me in how she spoke ..... then apologised later, but that might have been cos she was hungry and realised she had "but the hand that feeds her" .... lol .....

It's collateral damage from the WH situation, but it has left the impression with her that it's okay to be rude when you are seriously inconvenienced or in pain. I keep telling her it's not okay to do that ..... anything stronger will meet with oppositional behaviour ..... so that is something that is going to need to be revisited later.

Heading out to a meeting tonight. Take-away dinner incoming with D1 and SIL ahead of that. Haven't seen S2 out of his room today, but the lunch I made him disappeared from the table and D2 said he ate it ..... so that's somethin' .....

Gonna dash through a shower now while WH is out (jogging .... in case you couldn't guess).

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Would never had guessed that is what WH would be doing @Faith-and-Hope lol

Take the positive - D3 did apologise - and without any prompting - so that is something Hon! You can't do any more than you are already doing in the situation you are in!

Oh no - you have too much going on tonight - I'll just have to pretend you are around - maybe pick a rose, glue some googly eyes on it and paint on the rest of the face - then sit it on the 'puter to watch over me LOL - not a bad idea when I think about it

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