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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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I've had a rough day and unlike me I have been asleep most of the day. Last night I asked my IVF specialist to fit me in because I needed support. He has made an appointment tomorrow afternoon.

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Hey! @Zoe7

Thanks for including me earlier.

Ive been feeling too flat to say anything, sorry.

Glad to read that the pain meds are working and that DBT was a bit easier today.

💜🦋🌷🌸

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Your like is all that was needed Hon - sorry you are feeling flat - I understand that with everything going on for you that you can only be here when you are feeling up to it and that is more than okay - just remember we are here for you too @Former-Member

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Hi @oceangirl ....

My Like is “I’m hearing you”.

I take it this is to do with hormones if you need the IVF specialist ?

So sorry to hear you are feeling unwell with it all .... uni stress too maybe ?

Hi @Zoe7 @Former-Member .... I’m back ....

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Hi Hon - how was dinner? Did you have something yummy? @Faith-and-Hope

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Hello hello hello there @Faith-and-Hope 👋🐬💖

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Hi @Zoe7 .....

It was fish and salad again .... 😏 .... but I had a glass of something with it that might help me keep to pumpkin hour tonight .....

With S2 The invalidation wasn’t just at uni @Zoe7 .... he was receiving the same message thundered at him at home as well under circumstances I won’t describe here .... and it was reverberating inside him, awakening a familial mi disorder .... It was a “perfect storm”. While I understood the intensity of the home issue, and was worried for him and trying to seek help as hard and fast as I could, I was completely blindsided by the uni and genetics issues, as was he ..... and help could not be found until he crashed.

D3 had the home thing, the genetic thing, and the dislocation of her knees created a school thing .... so the perfect storm situation overtook her as well, but with the school counsellor and staff supporting her situation, she made it through at the time, carrying forward anger issues that she is working through with a counsellor now.

It might yet be the same for mr ..... although no blindsiding for us with this one .....can see all the elements continuing to build.

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👋🤗💕 @Former-Member .....

How are you doing now @oceangirl ? Are you still sleepy after your long sleeps today ?

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That perfect storm gets many of us when we least expect it @Faith-and-Hope

I am sorry Hon but I have reached my limit for tonight - can barely keep my eyes open now. I will have to say goodnight but before I do that I wanted to thank you for our earlier chat - and for your posts tonight - it has been great to catch up with you a bit more. I hope to be able to come on in the morning but it will depend how I sleep tonight ...in the meantime I hope you can have an earlier night than you have been having and you sleep soundly.

Goodnight my angel @Faith-and-Hope and sweet @Former-Member

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Night night @Zoe7 💜🦋

im going to try and sleep too.

💜🐬 @Faith-and-Hope

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