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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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Hey @Zoe7 👋 🦋💕

Are you up and going ? Dr’s apt today, huh ?

Finished orientation here and stopping for lunch before picking up

materias kits ..... so excited about that. Then we have our first class - art history.

🎨🖼📚🖌🖍✏️💕

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Hi @Zoe7,

Just saw your comment here about email notifications and images not coming through? This is strange! Is it still occuring? Would you mind posting about it in this area so I can then provide the feedback to our tech team? Feel free to tag me (don't want to interupt the discussion here! )

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope I have been out to meet my sister to organise a present for my Dad for his birthday coming up. Now home for a little while until I leave for my GP appointment and the chemist.

Super excited that you pick up your materials kit today and have Art History - right down your alley Hon. I look forward to your next update tonight...

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afternoon @Zoe7, @Former-Member, @Faith-and-Hope, @oceangirl, @TheVorticon

trying my computer again , fingers crossed xx

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Hi @Shaz51 - that post looked great compared to your previous ones! How's it going?

Hi @Zoe7 @Faith-and-Hope@oceangirl@Former-Member @everyone. 👋

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Didn't even need to decipher that last post @Shaz51 - hopefully it has resolved itself and you will have no further issues with words being jumbled up. I must say it was a bit like putting all the letters to a word in front of one of my kids and asking them to spell the word - they know the letters all go somewhere, they just don't know it what order - made me feel like I was back at work lol

Hi @TheVorticon Are you having a better day today?

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Hi @Zoe7. Today I am practicing patience and not losing my cool, while waiting for an ID/visitor-badge situation to be resolved at work. It has taken an hour so far, and visibly there is no further progress.
I would like to ask if I should just give up and circumvent the system, however there is a never ending line that I have been told to wait not as part of the line.

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That sounds very frustrating @TheVorticon but it also sounds like you are doing a great job at the waiting... hope it gets sorted very soon for you

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Apparently it is resolved, however there is still no evidence of that being the case. Maybe in a couple of minutes... 🙃

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What kind of work do you do @TheVorticon?

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