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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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Oh the dreaded triangle on a Saturday morning @Snowie - now that is the way to test my patience lol

How did you sleep last night?

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haha @Snowie love the image - I have used that one before too - is one of my favourites so thank you for putting a smile on my face this morning

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Yeah .... more blu @Zoe7 .... help to keep my greys from turning yellow from environmental pollutants like cigarette smoke .... and art materials ..... lol

I will have to try misaics using the plaster next @Zoe7. Might be able to do that with my next sculpture.

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Hi @Snowie ..., 👋💕

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Mosaics on sculptures are very cool @Faith-and-Hope - wish I could see your work but just knowing what you are working on gives me a lift - I so would love to be doing this course with you - you are doing all the things I love and it is heartwarming for me to be able to share some of your experiences with the different mediums

We don't want yellow hair - but if you had blue and yellow streaks you wouldn't need a beanie to support your team lol

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Slept better last night @Zoe7

@Faith-and-Hope @Zoe7 is just a quick hi and bye. Off to dancing comps (ugh!!) till about 11pm tonight.

Will catch you all tomorrow

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oh dear @Snowie - that is going to be a long day - look after yourself Hon - chat tomorrow

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Could you go back to study @Zoe7 ? Can you get

enough finance together as a student (delayed fees, student loan, etc) to be able to study a Cert IV in art as an option ? Maybe you could work part time, study part time as you recover physically ? That way it wouldn’t be the 30 kids every day, but there would be the kids art which you love so much .....

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Hi-bye @Snowie ..... 👋💕

Hipe the day has something lovely in it for you .....

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I can't afford it with my mortgage @Faith-and-Hope - I did look into it when you were first talking about going back to study but 4 days a week would basically be what I am getting now with income protection and it is a real struggle each month to stay on top of everything - the tiny little bit more I would get working 4 days would go to petrol for each week so that would cancel that out. I need to continue with DBT also so that means one day a week is already taken out of work. it is difficult when all my savings and most of my leave entitlements were gone in the first couple of months of being unwell - and meds cost me a fortune - they are still a couple of hundred dollars a month

Maybe down the track is I can get back into work, save a little over the holidays I may be able to reconsider the study option - would help me in my career so some may even be tax-deductible ...need to look into that further though!

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