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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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Some good news - my sister has a scanner on her printer so can get that sorted tonight and sent off @Faith-and-Hope Then when I get the money through I will look into another printer/scanner for myself - don't need the expense right now but do need it!

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That's great @Zoe7 ... I am so pleased for you

We hope to go further afield next Tuesday, but it will depend on how our guide is feeling. She was a little unwell this week, but felt up to our short excursion today. Unfortunately she had a headache by the time we came home.

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I will go to my sister's in about an hour - she was still at work when I spoke to her so need to give her some time to get home and settled.

I hope your guide is better next week and you can venture a lot further - it definitely sounds like you are really enjoying these informative walks - that is something I would enjoy - learning about the history of places and seeing the amazing architecture.

@Faith-and-Hope

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@Faith-and-Hope Have been to my sister's and scanned everything I needed to. Will send it all off tomorrow morning before I go to DBT. It has been a very long day but I think I have it all sorted now. I had my meds late because I wasn't home so will be up for a while but would really like this day to end.

Hope you have had a good night Hon

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Hi @Zoe7

I am glad to hear you got all that done .....

I hope you are all rugged up warm again now.

I have a heat pack on the back of my neck and across my shoulders, because I can feel tension in it, some from sitting at the computer working things out. It's also keeping me warm.

My baby dragons have all piked out early tonight. Their sleeplessness is catching up on them. The house is very quiet .... lol

I am steadily making inroads on the support material for my Photoshop assignment, hoping to reduce it in the next day or so to only the Photoshop work, then go looking at tutorials to work out how to get the things done that I want to achieve. The kids will help me with that if I get stuck, but I am working a bit out re. folders and using the toolbars.

I have found a simpler photo edit facility on my Notebook, so I am working with that for the research / experimental photos that are all part of the documentation, and working out how to label, store, and access them ..... my baby steps.

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wow you are moving forward with it all Hon - super impressed here

You will be an expert in no time and it is yet another skill to add to your repertoire!

I hope you get on top of that neck and shoulder tension - it is common sitting at computers for long periods of time - I get that a lot when I am doing reports - too much time in one sitting will cause that for sure @Faith-and-Hope

It must be nice to have your baby dragons already asleep and have a little time to yourself as well - I imagine it could get quite frantic at your place some times.

I had a nice visit with my sister - I took Toby (no surprise there) and sat with her an her partner for a while. It was nice - not the usual arguments or tension!

It is warm in my house so I am ok in that regard - just waiting for meds to work and then I can snuggle up in bed. Tomorrow of course is DBT and pdoc and I will probably ring HR before I go - so a big day all around.

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Yes, sounds like it @Zoe7 .....

The heat pack steeps the tension out of my neck and shoulders, so I don't mind really, it's sort of like stopping for a cup of tea, to go and get that sorted periodically, which gets me up and stretching as well.

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Whatever helps @Faith-and-Hope

What do you have planned for tomorrow?

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I need to head for sleepy land @Faith-and-Hope Eyelids are beginning to get heavy. Will catch up with you some time tomorrow. Goodnight my angel

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Nails are due @Zoe7, before they start coming apart, which is starting to happen already, but catching them tomorrow will be okay. Then it's more work on this assignment and the visual diary. At mid-semester, which is around the corner, we will lose some of our classes and pick up others in their place, so a shift in time-table. That means the visual diary work is due for the out-going classes in the next few days to a week or so.

I might get to a walk in the pool as well .... have to see how I'm going .....

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