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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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Thanks @oceangirl my day was fine. Last day of work tomorrow due to redundancy, so much employment begins Friday. No written offfer of employment from new company yet despite it being promised on Tuesday. @MDT did you change your photo or did I imagine that?!

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No problem @Sam3 Hope your employment gets sorted for you. Is there anyone you can phone to follow up with this?

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I guess I could phone HR guy of new company again. He reckons their company is taking over the contract at my aged care facility on 28th February. However, the managers at that facility believe it’s my current company continuing the contract which is also what my current company believes (ie today stated it was “business as usual” so did not appear to know they’ve lost the contract from the 28th February but surely it would be public knowledge of a changeover was less than a month away). Main issue is I want proof the new company has the got the contract before I commit (because I don’t want to commute to anywhere else) but probably won’t be told any commercially sensitive information. How are you @oceangirl ?

Hello also to @Zoe7@Shaz51@MDT@TAB

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I hope you had good day as well @oceangirl

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@Zoe7 Sending lots of these.💕💜💜💜💕🐾🐾🐾🐾

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It sounds really confusing for you re the work situation @Sam3 I hope it all gets sorted out soon for you and you get the notice you need from both companies ASAP.

Hi @Maggie Up early here today. We hd a little rain overnight but not enough. There is still a very distinctive smoky smell in the air and visible smoke arouond the hills. It seems like the rain did not help much with the fires. How are you and Mags going?

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thanks @oceangirl

hope you are going well

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Hi all. Thanks Zoe and Sam and eth for the welcomes, it's really nice of you. the @ thing isn't working.

That;s amazing that you're going back to work Zoe. I've been unemployed for 7 years but just now starting to apply.

hope everyone is having a good day today 🙂

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Update re work - still no formal position but I rang HR again this afternoon and they are hoping to have a position sorted for me tomorrow. They are waiting to hear back from the Principal of the school they have identified. I don't know the school or grade yet but I have been told it is close to where I live. This is all sounding more promising and whilst it has not been organised yet I did say that I could stop stressing and the HR person assured me that I didn't need to stress. She was actually really lovely about it - and given that she knows my history it was reassuring. So I really hope I will have some news tomorrow - hopefully in the morning so I have at least a little time to get things together myself.

@Faith-and-Hope @Teej @CheerBear @BryanaCamp @MDT @Maggie @TAB @Sam3 @Sans911 @Snowie @Appleblossom @Owlunar @Former-Member @BlueBay @eth and all following along...

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Sounds promising @Zoe7 . Hopefully it will be sorted out by tomorrow. Would be great if it could be.

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