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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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Morning @Faith-and-Hope

@Zoe7 @Sam3 @MDT @Shaz51

Yeah its still morning.

I am off across town to see a couple of shows. I know people in them and its good to be able to support other's efforts.

Pity about the heat wave.

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I hope you enjoy the shows @Appleblossom It is so great that you are getting out and doing different things - inspiring to all of us Hon

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Morning @Appleblossom @Zoe7 @Faith-and-Hope @Sam3 @MDT @Shaz51

Hope today is a good one for you all

@Zoe7so glad to hear your dinner went well. Super proud of you for going

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Enjoy seeing the shows @Appleblossom

Have a good day @Zoe7 @Snowie @Faith-and-Hope @MDT

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Hay @Snowie I am glad I went - it got me out of my comfort zone a little. I think coming home as early as I did was a good thing too and despite me being up really late I did get to sleep in for the first time in a very long time. Toby and Cat tried to wake me up early but gave up and went back to sleep themselves lol

How are you going? How are those nightmares going?

Hi @Sam3 Hope you have a good weekend Hon

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I am glad you enjoyed yourself and got to have a sleep in. Izzy woke me up early too but we both went back to sleep for awhile.

Nightmares are still there but I think that has something to do with the exposure work I did with the psych the other day. Will see how they go over the next few nights.

@Zoe7

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Exposure therapy has always done that to me too @Snowie - the flashbacks and nightmares were so intense and so prevalent that we had to stop. I have not gone back to it. With all my team talking about how to move forward it was decided that I would no longer do exposure therapy as it was actually making me worse. I have certainly felt better since ceasing that therapy. It is hard though to move forward without dealing with the past but part of my change in thinking has been to accept that the past has happened, know I can't change it but then look at moving forward from there - that is all pretty huge and not at all easy to do.

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We are taking the exposure therapy very slowly @Zoe7 . It took about 10 sessions just to get through one of my memories. We just started another memory last week so I think that is why I am having nightmares/flashbacks for it. It is extremely hard and I don't know if I will continue with it either.

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It is extremely hard and can be continually draining whilst you are undertaking that therapy @Snowie Maybe when DBT starts you may find it more relevant to move forward with your thinking as I did - it certainly has a different affect on each of us though and it may bring up things you need to talk more about in your individual sessions - hoping you find that right balance that helps you Hon.

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Wishing you wise practitioners & safe places to ‘land’ @Snowie @Zoe7 and everyone else too

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