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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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love to help you out my sister @Zoe7

depends on the weather , if find , we will have mowing to do inbetween appts

have got someone to do some gardening at mum`s grdens , fingers crossed xxx

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Reading, but quiet today.

Hugz @Zoe7 @Shaz51 @Sam3

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hugs to you too @Appleblossom

soo much going on at the moment , today is the day for lots of tears , will be ok tomorrow, hoping for some sleep xxxxx

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Today is one of those days when I am happy to be home. It wasn't a 'bad' day just long. The kids all seemed a bit ratty today in every class - must be the smoke in the air down here or something - hopefully they will be more settled tomorrow.

I have two different groups for reading tomorrow and need to get organised a bit for that tonight - will do that after dinner. I suspect it will be another early night for me as I feel exhausted today. Usually Mondays I am not as tired but not today

I have cancelled my osych appointment for Wednesday so I just have DBT and pdoc - it was going to be too much for me to go early in the morning before DBT - this way I can rest up a bit more and I don't urgently need to talk about anything this week. My appointments are in for fortnightly but will change them to monthly when I go next. It will work out much better with having pdoc and GP on alternate weeks also now.

Things are okay in my world and having such a supportive workplace has really helped with me not needing so many appointments. Next is working out when is the best time to finish DBT - I may do the next module and then finish but that is something I will talk to all my support team about first.

Going to get dinner organised early, do my planning for tomorrow and then settle in for the night. I hope everyone has had an okay day and if you haven't then there has been at least some good in it.

@Faith-and-Hope @Shaz51 @Appleblossom @Sam3 @Snowie @Sans911 @Teej @CheerBear @MDT @TAB @eth @Former-Member @Former-Member @Maggie and all following along...

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Hi @Zoe7 Sounds like you are getting things in place to have a routine that doesn't crowd you too much and allows for some down time here and there. I'm trying to do likewise. With all the new things I've taken on my admin jobs here at home are stacking up. Every time I think I'll get them done it turns out I need some me time not doing anything. Will try again tomorrow morning.

Nice to follow along here and keep up with what's going on for you. I'm not on here every morning now like I was for ages, so I like your updates.

Keep well xx

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Nice one @Zoe7
Taking a balanced look at all things in your world is encouraging.
I had a good day I think. Easy but challenging. Got stuck into Carl Jung's work today. Really relevant to where I am at in my own journey/story and I've dug up a few gems which now need refining to use a metaphor 😉

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@eth @MDT I actually enjoy coming home and writing the updates - it is like a closure on the day for me before a new one starts the next day. Glad also that you are enjoying the updates - I do find there is a lot in my life right now worth celebrating and work is the primary source of enjoying life to a greater extent. It is so good feeling worthwhile in the role I am doing and not feeling worthless as I did in the previous school - so it is all positive even though today was long.

@eth I get that with paperwork too - it piles up if I don't get onto it straight away - but tomorrow is another day and sometimes we just need to have that space for ourselves too.

@MDT Jung is heavy going but you have never taken a backward step from 'heavy' - impressed that you are reading something that you can relate to your own life as well.

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lol this true @Zoe7 I don't take backward steps away from Heavy. That made me laugh. Ironically it is starting to make thing lighter.... how appropriate 😛

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thanks for the tag and update @Zoe7 yes wary of smell of smoke re fires theres been a few around here lately

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That is ironic @MDT but glad you are getting something out of it

@TAB Fires have flared up in Tassie again too but nowhere near as bad as they were or are in other parts of the country - fingers crossed it stays that way here.

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