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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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@Faith-and-Hope @Snowie @Former-Member @outlander @Maggie @Lee82 and others following along...

I am doing a little better today. It was actually good being at work to take my mind off things for a while. It is a longer day on Monday and tomorrow so less time to think about other things. I have work to do tonight also before being on class tomorrow and it will be great to be with the kids again.

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im glad to hear your doing abit better today @Zoe7
Are you teaching face to face classes often?
In NSW in the next week (or 2) they kids will go back one day a week (except like essential workers kids who go as often as they need) but each day will have a different year group rather then the whole school, the rest is done on the google classrooms or workbooks for primary school. is that how Tassie is doing it as well?

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No ours is very different. We have to plan for the week for all students - no workbooks and everything we plan has to be able to be done totally offline as some do not have internet. Those we post or drop off the weekly tasks to. We work online through Seesaw where we post the work weekly and the kids (and parents) can post their work back. Some kids have to post their work in but we are asking them to hold onto their workbooks for now and we will look at it all together when they are back. We work a couple of days in the classroom and the rest online. It is the same work in the classroom as they are doing at home so whilst we have not doubled up on planning it is hard to reply to all online work at the same time as teaching in the classroom.

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Really happy to hear that you are doing a little better today @Zoe7

Glad you are on class tomorrow to see the kids. I am sure they will love having you 💜

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I will have at least 4 of my kids in class tomorrow @Snowie so looking forward to being with them again. I need to do a little work tonight to get up to speed on what we are teaching as I have been concentrating on getting adjustments done for one of my other kids - that is done and sent through so now onto tomorrow.

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That will be so nice just concentrating on a few of your students @Zoe7 They will love the attention you can give them.

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oh I see @Zoe7
that sounds like a lot of work for you and all the teachers! it must be hard for the kids too especially those who need that extra support in learning what to do. I usually help my sisters with their maths work and some other activities but seem to be going ok otherwise at least but I know the last 2 weeks of the term all their work was mostly revision things so I guess time will tell how they'll cope with learning the content to come.

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I will have all the kids from another class too @Snowie - possibly 13 or 14 altogether which is actually past our limit. The other class had 17 today so there are some conversations happening now around if we need 3 classes running at once rather than 2. Will see how that goes tomorrow I guess.

@outlander All our work is new work - no revision.

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@Zoe7 your doing an amazing job

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Thanks @outlander

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