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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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The octagonal room is kind of amazing. Wonderful interesting people (and a turtle), cats, ice cream, nooks, gardening... and now lego (complete with step proof barrier) I think I am in heaven. It's busy so I am off to roam and leave you all to have fun.

Thanks @Zoe7. I hope we all get to where we want to be soon 🙂

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@CheerBear and don't forget we have a cocky, a caterpillar, a flutterby, some birds and now a bear - I love the Octagonal Room. Enjoy your roam - come back soon - or if you get bored elsewhere

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@Zoe7. Well done. Proud of you.
Of course I will be their godmother. I'll be their favorite Aunty. Not that other so called friend of Alene's. The kids won't like her. Her house looks too clean.
@TheVorticon - that picture just caused me all sorts of anxiety. Lol. A barrier around the lego would be great. I atill have nightmares of stepping on lego in the middle of the night - hopping around on one foot and colliding with the door and falling down. Thank god my son doesn't use his lego anymore.
Having said that - can I sit in your corner and build something too?

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Alright I'll get right onto the London Bridge @Zoe7 . 🙂 They do have a kit for that which looks pretty swish.
Haha I haven't settled on a sorting system. I just build something, then refuse to dismantle it. So my system is really 'used pieces' and 'not used yet pieces'.

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awww @utopia thanks. My heart has just about stopped racing now - and the trailer has been emptied WITHOUT me sleeping in the gutter yea!!!

Alene's (other) best friend won't last long once you turn up my friend - I bet she wouldn't even know what a whiupper snipper is lol

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You made me LOL @TheVorticon I even woke Toby up. I love your system

..and I look forward to having my London Bridge being built - that is one of my most favourite landmarks in the world.

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Sorry @utopia I figured I'd better contain the dangerous painful mess quickly lol. You'll be pleased to know that I've done it to myself too - "oh the lego is only on my bedroom floor and doesn't affect anyone else... so I don't need to turn on the light and I'll just step over it like thiisssshit!"
If he's not using it, can you add it to the Octagonal Room stash? 😉
Absolutely, what are you going to build? All the wheel pieces are in the red bucket if you need them.

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If we aren't careful @TheVorticon the lego might spill out into the middle of the Octagonal Room and we might mistaken some of it for the popcorn that @Phoenix_Rising often supplies us with.lol

Then you will have NO teeth left @utopia LOL

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With all the lego talk and MaFS on ACA @utopia I got too excited and forgot my meds - whoops - done now - yea!!!!

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Lol @TheVorticon. Yep even your feet find the lego pieces on the floor.
I thought I would do a serene setting. Get one of those large flat lego sheet things - and then create a creek & trees & small village roundhouses. Lots of green.
@Zoe7. Lol. No Alene won't know what a whipper snipper is. But Simon will be able to fix it for me.
& all good. I spoke with (her). She understands.
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