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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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@Zoe7 just sending hugs at the moment, as my brain is not formulating anything that is translatable. Its speaking some other language that I implicitly understand but can't translate!

Thank you for sharing as well @Owlunar - I always thought that there was no way that i would ever let anyone hurt me as an adult can remember thinking 'when i grow up'... when i left home and met someon i thought that I knew better and would never stay with a man who hurt me. but i did, for years. for so many complex reasons that changed and went around in circles. unless you are in that situation its hard to know what you would do i think. im so glad that you never experienced it. i'm also terrified of my mother, i have no contact with her now, but still scared that she'll cont act me or turn up in a rage, all of which is unlikely now, and even the knowledge that I am an adult, that I can stand up for myself, that i do have a voice does very little to change my feelings on that.

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@Owlunar, @Zoe7, @Former-Member xx

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@Zoe7. I'm using a computer instead of my old fashioned phone. So I thought I would send you this picture a friend sent me.

Sending lots of love. Am here for you.

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@utopia @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Owlunar @Faith-and-Hope @oceangirl

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I'm going try for some sleep soon, I was waiting on someone to call me and the washing to finish. So now I can go to bed me thinks. I have the zoo tomorrow.

@Zoe7 @utopia @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Owlunar

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Sweet dreams @oceangirl. I hope tomorrow is enjoyable at the zoo. Have a great day.

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Little by little the darkness is winning. Each day starts to blend into the next. I am losing the struggle and feel unable to fight. Hope disappared long ago and in it's place stands defeat. I cannot keep getting up to be knocked down again. My mind is a web of pain and a carrier of fear. Each moment that passes is a moment lost. Day turns to night and night to day - and still reality is an arbitrary concept that has no meaning. Life is for the living and living can only be accomplised where there is a will and desire to move forward. Any sense of my own self has disappeared with the years of pain. I feel hopeless and worth nothing. Maybe I should resolve to end the fight and take away the pain more permsnently

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p.s. No need for concern - I am safe for now!

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You can win this battle and take control of your mind. Focus on what makes you happy & perhaps do a gratitude list every day. I think you need to plan activties for the night time and hopefully join some social groups so that you are not focus on the night time. You need to talk to your psych about ways to manage this- have you been able to do this. I am just thinking about the things I would do.

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@Zoe7 I hope you start to feel better soon. But I understand the hopelessness I feel it too 😞

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