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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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Thanks @eth - one day at a time is all I can manage for now

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Me too @Zoe7 sometimes 1 hour!

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@eth sometimes minute by minute

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@Faith-and-Hope thought it best to visit here rather than F&A as I didn't want to be negative on a thread that I go to for distractions and 'light relief'.

I am feeling really isolated today. It is very windy again, I'm still unwell and I don't have the energy to fight off my thoughts. I don't want to move or do anything - I really just want to sleep. B ut I can't sleep because the pain and the flashbacks are keeping me awake.

I actually don't even want to be on here but I haven't got anywhere or anyone else to turn to either - so I am trying to ask for a little support - as hard as that is.

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Hi @Zoe7 ..... 💚💐💕🤗

I am down by the river now ..... coffees and. breakfasted .....

It's cold here today, a little bit windy, was spotting with rain before, but not now. A pelican just flew past me across the water ..... low and elegant. They are amazingly graceful on the wing, considering they are a big clumsy bird to look at.

The water is a little bit choppy with this beeeze .... and a. Eaytiful shiny denim blue colour.

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The river water is high ..... fed by the recent rains in the local mountain ranges. I have flown over those ..... there are large forests behind them ..... that is where our area is truly green, but you have to drive out beyond the mountains to find it.

This whole area by the river, all along both rivers, used to be jarrah forests. There is a block for sale not far from here with an old tree trunk still standing on it ..... and it would take three decent sized adults with their arms streatxhed and holding hands to be able to wrap around the diameter of it.

@Zoe7 💚

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maybe I should move to WA and build a house around that tree @Faith-and-Hope

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Maybe .... @Zoe7 .... or inside it .... lol .... it's big enough for a one up, one down ..... 😊

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lol @Faith-and-Hope - I couldn't build inside it - unless it could keep living and growing around me - it sounds too beautiful to destroy - but I am only small so there wouldn't need to be much space carved out to be comfortable lol

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It's set Amongst scrub @Zoe7 and I haven't walked all around it to see if it has a natural hollow inside it .... many of these big old trees do.

Have you read a book called "My Side of the Mountian" ? I read it growing up and it has always stayed with me. I think it is set in Canada, and it is about a boy raised with wilderness experiences who, at 12yo goes to live in a hollowed tree and passes a year there, studying the algae in the waterway close by. It was fascinating.
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