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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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Re: Jars for Zoe7

I'm not looking forward to it at all @Former-Member. My GP has assured me that she will 'look after me' but there are so many differences to be concerned about. It isn't just a new place and new people I don't know but the extended travel time is going to be hard physically also. I can get to the present practice in a matter of a couple of minutes - the new one is a lot further away and through the city traffic - so there will be alot more waiting around when she is running late.

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Hi @Zoe7 ...... 🤗💕

The moving interstate will start to be acted on by degrees from here .... next step will be telling our older "marrieds".

I think I said that we won't need to pack up this house for now .... it's just reversing what we were already doing - uni terms over there, coming back to visit here. Just have to get my head around it .... and keep speaking up for my own needs. A spot for my painting is already factored in, which is one good thing.

Have been back to my painting today. I had put the brushes down across the last week .... too much happening to locate my peace of mind.

Thinking of you with the gp move ..... maybe take a crossword book with you to zone out with for the waiting time ?

Hi @Former-Member .... and thank you .... 💕

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Hi @Zoe7 .... 💚

Got my competition painting back. It didn't make the finalists ..... so here is a cross-section, now that it is not on public display .....

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looks beautiful @Faith-and-Hope - you are amazing.

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Don't know about amazing @Former-Member .... 😏 .... but this is what comes out of the canvas when I start applying paint to it .... lol .....

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Morning @Zoe7 .... 💜🦋💕

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@Faith-and-Hope just logged on to check in and there you are - FC

Don't think I will be around much today - just not up to it Hon.

Do you have an appointment today?

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That flower is gorgeous @Faith-and-Hope thankyou

I love your 'piece' of your painting - I can actually imagine what the rest of it looks like I will keep that imagine in my mind (and the flower) today. It will help me to focus on something and get through the day. Thankyou sweetheart

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💚💐🦋 💕 ..... @Zoe7

I don't have an appointment today. The one last week was requested by WH to talk about the piano issue with the pdoc. Other than that the family counselling is not regular and quite spaced apart. Next apt for that is still two week away.

We are supposed to be going to see our family doctor for a couples counselling referral, but I think WH is hedging about it. Knowing that he has been r ferried to someone, I think that needs to be through our family doctor as well, and WH has made no mention of it. S2 told me .... so probably turning up to the doctor for the couples counselling referral would see that brought up as well, and I am guessing he doesn't want it either revealed in the appointment, or addressed .... in that he doesn't want to go.

The pdoc and family counsellors will keep following through on it though, and while it hasn't been mentioned in front of me by either of them yet, that might pop up in family counselling sometime soon. They will keep pressuring him over it, but it's "the big one" so they will all have to tread carefully.

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I wasn't sure whether it was an ongoing appointment on Thursdays or a one off. Thanks for filling me in Hon. @Faith-and-Hope

I know things are moving slowly but carefully around WH and it will take time for 'everything' to surface but you are doing so well in navigating this minefield - for yourself and your baby dragons.

I know I tell you often how amazing I think you are but you are also an inspiration to so many with how positive you deal with everything in your life. The strength, resilience and courage you show each day is a testament to the kind of person you are (and one that your mother would be so very proud of sweetheart).

I hope your day is full of light and that the coming weeks are not too difficult for you.

Always thinking about you and holding you close to my heart...

Zoe

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