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Managing thoughts of suicide & self-harm

Battles

MissGremlinSenior Contributor15 Mar 2025, 8:19 pm AEDT

Battles

Hi all, does anyone else just feel like life is just one big sh!t show? It's just one thing after another, constant drama, family issues, money struggles, stress, anxiety it's just always something.

When do things get easier, do things ever change?

I've been through more than i care to think about in my life but today has pushed me to breaking point and it's bringing up alot of bad memories of previous suicide attempts.

I just feel like it's not worth it, it's not worth fighting, not worth hanging on anymore.

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LouLouMagooSenior Contributor22 June 2025, 8:54 am AEST

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I can hear all the great things you are doing to support yourself! Amazing that you know getting support from other people is helpful, so jumping on the forums is an awesome idea, despite things not feeling so good at the moment. I encourage you to keep reaching out to supports, even helplines/chat lines to help relieve some of the tension and build up of those thoughts 🙂

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor22 June 2025, 1:33 pm AEST

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@NightFury hi MissinTooth how is your day going?

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MissGremlinSenior Contributor22 June 2025, 1:34 pm AEST

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Hello @MJG017, thinking of you. Hope you are going as ok as you can be ❤️.

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MJG017Senior Contributor22 June 2025, 3:55 pm AEST

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@MissGremlin

Sorry I haven't been around much recently. I'm okay, thanks for asking. Everything is just getting on top of me a bit, and I haven't been in much of a sociable mood. No point sharing the misery I guess 😁

I hope Casper is good... and that his mum is doing okay as well.

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MissGremlinSenior Contributor22 June 2025, 4:01 pm AEST

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@MJG017 that's ok, I've just been thinking about you and thought I'd check in. I get that feeling of everything getting on top of you, understand not being in a social mood. It's not a matter of sharing the misery but rather not having to sit alone with everything, that's why we are here, to support each other 😊.

Casper is doing well, me well I'm just trying to keep pushing through. Things are hard at the moment and I feel like the world is against me, but it's just one foot in front of the other right?

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NightFurySenior Contributor22 June 2025, 4:01 pm AEST

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Hi @Bunniekins @MissGremlin @MJG017

My day's been busy trying to finish my final assignment for the Trauma Informed Care unit I've been doing as a part of my Grad Cert in Child and Adolescent Mental health. Got it done and submitted it, now I'm trying to calm my farm and my anxiety before heading out to a loud and masked dinner with my family for my brother's birthday yesterday.

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MissGremlinSenior Contributor22 June 2025, 4:04 pm AEST

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Hi @NightFury well done for getting it done and submitted, so proud of you 😊.

What strategies are you using to try and calm down and ease the anxiety before having to head out to dinner with the family?

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NightFurySenior Contributor22 June 2025, 4:06 pm AEST

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@MissGremlin I've reached out on one of my threads to see if someone can sit with me while we run through a grounding exercise...no response yet, but...we'll see.

I'm sitting on the floor in front of the wood heater, trying to regulate my breath and my heart rate.

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MissGremlinSenior Contributor22 June 2025, 4:07 pm AEST

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@NightFury happy to help if you don't get a response from anyone else.

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor22 June 2025, 4:18 pm AEST

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@NightFury well done re submitting paper work. studying is hard i know only too well ... have a good time at the party better you than me.

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