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Managing thoughts of suicide & self-harm

Battles

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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@MissGremlin just testing the new pastel textas.

 

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@NightFury ooohhhh i love it, well done sweet ❤️

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Hey @MissGremlin I read elsewhere about Stella. So sad for you hun, but it sounds like it might have been the best decision for your needs right now. Sending you some hugs though, extra squishy!

(づ ᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡

How's your week been?

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Hello @Jynx, yes I made the decision to hand her back, it was incredibly hard but right now I just need Casper. Thankyou for those hugs, they are very much needed, especially the extra squishy kind.

My week has been really hard, I'm headed downhill and rapidly. There's a combination of things all happening at once, there's seeing things happening to me, hearing voices telling me to do things, the panic attacks that hit out of nowhere, the nightmares that feel so real, the thoughts that are so strong and loud and the urges that hit with such intensity that I have to fight with every inch of what little strength I have left. That's just the things that are physically happening within my mind and body. Then there's the things happening with trying to get help and being let down, how I'm losing people around me for various reasons, things I need to do etc. I just find myself questioning why I'm still here, what am living for, how much longer can i keep fighting. I'm not living for myself cos i don't feel i have purpose or reason and I certainly don't feel like i belong anywhere. It hurts, everything hurts, I'm exhausted in every possible way, I'm tired of just existing. (I'm safe).

Anyway it's a typical night here, I've got my music playing, an iced coffee with me, Casper by my side and my drawing/colouring in front of me.

How's your week been?

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@MissGremlin I really hear you hun, finding those glimmers to hang onto can become harder when we cop multiple challenges and rejections and stuff all at once. Sounds like there's been a lot of loss and disappointment lately, so I wanna take a moment to really commend you for how much you're still putting energy towards this community. I see how much kindness and care you put into your posts and how meaningful it is to be able to support others. I know that maybe it doesn't feel like you belong anywhere or have any sense of purpose, but from what I am seeing you truly belong here, and you make a real difference in people's lives just by showing up as your authentic self 💜

My week has been ok, just hanging with my partner, had physio yesterday and managed to sleep through my alarms for a counselling appt this morning... woops! But chugging along ok otherwise 😉

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@Jynx I've really struggled to find any glimmers lately. Nothing brings me any joy, I don't feel happiness and if I do I then feel like i need to punish myself for feeling anything other than pain. The community here is everything to me and being able to support others is the only thing I have to keep me going. Thankyou for the kind words, I like being here but sometimes I don't feel like I deserve to be.

Hanging with your partner sounds lovely. Oops to sleeping through your alarms, we've all done that one 😂.

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It can be hard to ignore that critical voice that tells us we don't deserve to feel compassion or kindness from others @MissGremlin but I can promise you that you deserve it simply because you're human. We're all constellations of experiences, tapestries of everyone we've ever met - I'm sorry that those you've been around in the past have made you feel like you aren't deserving of good things. Maybe over time, the compassion that flows so freely here in this space can show you evidence that you can choose another path, that you deserve kindness and care and community, that you don't need to earn the compassion of others - because none of us do.

More squishy hugs!

(づ ᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡

⸜(。˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

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@MissGremlin I'm sorry that you feel bad for when you feel happy rather than pain. ☹️. I'd like you to feel happy. And since i don't yet experience that emotion, I'd love for you to "experience and dwell in it on my behalf". 🤗 I'd love to then know what it feels like to you, to feel happy. Maybe you can help teach me about it by reflecting upon your experience of feeling happy? Would that help you also feel "permission" to be happy, because not only it helps you but it has a purpose too? 🤔

Or maybe this is just how my own crazy brain thinks at time to help me do things 😅😂.

You are a lovely and amazing support @MissGremlin . I wonder what are examples of "meaning and purpose" to you? How would you LIKE to be purposeful, if you magically could?

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I’m really hoping you got a little bit of sleep last night @MissGremlin

How are you feeling today?

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Morning @AlwaysMyself, allowing myself to feel happiness is tricky. Growing up i wasn't allowed to feel how I was feeling but rather made to feel how others wanted and expected me to feel. It's something I've tried to work on but whenever I make a little bit of progress something happens and it sends everything backwards.

I want to share something but trying to put it into words right now feels too much.

Thankyou sweet, i just know how hard it is to be alone with no support and i don't want anyone else to feel that way. As for for purposeful, I'm not even sure what that looks like myself.

How's things feeling for you today?

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