Tillogram

Hey Tillogram,

Thank you for sharing this. I'm sorry you've been feeling so unwell and alone with everything - it sounds incredibly exhausting to be carrying so much, especially when your thoughts won't slow down and you're trying to make sense of difficult decisions.

You don't need to apologise for posting, or for saying things imperfectly. What you've written isn't rubbish at all - it's someone struggling who wants to be heard, and that's very human. You deserve kindness and care, including here (hence why other members have responded already too).

Whilst we can't always respond as quickly or often as you'd like, that doesn't mean your feelings matter any less or that you aren't worthy of support - you absolutely are!, and we're glad to have you as a valuable member of the community here💛

Thank you for your response @Zoe7.. I can tell you that I really appreciated it,, and also the time you spent in writing it.. We have interacted before on this thread,, and pretty much it was about a similar issue..Thank you for saying I have been seen and heard.

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I appreciate that this forum exists and that you can get support here. And I have had some absolutely wonderful people on here saying supportive things, like yourself. I'm also aware that those people are here because they have MH struggles or care for someone who does, so I don't want to be like a kind of extra burden. I also know the PSWs have had MH struggles and some say they still do to some degree. I'm not sure about the mods, but I think they do have lived experience. So I know it's difficult and it's never going to be perfect.

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It is also amazing that this place has existed for 10 years and I am sure it has been helpful for a lot of people and I know that some people have been here for that long.

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I cannot thank you enough for responding.

I hope that you are as ok as you possibly can be. I know you have similar things to me because we chatted back in July of this year. I know you also work, so thank you for taking the time to respond, I really appreciate it.

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Hey @Zoe7 @Till23 ,

Thank you for sharing your concerns. I hear how hard things are at the moment @Till23 , and have been for a long time. I really hope you find a way through this. You deserve to be seen and heard. I'm sorry things are so hard. If I can make it any easier, please let me know.

@Zoe7 , I absolutely hear where you are coming from. I'll provide this feedback to the executive team and I feel it is so important. I'm also mindful it is not the first time you have shared this, so thank you for taking the time to raise it again.

Thank you for your response @Honeymoon.. I am sorry.. but obviously the issue with the support button is still ongoing and I could not support your post.. .

Thank you though

As I've said before @Shaz51,, I reckon you are a star of the forums.. Also,, it's amazing that you have been doing it for so long.. I know you are creating lots of social threads for people to interact on a regular basis. You put so much into the forums.. I am sorry am not interacting as much on the social threads.

Thank you @Till23

But I have not always been soo involved as now

Having now retired and the step children are all adults and have children of their own , I can spent more time here

And the training that us community guides did

Sometimes I miss the interaction us community guides had in the past

@tyme , @Zoe7 , @Honeymoon , @AuntGlow

I absolutely hear you on that one too @Shaz51 ... It was through the CG program that I became interested in peer work.

@Shaz51 , but I also really appreciate you being on the forums more now.

I'm sorry that the support button isn't working for you - that's frustrating!

I also want to say that you're not taking up anyone's precious time by posting here. It sounds like you are being very hard on yourself right now, and that can make everything feel heavier.

You're welcome here, and you don't need to apologise for reaching out or sharing what's going on for you - even if we can't always reply right away. You are seen and valued💜

Hey @tyme,, And thanks for your response.. I'm sure you are probably already aware that the support button seems not to be working,, or at least not working for some people.. Or maybe it's just intermittent..

I don't know.

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Hi @Honeymoon I was just trying to bring the support button problem to the attention of someone who could action it. I'm not that concerned. Now I think about it I could have filled in a form that there is for problems like that.

Anyhow, now I feel like I'm taking up too many staff and too much time