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@CherryBomb, @Former-Member or any other @Former-Member floating around Forum Land, will you ride a wave with me? I thought I would be fine doing something...but it turns out that the something has made my big feelings BIG and now I'm in a pickle...and there's nothing worse than a pickled turtle! I'm going to go and snuggle in my bed so I probably won't actually respond to you, but it will still super help me to know that I am not utterly alone on the wave. I don't want to tag anyone else because I don't want anyone to feel they need to respond. Thank you in advance for riding with me.
I am here with you @Phoenix_Rising. You are the only you in 7.5 billion and you matter, you really truly do. And I know it doesn't seem like you do and I am sorry that it doesn't.
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
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I wish you were here here @CheerBear. I so wish I could truly hear a human voice right now.
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
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I don't matter @CheerBear. I destroy everyone who comes near me.
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CatcakesSenior Contributor
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You matter to me @Phoenix_Rising You matter a lot I like you a lot And I’m sure I would like you in real life as well as in ForumLand 🌿
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
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I am here too @Phoenix_Rising
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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😞 I am with you @Phoenix_Rising as here as I can be. I wish things were not this way.
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Unknown userMember
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You also have a very bus-squished bookish in your corner, @Phoenix_Rising.
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
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That's what everyone thinks @Catcakes. They think that somehow they will be different. So they walk in and then they get to know me and then they walk out again causing a whole new layer of trauma. No matter how carefully I try to explain the issue, everyone always thinks they will be different. And after repeating this cycle oh so many times over the past 22 years, I think the wrongness of the wrong is the one that has finally beaten me. 😔😔😔
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
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The wrongness of the wrong has decimated everything; my sense of purpose, my sense of belonging, and now the source of support that kept me alive all of last year. I have nothing.
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