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14th year house bound

14th year house bound

Hi Everyone,

I am new hear, after being removed from other mental health forums for my depressive thoughts i thought i would give this forum a try, this is my story.

I am 33 live with my mother, i am almost compeatly housebound, i leave my house once in the morning for a walk at 6am and maybe once during the week, both times i leave the house fill me with great anxiety, i have no friends, (the last friend i had was in 2001), i have never had a job, never had a girlfriend and never been able to leave my parents side, my father died in 2001 and i have always suffered seperation anxiety the last time i had a night away from home was 1994 for one night (parents had to pick me up at midnight because i was so frantic).

I have spent most of the past 14 years in my room, or the shed, never much out of the yard, no one in my town knows me, people stare and ask each other behind my back if any one knows who i am.

I have only had an income for the past year and spend the previous 7 with no income at all, mum had to use all of her life savings to allow me to live with her and she now has nothing.

I only want to live long enough to care for her in her old age and then i plan to take my own life, i knew from an early age my life would turn out like this, but had no idea how horrible it would be, every day is the same, i often wonder why i keep going, i have very little contact with family (maybe once a year) and i am really struggling to keep going.

Please don't feel distressed about what i am saying, and i am so sorry if i have offended anyone, it is just how i feel.

Their is so much more, but i will leave it at that for the moment, i am shaking and the anxiety is kicking in so thankyou for reading and i will add more later.

Jacques

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ok, so we will all count down for your Saturday 🙂 heres hoping every thing will go quick and easy breezy.

i like the unexpected smell of a jasmine bush when you walk past, and grass, oh my fav smell at the minute is when you water your veg garden ❤️ . i layed out in the grass today the weather was perfect for me for about 20 minutes- i haven't done it in forever, it made me feel younger- covered in probable bugs, ants and itchy bits of the grass.

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Thanks Jacques ill take you uo on the offer of the sleeping bag . I'm full if night meds you may have to carry me to bed


thanks for the distraction Baboo . Enjoy your evening.
Karen

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Goodnight my angel, i will watch over you, no one can hurt you while i am watching over you.

You made i through another day, i am proud of you.

Sleep well

Jacques

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nightnight hiddenite- i might only be here only every now and then, but its still good to have a little chat 🙂

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Hi Jacques hope your enjoying your time in the garden.
thinking of you
karen

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oh my angel, thank you for your message, no today i am organising the loungeroom, i am making a new tv cabinet, something smaller.

Karen how are you going today? my thoughts are with you too my angel. i hope you are having a better day and feeling more relaxed today. you are almost half way through this week Karen, i am so proud of you..

Karen i would be so honoured if you would start a new thread for us to continue our journey. please call it what you like.

i am here for you my angel. big hugs

jacques

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Oh Jacques I thought you would do it. Its your thread thats being closed. You are so much better at computers than me. Did you read niks post.
thanks for the hugs Jacques I feel protected in your arms

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Enjoying time with others "catching up"
Thats what we agreed apon.
Jacques can you please start it. I feel you should have the first post

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@PeppiPatty wrote:

Dear @Former-Member

feels like a little bit of your anger has gone away.....Is it because

Love A


Hi @PeppiPatty please don't write things like this to me in future. It's really disrepectful, condescending and judgemental; unless I've hired you as my psychologist, therapist or analyst these kinds of questions are not appropriate. You and myself are equals, peers on the forum and I'm a person, not an object to amuse you.

What I would like is if you'd have enough warmth and respect to ask me something about myself.. what are my hobbies, how am I feeling, sorry that I'm having a bad day. I can't force you to do that but I believe in working conflicts thru and that includes asking someone what you'd like them to do, not just asking them to stop doing what you don't like.

Hi @Appleblossom, please don't write impersonal diatribes and esays to me, I find it really I disrepectful. I'm a person and your equal, not an object to amuse you, to lecture at, to project onto just becuase i'm lonely and I'm not your book editor or paid audience. What I would like is if you'd had enough warmth and respect to ask me something about myself.. what muisc I'm listening to, how my day is going - I can't force you to do that I can only ask.

I hope you'll both consider my feedback with the respect it deserves.

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Hi @Former-Member, @PeppiPatty and @Appleblossom,

Just thought I’d jump in here because it seems like there might be a bit of a misunderstanding developing.

@Former-Member my sense is that you are feeling like others might be “analysing” you, rather than treating you as a peer and equal - is that right?

Online communication can be so tricky sometimes – there’s no tone of voice or body language to help us understand others’ meanings, and also the time lapses between posts may mean that people are in different headspaces when they send and later receive messages.

My reading of @PeppiPatty and @Appleblossom’s posts were that they both think highly of you @Former-Member and were pleased to hear from you. To me @PeppiPatty seemed to be tentatively reflecting a positive change she thought she had noticed in your emotions (although not phrased as a question, I thought she was still trying to clarify), while @Appleblossom was sharing some of her own thoughts in response to your posts.

I might be completely off base too, but my point is that everyone interprets things differently, it can be really hard to know someone’s meaning online (or in person for that matter!) Sometimes this leads to us feeling triggered or upset, which seems to be the case here. Is that how you’re feeling @Former-Member, or could you clarify further? I wonder if it would be helpful for @PeppiPatty and @Appleblossom to explain a bit more about what they meant so that we all get back on the same page?

@Former-Member as you said, asking for what you would like from others can often help facilitate communication that meets both parties’ needs. It sounds like personally you prefer questions about yourself, your feelings and interests?

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