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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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wow!!!! that is amazing, how long did it take to build?

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Great looking boats, @Jacques

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Hi @Former-Member

thank you, they take about 1-1.5 years to make each one, such fine work, you can only do about 1 hour at a time before your eyes get sore, they are made mostly with two pairs of tweezers, they are like my fingers.

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Thank you so much for sharing those pictures. @Jacques The detail in the hull and the sails are wonderful. You have many gifts. Patience only one.

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Hi Jacques

I am blown away by the photos of your boats. Such intricate work. You should be very proud and stand up and take a bow. Well done.

Stay strong!

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Thankyou so much @Appleblossom, @Former-Member, @Mazarita, @CherryBomb, @WombatBoots, and everyone else, you are all so kind, you guys are the only ones to have seen them outside of some of my mothers family, most of my family have not seen them.

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Thank you for sharing them! they are awesome!! wow, such a long time to make!! I crochet sometimes but i get frustrated at how long it takes if im making something bigger than a beanie hehe!! no patience!! I'm in awe 🙂

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I teared up when I first saw you had posted more boats.

But that is not a necessarily a bad thing .. So often art is about stirring or touching other people.

Reading your post to @Mazarita that you cared and had a feeling response to my distress was very special for me. I did not mean to distress you, but one of my experiences is that of a feeling vacuum in my family. I used to get distressed about my younger siblings but they were so overwhelmed that they didnt notice my struggles. it feels very brotherly of you to get distressed about me. I hope your walk along the beach has helped get you on a more even keel.

Thank you for caring @Jacques

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Wow That is really touching @Appleblossom, i never thought people would like them, i almost distroyed them, but mum would not let me. they were always a way to fill in time for me, nothing more.

art is so beautiful i love landscape paintings, i can look at them for hours. Mum used to help run an arts and crafts festival in QLD when we lived their, i used to wander around for hours while she was setting up the paintings just looking at them. although i struggle with interpretive art, i can't for the life of me see the million dollar price tags of picasso, i can't make head nor tail of his paintings. i don't mind some nude paintings, some of the older artists 1600's, 1700's where so tallented with them. i cannot paint at all, woiuld not know were to start, but some of them are so life-like.

please don't be upset, i just mis-read your post, maybe i tried to make it my fault, you are a special person, and i care for everyone here, we all have our struggles and triumphs. i hope one day you get your triumph with your family.

Take Care

Jacques

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Hi To all, i can across this on youtube, you might like to look at.

Never judge a book by it's cover. their are some amazing people out their!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCguq3hTC2M

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