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**Trigger warning** Stuck in world of sadness and Suicidal Ideation

**Trigger warning** Stuck in world of sadness and Suicidal Ideation

Apologies for this long, ranting post, but I have to get it out of my head. I don't care if you read it or not.

For weeks now, I felt so incredibly overwhelmed with sadness; on the edge of tears constantly that never get released. I'm back on medication for depression which doesn't seem to be working after 3 weeks.

Nothing brings much satisfaction anymore, not even my job, which was one thing I had to hold onto to keep me going. And after yet another impulsive attempt and a trip to hospital last weekend, where I also take shifts, my professional conduct & capacity is being questioned by other staff and departmental managers. I don't blame them; I would probably feel the same way.

My SI is actually an acceptable 'coping mechanism' for my BPD when life gets to much, and I need to shut down. But now it's become a burden and problematic because of how often I've presented to hospital in the last 6months. Often if I feel 'safe' enough, I stay home and sleep it off. So now, after feeling like I've burdened health services to the point of annoyance, I feel like I have go ahead and made a proper effort because I deserve to be punished for that. I can't 'urge surf' these SI/SA thoughts anymore. I feel compelled to put them into proper action. Now that I have made that decision, I am scared, that if I really intend to go through with it, there's no coming back, no tommorows.

Why do I now suddenly care so much about dying, when I never did before with any other major attempts? I don't really know, but it's got me really rattled how stuck my mind is on making it work. I guess maybe I want to stick around for a bit longer. But this feeling of hopelessness is all consuming and strong.

I don't know what to do. I don't know who to turn to anymore, as the support services have heard it all before, so nothing they suggest helps. Not even my loved DBT skills help. How do you keep going when nothing helps, loved ones can't reach you, and it's just takes so long to feel any bit of right?

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@Sans911it is not moaning at all!! I am glad you got checked out in the ED. You would be in a much better position to know about your meds than I am, given you are a nurse!!

Hopefully you can get some more sleep tonight

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Opps that was meant to be @Sans911

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@Former-Member well I did work on a cruise shop for almost 3years. But can I please ask that you not ask me about it? It's the source of my current issues.

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Of course I will not ask, I respect you too much @Sans911

I'll tell you about my walk this morning. We went for a walk through a berry farm today and picked some berries and cherries. It was so nice, fruit trees everywhere. The kids were picking berries and maybe eating a few along the way!

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@Former-Member - thanks. I do talk about it from time to time. So there maybe a time I share some experiences with you. And @outlander

I've followed you all day, so I saw what you were up this morning with your kids. That sounded like lots of fun. Kids are amazing in their joy at experiencing moments of pleasure and play.

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@outlander @Former-Member how are you both tonight?

I'm drinking a very small glass of wine pre dinner. I've not drunk any wine in probably 6months. I actually subscribe to a wine club & they gave me back some money recently because I haven't bought anything in more than 6months. Do either of you drink any alcohol? What's your favourite? Mine is SBS/SSB or Baileys.

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@Sans911if there ever comes a time where you do want to share, I will be here to listen, but I do respect the fact that a lot of our past is trauma based and so hard to talk about. There are things that happened to me that I would never tell anyone about ever, and you might feel that way too. Maybe with time that might change, but we won't know that until it happens.

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I am ok tonight @Sans911 (much better than last night!) Just watching tv, and no not the BBT for once, but a Vet show!

I drink alcohol very rarely. Sometimes I have a wine if we go out for dinner. We have a Baileys on Christmas Eve and on my Dads Birthday to remember him. That was his favourite drink!

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you can talk about whatever you want however do it at a pace your comfortable with @Sans911 mo judgment here, theres things i cant talk about here as well. all good but will be here if you do want to talk about it

no i very rarely drink. i had 3 sips at my 21st and jsut went nup thatll do. ive drunk canadian club though. thats pretty good but again barely touch the stuff

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Hi everyone .... 💕
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