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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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💐💜💕 @Former-Member .....

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Thanks @Sans911, my psych said I need to reach out for help more and not keep everything bottled up, so I guess ringing the pdoc today is reaching out for help, even though it seems very wrong too. So will see how tomorrow goes and what he says. I know there is no quick fix, if only it was that easy.

I need to find a magic wand!!

Hi @Faith-and-Hope, I hope your day has gotten better

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Piling on the self-care here today @Former-Member.

I have been for a foot massage, had a henna tattoo for the first time, and have made arrangements to go visit my brother overnight.

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@Faith-and-HopeI am glad you are piling on the self care today and those foot massages do sound relaxing, seems like it is needed

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It seems to help anyway.

@Former-Member

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@Faith-and-Hope - how self care for you. Do you know I have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for you?

@Former-Member - there's so much similarities between us. I find it so hard to reach out for help too, and often it feels wrong as well. But I'm learning that I'm just as important as the next person and deserve help. So I'm getting better at it. I almost didn't reach out for help last week until the last moment with the one person I trusted the most to help me. Other people she referred me onto didn't fulfil their responsibilities at all. This woman I trusted ensured the next day that she followed up to help emergency services locate me. I was the closest to death last week then ever before, and it was all down to her.

So that's how important reaching out is. Why should you suffer distress from something that you had no say in, no responsibility for what happened and no means or powers to stop? The pain we suffer from trauma is not caused by us. It is done to us. And we deserve to be cared and supported., 💜 💙

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@Sans911I am so glad that you reached out for help last week and this woman followed up with you. I must admit I feared the worst last week so was overjoyed when you reconnected here. You do deserve that care and support and I hope that it is given to you now. And you are so important to many people here, so please keep reaching out for help, because you do deserve it as much as anyone does.

Yes there is a lot of similarities. I always feel 'stupid' for reaching out for help. That my problems are not as big as others, that I don't deserve the help others do, that I am not worthy of help. It is something I am working on with my psych, but a very slow process.

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@Former-Member@Sans911@Faith-and-Hope Evening Ladies Im not much fun tonight I am afraid ... but I wanted to wish everyone a quiet and restful night. See you all in the morning love gp xx

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@Bunniekinswe are here if you need us hun, sitting with you tonight

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@Former-Member@Sans911@Faith-and-Hope ty

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