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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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And knowing your around helps us @Faith-and-Hope ❤❤

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🤗💋 @outlander .......

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@Faith-and-Hope I'm comforted by you watching over me, and the forums in general. So it if helps me to help you (I need to be careful with my word choices here or I'll end up with an @Phoenix_Rising muddle💜💛) then by all means like away. Take care

@Phoenix_Rising you have no idea until now that I'm blown away by your response on this thread. I'm honoured you have shared your story with me but I haven't been able to process it & respond because I've only surfaced for air today after a very long and tricky week of barely staying alive. So for now I've copied & stored under password protection your story. They are some things in that story I want to respond to, but I want to give it time & respect that you have taken that you gave to me. I also saw that you were having a tricky day earlier, and I didn't want to respond while you were distressed. You have all the traits required to be a brilliant advocate not only for BPD, but also for mh in general. You need to share that with the world someday.

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@Sans911 Awwwww shucks, you made me feel all warm and fuzzy. And more than that, you super made me giggle with this: @Faith-and-Hope I'm comforted by you watching over me, and the forums in general. So it if helps me to help you (I need to be careful with my word choices here or I'll end up with an @Phoenix_Rising muddle💜💛) then by all means like away. Take care

It made me super giggle because I'm pretty sure you did get yourself into a muddle. I'm pretty sure you were trying to say to @Faith-and-Hope "so if it helps you to help me..." rather than "so if it helps me to help you...". Congratulations @Sans911, you've been turtled!

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@Faith-and-HopeI love that you look in on us. It makes me feel safe and heard. It is like a guardian angel looking over us

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@Phoenix_Rising do you know I read that bit 3 times before I posted, and it took YOU to spot my muddle and point it out to me? Lol. Here's me trying to be a smart wise crack, but I ended tripping over my own feet. If @Zoe7 reads this, I hope it gives her a little chuckle too. And @Faith-and-Hope is possibly scratching her head and laughing at the same time.

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Awww .... lotsa warm fuzzies here tonight .... ♥️

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@Sans911hey hun, I am going to log of and try and at least rest and maybe I might drift of to sleep. I hope you get some sleep tonight.

@Faith-and-Hopewill say hi and bye in the same sentence! Hope you get some sleep too

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Thanks @Former-Member ..... I hope you do too ..... ❣️

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@Former-Member ok hun. I hope you get some rest tonight. I'll be awake for a little while yet, if you are struggling. Remember that you are worthy of good things
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