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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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I hope so too @Former-Member. Every time I log on lately just brings me to tears, like now. I hate it when everyone is hurting so much like @Zoe7 @Faith-and-Hope @outlander @Former-Member. I feel so bloody helpless, even for myself of how to get through from one day to the next, let alone how to help others. Everything hurts, not just mentally but physically, like I'm feeling the pain of the whole world's suffering.

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@Sans911 ❤❤❤
I just wrote on my thread

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@Sans911 u being here is enough. You helped me heaps last night. I probably wouldnt have slept if i didnt talk to you. You are enough

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@Sans911you are hurting too hun and need that support. You help people on here more than you realise. Just by liking a comment shows that your care and are supprting someone. There is a saying that goes: "Actions speak louder than words"

I am sorry that you feel so much pain at the moment. I would love to be sitting there giving you a great big hug and telling you that everything will be ok, but I can't, so I will just sit here next to you.

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@Former-Member Ditto ❤️❣️❣️❣️❤️

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@Sans911,Instead of feeling powerless,the fact that there are people somewhere in this country who understand and struggle like myself is a great comfort.You cannot do anything better than just being here and being you.

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My session with my suicide prevention counsellor yesterday was a long 2hours yesterday, but eventually we got to the point of why I didn't feel like life was worth living. And those reasons are mixed in with now, the past and a very, very unclear future. And I feel I'm on a one way way path that now I've started the process, I must bring about its finality. That is not to say that there is a massive amount of fear of attempting again, with different & potentially more lethal means. I'm just so tired of fighting for everything in my life. And I mean everything. As a young child in a care home, I never had my own clothes or toys/books, etc. Other children stole them. And they were all handouts anyway. I had limited rights with my choices, as most decisions were determined by the welfare. I had so many social workers in my young life; some made a little difference, but they soon left for other other prospects.

I fought hard to get to university. My nursing career has been amazing, but it's been hard work dealing with bullies, serious injuries,occassional serious medical errors and living with a constant lack of self confidence that pushed me to work harder & do more than anyone else. I've been bullied many times, which had the effect of me leaving good jobs, especially when there was a promotion on the horizon. Now I'm not sure nursing is for me anymore, and it was everything, which is one the most devastating things I have to deal with.

So, essentially I am tired of fighting for everything in my life. I've not often had people fight for me, in my corner. I have had to fight extra hard for mh clinicians to hear me, and not judge me on my maladaptive behaviours. And these maladaptive behaviours has cost clinicians, have cost my professional reputation and work at certain hospital's. And most of all, these maladaptive behaviours have cost me the most, in that my sense of sense is so eroded and has left me empty, lost and without any clear direction or how to put myself back together.

Thanks for listening.

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💜💐💕 listening @Sans911 ......

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always listening and sitting with you @Sans911

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@Sans911thank you for letting us have an insight into some of your life. You are an extremely strong person.

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