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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
For a while I have tried to find a thread I had started when I joined the forum that could be a "home" thread for me.
Being busy about the forum has been a coping style, where I can acknowledge all my different life experiences that had been silenced. Possibly do some good and prevent things from getting worse. Like the little boy with the finger in the dyke.
Feeling fragile
Needing Nurture
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tymeModerator
I like that @Appleblossom .
So true. "Feelings are only visitors". You can also choose whether you let the visitors stay or not 🙂
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Only sometimes @tyme in my experience. Dissociation and cognitive dissonance can be a consequence of not being true to feelings.
Sometimes it is not possible to make 'a little choice' ... at least neuroscience has intervened in the field of moral blame around thoughts and feelings.
I did feel a little suicidal today. I did not move closer to it.
Hope you are doing alright.
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tymeModerator
I'm sorry to hear that you felt a little suicidal today @Appleblossom .
Is there anything you'd like to talk about?
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Thanks for you response @tyme it means a lot to me.
Feeling very weary of life and accepting other people's terms.
I mainly post out here on Fragile thread when feeling that way.
I have been so careful about my personal expression, almost to the point of being euphemistic. Learning and fumbling with putting up some boundaries and expectations of my own.
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
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EternalFlowerSenior Contributor
Hi @Appleblossom has someone in ur life been unkind? Here to listen. I know u are feeling down 😔 is there anything you want to alk about? Please take care. Breaths.
Did u manage to get some rest?
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
The situation with my family seems very locked in a sad place. @EternalFlower Nothing I do seems to help.
Thanks for noticing. It means a lot.
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Have to face that wearing rose coloured glasses can also be like being an ostrich with head in the sand.
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