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Coping

Coping

Hi everyone sorry I haven’t been around much I have been having a very difficult time lately and it isn’t anywhere near over, anyway I thought I would start a thread for me and I guess anyone else who is trying to get to “a place of coping” I don’t expect any of my mental health or other issues to be gone or magically taken away, I don’t expect a magic cure or for anything to be fixed I am just searching for things to be in a place where I can cope with everything. So I guess I thought I would make a thread for my journey trying to cope. I am sure I will not be able to cope all the time as things happen life is as we all know unpredictable at best but I am hoping I can be coping at least most of the time. That almost rhymed. Anyway this is my journey and I guess you should expect a fair few rants if you are reading and anyone is welcome to reply or share how they are coping if they wish but it isn’t expected either. For now I am just trying to float in a rough sea I am not trying to swim just float for now.

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@Eden1919 Hey Eden1919 sweetheart are you looking after yourself in terms of eating and self care? Are you eating good foods with vitamins etc? can you spoil yourself with baths with essential oils etc? anything that will distract you from what is going on for you at this present time. You must look after your mind and body when so much is happening to you. Love peaxx

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@Bunniekins Honestly I am struggling to look after myself I am having a lot of issues with my eating and it is getting really really bad and I am struggling to do self care tasks I don’t know why I want to do them but it is just like I can’t get my head around doing them like I will try and start and I can’t finish it or it takes me hours to start doing something and it is just really hard. I am trying to distract myself with playing games and stuff but it is hard and I just feel really strange like really really weird and I don’t know how to explain it. And I am trying so hard I just want to be able to finish uni but I feel like I keep falling into holes and tripping constantly and I can’t stop and I don’t even know what to do. It is all just a big huge mess.

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@Eden1919 concentrate on one thing at a time sweety. Eating healthy is so important when you are feeling unwell. Healthy food and eating. Then move onto things like showering etc. Good nights sleep is super important we both know that. You must take care of you. Uni can wait. Look aft5er Eden1919 first. xxx

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@Eden1919 I am heading out for my walk in a min. Take care of yourself and above all be kind to yourself Eden1919. Will be on later today if you want to talk some more. Love you., peaxx

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@Bunniekins I am trying but like I don’t even know why but I just can’t like I will sit and tell myself ok time to go and have a shower and I sit like that trying to get myself to do the task for 4-5 hours and it isn’t and energy thing it isn’t a motivation thing I want to go shower but I just can’t get my head to connect to my body like that whole process is too much and I can’t get my head to organize itself enough to start and when I do start it takes me hours to get it done because I have to keep stopping because I can’t do it and I don’t know why. The food is too hard right now I can’t have that fight right now. I am not currently doing this uni semester so it isn’t a right now thing, I am just really struggling with everything and I don’t know how to make it bearable.

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Hi @Eden1919 , I'm sorry I didn't reply when you last tagged me, I thought I'd give you some space.

I hope you're ok and you're safe, you don't need to reply or even press the support button, I just wanted to let you know I care and I'm thinking of you.

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You are doing the best you can.

Set yourself small goals. If a shower seems to big a task, you could break it up into smaller achieveable steps such as getting your clothes ready, or warming up the bathroom.

Take care of yourself. You don't need to be hard on yourself.

Thinking and caring,

BPDSurvivor

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