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I am struggling at the moment

I am struggling at the moment

I don't know why I am really writing this. There seems to be part of me which says that I need to pull my head in and do this alone and another part who so desperately wants to reach out for help. I am really struggling. I'm not coping at all. For much of the day I've thought about all the reasons to die and there are hundreds. There is also one reason to live that keeps me here. I can't let down my oldest son and cut out his trip of a lifetime. He would have to come home and pick up all the pieces for everyone. I keep telling myself I have to hold on until he comes back and then I can let go but this keeps me waiting to die not choosing to live. I have a cold sore that now goes from the corner of my eye the length of my nose and it's slowly creeping across my face from stress. It started on Wednesday and each morning I wake to find more of my face engulfed by it. I am so tired. I am so sorry to write this and I know I'm so lucky to have friends on here that care. I don't want anyone to have to deal with this as it is so depressing so I started this thread as a way of saying that I'm not well when writing here and please don't feel obliged to read or respond.

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Sending you hugs @Former-Member,

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I am pretty much useless. I've been breaking down all day. But I guess I've been breaking down for weeks now, since Boxing Day. Only one day since then I haven't had to fight SH or SI and my emotions are out of control. I am 12 days off my antidepressants and not to go back on them until Tuesday when I see my psych and I'm feeling so vulnerable and fragile.

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Hi @Former-Member

sorry that things are so awful tonight. As @Faith-and-Hope said, it will recede again, kind of like the tides. I'm glad you've posted. I'm really glad you phoned the triage line and they wanted you to phone back if things deteriorated. Please keep them in mind, even though its frightening, you need to be safe.

here with you

lj

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I'm sorry. I am so very brain dead I don't know what to post. Thank you all for your support. Hugs to you all.

PS I don't know who I am at the moment

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Baby steps @Former-Member .... minute by minute if need be .... just keep yourself safe and the tide will turn .... wait for it .....

We're walking with you ....

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You're @Former-Member to us, and we know your compassionate and sensible side .... that dude will start to surface again soon .... keep walking @Former-Member .... get yourself physically busy to help you move out of this headspace .... clean something ! Vacuuming is good. Put yourself through the paces of getting something down despite where your head is at. It's taking action over yourself and moving the moment on ....

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Tried online jigsaw puzzles last night @Former-Member .... didn't manage so well on the iPhone cos I keep losing the edge of the puzzle into the edge of the screen and it wouldn't scroll around .... then would hit the backspace button by accident .... the forward spaced and it would start the puzzle over again. Tried to reinstate auto-saved puzzle but that gave me a much earlier stage, not where I was up to .... will try on iPad tonight .... might not be so butter-fingered .... !!

Are you doing puzzles ?

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Thanks @Faith-and-Hope. I'm really really physically exhausted. I haven't eaten or drank anything but half a glass of water in my first breakdown this morning. I'm going to go for a bit. Please don't worry. I'll catch you in the morning, your evening

Thanks @Former-Member, @Shaz51, @TAB, @darrenhayes

💜🤗

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Whose evening? @Former-Member .. go outside and look at the Moon. Its everyones 'evening'

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Keep safe @Former-Member .... ❤️💕

Drink some more water at least ? Hydrate ...
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