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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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Thanks @Faith-and-Hope, @Former-Member, @CheerBear, @Former-Member, @Pepsimax,

i was in a state last night that I couldn’t face my kids or dog. Rockpool ended up helping me through until the meds kicked in and so I stayed safe. Sleep has helped and I’m ok. Thanks for your kindness and being here. Sometimes these days when I’m at that point it helps to have people help to distract until the meds do their thing, I crash and get me to sleep with SH. It’s self medicating but it’s still better than pushing it too far which I wanted to do last night. I had tried the helpline for ages but it must have been a busy night.

Today has been rocky but I’m managing. Thanks again. Sorry I dropped out.

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Hi @Teej ..... I know it doesn’t feel like it, but well done Hon .... you got through another pinch point, and you reached out for help to do it.

Hugs 💜💐

So good to see you.

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Gentle hugs, @Teej

Every breath is a win, in my book...

So much power in the simple breath...

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@Teej glad @Former-Member helped you last night and you got some sleep

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@Teej

we are all very proud of you....relieved as well because you do mean so much to many of us here

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Absolutely ❣️

@Former-Member @Teej

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Hi @Teej .... 👋

How are you going ?

💜💐

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Don’t know where or how to be right now. Don’t want to batshit crazy on here and don’t want to be batshit crazy by myself. They tried to organise a hospital bed for me today but as expected there are none available. I’m flipping lots now, more every day. Just did something for a stupid reason. I am scared of people responding to this and scared of people not responding. These are the battles going on for everything. I need my brain to take a break. I need to reset but am struggling with it all. If I drop out tonight please take this apology in advance, I’m feeling really flipping all over the place.

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Hi @Teej
We’ve been like ships passing on the Forums but I can see you are struggling. Is there anything I can do to help?

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Thanks @Catcakes, if there’s anything I can think of I’ll let you know. 💜🤗

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