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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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I am a little out of control. I don’t need help just now but I needed to write this because I’m feeling kind of crazy and flipping a lot which I think is coming out lots on the forum. I’m sorry I’m so erratic. I have so many emotions going on I’m pretty much paralysed. I need to get through the next few days and then I can knock myself out. I know everyone else is going through similar and I know I’m just being a princess but I’m pretty scared too. There is soooooooo much stuff going round and round in my head.

Why do I have to be like this?

Im actively self destructing but feel powerless to stop it grrrrr. Too many emotions, too insecure, too sensitive, lack tooo much self discipline 😖😖😖😒

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@Teej 💜 💜 💜

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Is there anything i can help with at all @Teej?

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No @outlander. It’s ok. I just needed to get it out. I’m feeling too many things and I guess I just wanted to give people a heads up that I’m all over the place. Thank you though for caring and offering support. 💜🤗

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Thats ok @Teej well then i am hearing you (feeling abit like that myself today) and will sit with you in the messy stuff so your not alone 🤗💜💜

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Hearing your hurt @Teej

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@Teej missing you lots and thinking of you often. Sending you heaps of these 💜❤💜❤😗

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I was having a cuppa this morning looking at my plants that need watering and repotting but are really trying to hang in there. Poking out from underneath my pretty pink/purple azalea was this little colour pop.

It's part of the violets/violas I have planted in most of my pots that pop up in huge numbers and then hide away and wait to come to life again. There are still the purple ones I bought ages ago to put in some of the hanging baskets, which I'm really looking forward to seeing come up soon too. My potted pretties often remind me of you @Teej.

I hear things are hard at the moment. I don't want to annoy you by tagging you but I am thinking of you and caring, interested in hearing how you're going (even if it isn't great) if and when you feel up to sharing.

💗

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Hi @CheerBear and whoever else reads this.

You are not annoying me at all by tagging. I’m just being a big pain in the backside really.

Ive had lots of buses come through that have been out of control like the one in the movie 'speed' :face_with_rolling_eyes:.

they are all pretty pathetic in the scheme of things but have had me very wound. Basically they all involve huge change which I suck at and am a bit of a baby with.

When I started writing this I was prepared to share but just feel a bit strange about it now so I’ll give you the brief version. I lost a support person who was the only one who seemed to get it. Then the two biggest moved out leaving me effectively on my own.......and even more in my head with no purpose. They will be back in 6 weeks but go again in dec I think. I came up with a solution of asking someone from my group who was homeless a while ago to move in, it’s the only person I think I could live with but when I danced around the subject I found they have housing sorted and are happy with it and it’s long term. Have no idea how I’ll share with someone or find someone but I can’t afford to stay here by myself. The thought of this is terrifying.

I have been given an opportunity to try a new therapy on proviso is that I give up all other supports, no more cc or therapist. I’m struggling with the therapist because of a promise I’d made to her and she’s the only one who’s stuck by me through everything but I know things aren’t progressing with her just now. New therapy is really intensive and I’m scared but feel like I have to try it. Again really really scared about it. It’s called transference focused psychotherapy.

My brother came last week and so did piles and piles of shame. I owe him a lot of money (read many tens of thousands of $). There is other shame too. If I can settle my house with my ex the money is going straight to my brother. Ex is playing games as I knew he would. I need my brother to help deal with this but he has major life stresses too so I hate to burden him with it. He lives overseas too so it’s hard.

Today is the birthday of one of my longest friends, I’ve know her since I was 14. I haven’t spoken to her for two years because of the shame. I have 4 friends that if I ever get myself together I want to reconnect with. One I’ve known since I was eight. It’s bringing up so much self hate.

My gas heater broke, my microwave is on its way out, my fridge is making huge noises and is on its way out (it’s old). Had Centrelink on my back out of the blue. I’ve lost all the motivation I had and just would rather not be here. That’s my rave. I’m not looking for any sympathy. I’ve been drinking and drugging myself not to be awake much since last Wednesday. I’m scared that I’ll fall back into that until I push it too far. Every night I have a battle in my head about wanting to push it too far. I know what it takes to do that. I hate that I’m writing this as you are going well @CheerBear. I have a feeling others that are reading this are struggling too and I don’t want to bring anyone else down. It’s all just me being pathetic really.

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Ps @CheerBear

thank you for sharing your pretty. I’d be excited by that too.

One of the the things that has kept me going is your resilience and fight. It helps a lot to see others get through.

Maybe its it’s time for me to go look at my pretties. I haven’t got many this year. I might share what I do have though.

Hugs 💜😳

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