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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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very overwhelming at the moment @CheerBear, @Teej, @outlander , @Former-Member, @Former-Member xxxxxx

mr shaz rang up mental health today , they cant see him for a coupl of weeks but xoxo

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Oh no @Shaz51. Is there anyone else who can see him? GP maybe?

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we saw the GP this aftwernoon @CheerBear, the doctor wants him to have a scan on his shoulder tendons and he has arthritis in his shoulder , sojus have to wait and see the mental health xxx

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Sounds stressful @Shaz51.

Hugs

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it is my awesome friend @Teej, I am fining it hardwhet to do xx

mr shaz has my support totally but which way is the best way xoxo

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I tried to write some kind of response that would make sense @CheerBear but it is beyond me. I know she is on my side from her actions, but I don’t know if ........ sorry can’t get passed this bit just yet. Sorry for vague and disconnected. Welcome to my brain just now 🤦‍♀️. She is delving into the adhd stuff though and is prepared to put me on medication if she thinks it’s worth trying. The other stuff from today is still in a traffic jam in my brain. I’ve surfed the urges to SH in a dangerous way for now. Am going to do a jigsaw for a while. Thanks for your support and listening ears and eyes. I wish I could be more forthcoming but I can’t yet. It’s not a big thing, well to anyone else it’s not big but for me it’s hugely overwhelming and scary. Big shame thing that feels like if I tell I might not live with myself after and finish me off 🤦‍♀️😳😱🤐

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Sounds like we need a crystal ball 🔮 @Shaz51

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Sorry for the drop out @Teej - paid the price of letting two kids loose with a gallon of glue and a box of food colours each 😑

What you've managed to write makes sense. Big hugs for the big thing/s. If it feels and is big to you, it is big. As much as I do believe shame breeds in secrecy, if you think it might finish you off to tell then listening to that and being careful about it seems pretty sensible to me.

I'm glad psych is on your side and I hope that if you do try a different/another medication it is helpful. Big 👍 for surfing those urges. I know that isn't an easy one to do sometimes. Hope jigsaw helps too.

Lots of ❤ to you Teej.

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sending you hugs @CheerBear, @Teej

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Oh no with the kidatastophe @CheerBear.

What if your psychiatrist and your counsellor had different positions on things? They both might be right or they both might be wrong or one right etc.

at my essence i know pushing me to get to get out of my comfort zone is good now but pushing me the way my psych wants to feels really wrong and I’m not sure how to deal with it. I can’t do the deep end diving she wants me to. My solutions to how strongly I feel about this are pretty full on.

Im angry because it feels like she doesn’t get it .....but then maybe she does and this is all in my best interest. I’m so messed up about it all. How messed up is messed up. As I type this I am organising something to do with my friend for my birthday in ???days but in my head I keep thinking that I might not make those plans because the idea to me that coming into the world and leaving the world on the same day is appealing, one day less of anniversaries for everyone. I’m flipping so much with it all.

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