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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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PS @Faith-and-Hope. I'm really sorry that you have been feeling heart sore 😔💐 I wish the one who caused it could see so he could help fix it again. I hope Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde sort themselves out soon so you can once again enjoy the love you deserve. 💜💜💜💐💐💐

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Hi @Former-Member. Why do you feel like the naughty kid in the corner?
Are you still having a rough week? Are you doing anything just for you today? Something soothing? I like to soak in the bath. Love the sensation of my arms and legs feeling weightless in the water.
Today has been ok. Not on a high like last week & slept a bit today. But I'm doing all right.
Just got free tickets to a comedy play today - courteousy of the clinic where I see my psychologist. Some organisations give free tickets to companies that help people. Unfortunately flu has gone round our community so cannot take a friend. I'm taking my son - who was my first choice. Thought it would be good for us to have a goid laugh together. We've been through a lot this year. But we are communicating better now. He said he's too tired to go out. Then proceeds to go into backyard and play soccer for half an hour. The little shite. So now I'm dragging him with me to the comedy show. I'm such a terrible mum - according to him. I'll ignore his comment.
Hard to stay positive when he's like this.

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@Former-Member

There was a defining moment when I realised I didn't have to accept other people's behaviour .... I had the right, and the power, to say "No, thank you !" .... and hand back to them the behaviour, attitude, expectation .... whatever it was, that offended me ....

But before that, I had to work out that I had the right to be offended .... that dealing in love didn't mean you had to accept whatever crap was going in order to extend love and consideration to the person behind it ....

If you're up for it, I can keep working through this theme with you .... but you might need to take it in increments ....

Let me know how you feel ....

💜💕💐🌷💗

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I Had Two Extreme Fatigue Episodes This Week

And I Can't Rationalise The Reason

But At Least I Made It This Far To Be Able To Just Say Hi 😎

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Keep reaching out here @Happyness ... it's healing I connect with others who care ....

Have you run the fatigue past your gp ? Good idea to rule out underlyinng physical causes ....

Take care

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Here's some good news for you @Former-Member .....

My WH just turned around early in his evening jog and came home because it was raining hard with a strong, cold wind .....

He didn't run in the driving rain and cold wind tonight ..... !!

Still a bit in shock ..... something is shifting ....

😳💜

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope, @utopia

sorry I dropped out, I went and had a shower and washed hair YAY. Then had a phone call which I didn't cope with and slept the distress off until my phone rang with my son offering to bring home pizzas. I am so incredibly sensitive to everything right now ☹️

I really hope your night out goes well @utopia. It is a really hard age to connect with . I find it soo hard with my 16 yr old too, he hurts me so much unintentionally lately. He doesn't get anything outside his tunnel vision.

@Faith-and-Hope I think I need lots of work with this - feeding off others. I'm going to bring it up with my therapist on Monday. I'm always open to hear your experiences and thoughts, even when I fall off the radar I always take in everything you write, it just sinks in at different times. I do tend to absorb EVERYTHING but sometimes it takes a while for it to sink in and sometimes I just over react grrr

@Former-Member how are you? Why the sad face?

@Happyness it's always good to be able to drop in. I'm with you on the fatigue. I still can't get through a day.

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Wohoo @Faith-and-Hope. That's good news. 😎🎉🎊🎈👍💜💐

celebrating every baby step with you💜😊

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The "right to be offended" is an interesting concept @Faith-and-Hope.

One I am learning about very late in life... but I "get ya".

Some people are easily offended and stand on their high horse (my mother was one of those and remained that way til the end) ... but others are not ...

regardless ... in a love relationship there should not be deliberate insults.

Eg., Even Wednesday night my brother deliberately let a few extreme insults drop in his time with me ... that I still did not have the energy to respond to through his 'war of words', 'highly defended' 'I am the best in the world style'.

He also delighted in telling me that when he insulted his wife ... he did not get to sleep in her bed .. but had to sleep with son ... but had a lovely personal trainer lined up for his return to Germany. Yet he is impotent cos of all the natural theraapies.

Still had to put a dollar amount on everything ... I just dont argue ... no point .. best to save breathe.

At least now ... the shock and surprise of insults no longer hurt so much nor does it play in my heart & mind. I am also intrigued by the medical use of the word "insult".

I did the right thing by my baby brother and he is no longer a baby so has to face life & death as a man. I had to tell my son on my return.. that I did not think my brother, his uncle was a very good person .. and that I was sorry that I encouraged him to look up to him when he was little ...

overall the night was ok ... a mixed bag as usual ... it just takes time for me to process.

@Former-Member How are you?

@Faith-and-Hope Glad there is hope re WH. My brother was part of that super businessman ethos ... Outward Bound etc etc ... yep we have to tough things out ... but we dont need to create endless tough things to overcome .. and use it as an excuse to dominate, financially exploit or put down others. Hope WH reconciles with his humanness ... and returns to the family fold.

What are we doing to the relationship between the sexes and to family life???

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