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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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@Former-Member. Sending you my love. Keep safe & be gentle with yourself. We will all be thinking of you and will be here when you come back.
♥♥♥

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Hi @Terj, looking forc you, how yactravelling?

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Hi @Former-Member

Hope things are as well as can be .. in your court .. any time you need a walk, chat or a cry .. I'll try and be there if no-one else can make it.

Apple

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I'm so sorry I haven't been around. I've been pretty messed up since Thursday night and still am. Yesterday I kind of broke my record from February in that I had started and then my therapist responded and I put the rest down. I am feeling confused and have no emotion regulation. Anything sends me off into a fit of self destruction and self sabotaging and losing control. I'm feeling like a loaded canon. I really thought I'd be through the worst by today but it's strange, I feel a bit calmer in between and then complete rage in seconds. Part of me knows I should be in hospital but part knows I have to learn to fight this out at home. I'm not really needing any responses as I'm not feeling very communicative but figured I owed a heads up as to why I'm AWOL. I'm a bit scared though too as I lose control so quickly.

I'm so sorry @Appleblossom, @Former-Member, @utopia @Faith-and-Hope, @Kurra that I missed responding during my last crisis above. Thank you for your kind thoughts. 💜💜💜🤗🤗🤗

I guess it hit home today that I really do lose it weekly or fortnightly still. I don't know how to get passed this.

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You will @Former-Member ..... just hang in there .....

If it was me, you would be advising me the same thing .... there are others on the forums who have experienced these swings and roller-coasters, and as exhausting as they are, there is life beyond them .....

We have had rollercoasters of a different nature seeming to go on and on and on indefinitely .... my D2 was so sick for seven years ..... we knew the inside of the hospital very well .... her file was 5cm thick ..... now you wouldn't recognise her as the same child.

You're in rough seas for now .... stay the course .... it will all be worth it .... you'll see ....

Sending you precious thoughts for courage, strength and healing .....

💜💜💜💐💐💐💜💜💜💐💐💐🌷

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Hi @Former-Member, we're with you, you know by now its common to swing. Mine is usually related to a trigger (sometimes not always obvious) and given our history and chemistry - its perfectly understandable, so be gentle with yourself. I liken it to being dunked at the beach. Its not every wave that dunks you but when it does the best way to survive is to curl up in a ball (cocoon) and wait 'till its over, survival mode.

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Hi thanks @Former-Member, @Faith-and-Hope

@Former-Member How do you know you'll be safe when you are in the thick of it. How do you know you won't push that button?

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Not sure where @Former-Member has disappeared to for the moment .... but I'm here @Former-Member ....

💜

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Thanks @Faith-and-Hope 💜. It was probably a dumb question. I guess I haven't been here for a few months and I'm feeling in unknown territory. Earlier in the week I was using strategies and dealing with it. Now it feels like I'm willing it on. I have been too scared to call a crisis line yet. I'm ok this minute but don't think I'll go so well if the switch is flicked on anything. I am supposed to be getting passed this.

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Not dumb at all @Former-Member .....

Do you know how many questions I have regarding my WH ..... and nobody to actually ask them of .... ? For the most part the answer is likely to be "I don't know ...."

Itsonly really those who have been in his shoes, and walked his miles before, who would have a good general idea .... or specialists in the field .... neither of which I have access to without a diagnosis, no matter how glaringly obvious the symptoms may be to those in the know ....

That doesn't make my questions dumb .... it just denotes that I am insecure about the path ahead, rightfully so .....

@Former-Member and others here can help you .... if nothing else we can walk along with you on the outside while you process or tread water on the inside ....

Big hugs ..... 💜💜💐💜💐💜💜

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