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Taken a while to get started here

Taken a while to get started here

Hi,

Been through a lot and managed on a sad day to finally sign up here.

It has been hard because the abuse has meant that I am no longer confident in anything I say or how I say it.

I am trying to come to grips with living alone after services helped me leave the abusive relationship, but I grive for the four kids so much. Worse still I was seeing the behavoiurs affecting the kids and worry about them.

Clinical Depression, A form of BPD I cannot pronounce, anxiety, immune disorder complicating everything.

I have been forced silent by abusive ex, even when tried to "speak up and stay chaty" about suicidal, negative thoughts. "Don't be silly", and left.(this when still together)

A long story and was isolated from friends and most family early in the relationship - 9 years ago, so a lot got bottled up.

Love the kids, was my purpose there, and what held on through the abuse. Now losing contact making me so sad about it all as I will tell them what was going on.

All I did taken for granted and much lost to me, material and emotional, in my leaving.

Rebulding to some form of happiness seems impossible and struggle to do anything. A lonely limbo with nothing much else than thinking about the,abuse lies, hypocracy, infedelity and how it all aftected the kids, even though wanting to move forward.

Psychologist today, again, advises terminate all contact and wipe the kids as they have been a tool for further abuse - but how do I deal with my love for them? Paticularly when I hate this lonelyness so much

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Re: Taken a while to get started here

10 years ago, you were moving along well. Me too. I think we'll both find that again. We've been there before..

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just the rattling roller coaster in between ...

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I am still finding it hard to engage here. I kind want a friend I can report stuff to - not just bad but the little good things - and maybe create some accountability on the work i am trying to do to move forward.

I noticed a 2 approx 2 day cycle of up and down. I interestingly after noticing that I have had a 9 day run of "not bad" and feel some progress. Stilll looking for "fun" and "friends" but all in all better that posibly many years.

Tonight though I notice a change down, probably triggered by or contributed to by NDIS. Or just 9 days good run ending. Thoughts racing, taken to some drinking trying to control, not interested in dinner. Anxiety is high though not overly depressed - more a self esteme/failure/no future thing, and that misunderstood thing that has been with me all my life.

Something positive maybe - dramatic improvement in vision since I left relationship and now possible to prescribe glasses! The interesting happenings of an environmentally sensitive person

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Re: Taken a while to get started here

Hey @SadUnicorn,

I'm one of the moderators. It's so good you have acknowledged it takes a while to get started on the forums. A lot of members find this, so good on you for naming it and persisting!

You mentioned you'd love to have someone to connect with on challenges or little things, here are a few threads you can check out: Challenge of the day! Thumbs up Thursday - Woohoo! and plenty of other threads on self-care and motivation here in Looking After Ourselves.

See you round 🌻 P.S. Try putting @ in front of member usernames so people get a notification of your posts!

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Re: Taken a while to get started here

@SadUnicorn The thread Daily goals, motivation and check in might help. There are other people sharing how they are going with daily tasks and motivation.

Take care.

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Re: Taken a while to get started here

Thanks @Former-Member @Maggie

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