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Support thread for ED/SI/etc ... come on in! *poss. trig* (4)

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Soulwings

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Take care of yourself, Katey. :hug: And if you can't, well, I know how hard it is to want to live, but remember that there ARE better things out there than suicide. There are. :hug: You've just got to reach out and find reasons to stay alive, and hold those reasons ever so close, so you remember them always.

Today I had a revelation. And last night I made a decision. And neither of them is good. :( I think I'll blog about both of them.....
 
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thankyou April. i think i kno deep down theres better things i just cnt see them right now coz everythings all clogged up n its just piling up more and more.


Who do you have to talk with this about Katey? A counselor or therapist? Do you have someone like that? :prayer: for you!
 
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i see a councilor twice a week am due to see him #morrow. i'll only see him once this week because i'll be recovering from and operation on friday(the ops on wednesday) and i do have a therapist and a community mental health team. who are ok i rang this morning but my CPN wasnt there she was ment # ring me bk i kno i should ring them.

i just struggle to talk to thema bout it. escpeialy the team because they can have me re-admited to hospital rather quickly and i dnt want it to happen. :(
 
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/me snuggles everyone.

How are y'all doing? :hug::hug:
Kerin, how're you? Haven't heard much from you lately!! :hug:
And Bec, how're you??

Katey, I hope the operation went/goes okay... :hug: And I hope that things get evened out for you too... life is rough for all of us now, I think. :(
 
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just thought i'd coem and let you all know that the operation went ok, i'm back home now in a bit of pain with a huge great big plaster thing across my chin but hey its doen i got through it just about. have # go back end of next week for a check up though.
hope everyones well xxxx:hug: :hug:
 
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I'm so over everything. I know that's a bit of a defeatist attitude but it's true at the moment. I am just so confused and frustrated by my life lately. I finally decided to try to go back to counselling again, cause the thoughts/need/desire towards SI and ED behaviours have never gone away, and fighting them is getting so much harder...to the point where I give in more than I should...
Anyway, as I said in another post, my new counsellor is nice enough... I saw her on Tues, and was meant to see her again yesterday. It didn't happen - noone's fault, she was sick, so it couldn't be helped. But I just feel so stranded here now. And there's noone to talk to. I just have to keep being ok till next Thursday, and I'm not ok!:help:
So, I know I need to follow through with dealing with all this crap, and I thought that finally I was in a place where I could do it. I thought God had given me a safe place to live, to help me face it. But now it looks like that's all changed. I know that I'm not safe to be by myself most of the time - especially after counselling. I thought that the friend I was living with would generally be home the night's I have counselling - not that we talk about any of it, but just having someone here is often just enough to stop me doing anything stupid. But things have changed and I feel so selfish and I can't say anything. See, one of the jobs she has is decreasing her hours, so she is picking up extra shifts at her other job, which is night work. Now, when I moved here, I was hoping that living with friends would be a good thing, and that it would help me. There is no way I would have even considered going back to counselling if I was still living by myself. But now, what am I to do? Yes, theoretically, I share the house with two other people, but when it comes down to it, I may as well be living here alone most of the time - my friends are going to be out at least five nights a week, and I leave before them in the mornings, so I'm never gonna see them.
I can't do this alone. I feel like I've opened an evil box that I can't close, but I have to, yet again.
Now, I thought maybe I could find somewhere else to live, but that's not gonna work, cause that would make it financially harder for my friend that I live with. But I can't stay here and do counselling... I think I'm gonna have to tell my counsellor I quit. And that isn't gonna be fun. And if my housemate finds out, she'll be disappointed in me. But what choice do I have? I can't continue with counselling if I don't have "real" support at 'home'? I can't move out. I can't keep doing what I'm doing.
HELP!
Don't you just wish sometimes God would show you the way a bit more clearly, so you could stop guessing about the next step... seem I always misunderstand His directing.
Anyway,as I said, I'm venting, so please ignore me.
 
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:hug: Lisa!

I'm not exactly sure what to say though. It does sound like a tough situation, although I don't that stopping counselling is the best option. This is so hard to do by yourself. I'm hoping that that someone else has some wisdom for you this morning. Sorry. I will be praying for you! :pray:
 
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*HUGE HUGS* Lisa, im praying for you hun. Try and stick with the cousellor it may not seem like it will help but i will in the long run... even if you are on your own... and i assure you, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!! I know it is only online but we are all here for you!
 
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hey guys
thanks for all the support. it's been a tough week.
still don't know what I'm doing, but hey, what's new?
almost made it thru til thurs without totally stuffing up as bad as I have in the past.

But, how is everyone else?
love to all
xoxox
 
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