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Re: The poem spot
Breathe
Looking through the door the lights are off but everyone is in ,
Moving in slow motion,
Hoping the lights would fool those around them ,
It would seem like there just asleep,
Not scared of what’s hiding in the light .
Breathing once ,
Breathing twice ,
Seeing if that would bring some relief,
There’s no peace when danger is gone ,
If danger was consistent ,
It lingers in your mind,
Breathing three times.
Time goes past ,
People move out ,
People move on ,
That lingering feeling is still futile,
Death may not be upon us ,
But danger feels like it is.
Look left ,
look right,
Everything looks safe,
Breathe once,
Breathe twice ,
It doesn’t feel it ,
Because it isn’t .
Catch ur breath it’s not gone,
Don’t remember,
Continue your now,
Breathe now,
You can breathe now.
Find the control button,
Control the safety,
Press it again,
Try again,
Fail again,
It isn’t working .
The control doesn’t regain the feeling of safety,
Is safety there if you can’t feel it ,
They’re safe ,
Someone is safe ,
You must be safe ,
Your safeness relies on theirs .
Looking through the door the lights are off but everyone is in ,
Moving in slow motion,
Hoping the lights would fool those around them ,
It would seem like there just asleep,
Not scared of what’s hiding in the light .
Breathing once ,
Breathing twice ,
Seeing if that would bring some relief,
There’s no peace when danger is gone ,
If danger was consistent ,
It lingers in your mind,
Breathing three times.
Time goes past ,
People move out ,
People move on ,
That lingering feeling is still futile,
Death may not be upon us ,
But danger feels like it is.
Look left ,
look right,
Everything looks safe,
Breathe once,
Breathe twice ,
It doesn’t feel it ,
Because it isn’t .
Catch ur breath it’s not gone,
Don’t remember,
Continue your now,
Breathe now,
You can breathe now.
Find the control button,
Control the safety,
Press it again,
Try again,
Fail again,
It isn’t working .
The control doesn’t regain the feeling of safety,
Is safety there if you can’t feel it ,
They’re safe ,
Someone is safe ,
You must be safe ,
Your safeness relies on theirs .
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Re: The poem spot
Ghosts
The river runs dry, the darkness is in the sun
It’s hard to smile when everything’s coming undone
I hate it here, I really think you’re the one
But when you see my ghosts, I know you will be gone
I’m losing the rhythm, I knew I was faded
And I kind of like the fact that I’m hated
You’re the only person to see me naked
But if you saw everything, would you still want me? Would you fake it?
Because I’m nothing inside but this hurt little girl
And I’m scared you only want me when I’m on top of the world
Do you see what I’ve done? All the tables I turned
The way that I’m proud of the bridges I burned
My face doesn’t show it, I don’t lack the remorse
I just can’t find the purpose in caring anymore
If you saw the state I was in that day on the bathroom floor
Would you still stay here or would you be straight out the door?
They’re always here, they’re always in my presence
They were there when I tried to cut myself to heaven
As the sinner I am, I am damned to this forever
Would you stick around or snap the lines I sever?
I want you here, I don’t want you to watch me decay
If I can’t hold it off, I am scared that you won’t stay
And truthfully I don’t want to live another day
Stuck in the cycle of these push and pull games
The rivers run dry, I feel nothing but the pain
It’s still never full no matter how much it rains
It’s exhausting I’ve never been this drained
But I love you and for you I would go through this all over again
The river runs dry, the darkness is in the sun
It’s hard to smile when everything’s coming undone
I hate it here, I really think you’re the one
But when you see my ghosts, I know you will be gone
I’m losing the rhythm, I knew I was faded
And I kind of like the fact that I’m hated
You’re the only person to see me naked
But if you saw everything, would you still want me? Would you fake it?
Because I’m nothing inside but this hurt little girl
And I’m scared you only want me when I’m on top of the world
Do you see what I’ve done? All the tables I turned
The way that I’m proud of the bridges I burned
My face doesn’t show it, I don’t lack the remorse
I just can’t find the purpose in caring anymore
If you saw the state I was in that day on the bathroom floor
Would you still stay here or would you be straight out the door?
They’re always here, they’re always in my presence
They were there when I tried to cut myself to heaven
As the sinner I am, I am damned to this forever
Would you stick around or snap the lines I sever?
I want you here, I don’t want you to watch me decay
If I can’t hold it off, I am scared that you won’t stay
And truthfully I don’t want to live another day
Stuck in the cycle of these push and pull games
The rivers run dry, I feel nothing but the pain
It’s still never full no matter how much it rains
It’s exhausting I’ve never been this drained
But I love you and for you I would go through this all over again
Loz
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Re: making friends at college
Redemption wrote: »toffuna101 wrote: »i made two acquaintances at lunch club today
Thats great well done
thank you
Re: making friends at college
Matthew_04 wrote: »Super glad to hear that you've made an aquaintance! I know how difficult it can be to make friends at college but it sounds like you are handling it really well.
Going to the lunch club on a wednesday sounds like a great way to meet more people and make more connections. Even just being able to see friendly faces around the campus can make all the difference!
Let us know if you do decide to go and how it goes @toffuna101 You got this!
yeah i probably will now that youve said it. thank you
Re: Anybody want to vent or chat about anything? w/c 15.09.25
I haven’t had a good week. It’s a case of what i might call brain fog.. but at the same time, my brain is running at 100MPH .. all the fucking time. Imagine you’ve got a song on loop in your head, and 50 different thoughts buzzing around there too? Sometimes i can calm it down.. but this week is not one of those weeks. I have done almost nothing since I hoovered on Monday afternoon. I feel so lazy. But my mind is both on overdrive, but also not working.. does that make any fucking sense? Probably not.
Edited to add that I am acutely aware of the things i need to do to help me, that is cut down on phone use and get a bit more exercise. But it’s so hard when my brain feels like I’m walking through mud but it feels like I’m trying to walk through mud in boots that are not made for mud.. at 100MPH
Edited to add that I am acutely aware of the things i need to do to help me, that is cut down on phone use and get a bit more exercise. But it’s so hard when my brain feels like I’m walking through mud but it feels like I’m trying to walk through mud in boots that are not made for mud.. at 100MPH
Re: Anybody want to vent or chat about anything? (Triggering stuff edition) w/c 15.09.25
I feel so God damn awful right now
Re: Anybody want to vent or chat about anything? (Triggering stuff edition) w/c 15.09.25
I feel like crap and what to cry and scream and everything but can’t.
I have a sense of impending doom and anxiety and panic are sky high right now.
The only release for all this that I can see if to hurt myself but if I do that I don’t know if I’ll stop.
I’m a failure and a burden
Why am I here
Why am I going through another year of life if nothing ever changes or gets easier.
Sorry to be a burden to everyone needed to get this out before I do anything
I have a sense of impending doom and anxiety and panic are sky high right now.
The only release for all this that I can see if to hurt myself but if I do that I don’t know if I’ll stop.
I’m a failure and a burden
Why am I here
Why am I going through another year of life if nothing ever changes or gets easier.
Sorry to be a burden to everyone needed to get this out before I do anything
Being overly sensitive as an autistic women is embarrassing
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Re: Anybody want to vent or chat about anything? w/c 08.09.25
@DonnerKebab I was really tired last night so I didnt get a chance to talk abt it. I feel invisible like people just dont notice my existence like I dont matter and I just kinda feel like a ghost basically drifting through life like Im either emotionally numb and cant feel anything or im feeling everything all at once. I hate feeling like no one ever notices me like im disposable or forgettable. Also Im pretty pissed at my friend and I was upset abt it and texted my bestie to tell her and she was like oh im so sorry that happened cba to explain what happend so ill just copy paste the text I sent her bc im lazy lol.
Basically she texted me saying we need to talk and when we were at the school gate she said I was too negative and that I was venting too much and if I really need someone to talk to that bad that I should talk to a therapist (i was telling her abt her friend and I was just whining abt one of the teachers its not like i was telling her all my trauma) and she also said are personalities aren't rly a good match cus I care abt school and she said she doesn't she's annoyed bc I dont mess around with her during study periods I actually study and idk it was just rly hurtful but im glad she told me tho. Sry if some of it doesn't make sense I had to change for anonymity purposes. I rly dont wanna go to school today I just wanna stay at home and sleep and curl up and cry and eat snacks but that unfortunately isn't an option bc I have to be a functioning human being yay. Im gonna fcking kms. But yeah im fine totally dont wanna punch a punching until my knuckles bleed (surprisingly cathartic). Im fine ive delt with worse and I know i have to be stubborn and get thru this bc I cant stop to rest but its fine. Can't wait until A levels are over so I can get out of this hell hole. So now during breaks lunches and study periods im alone and idk that might be a good thing and everyone keeps telling me it's an opportunity to focus on my work but what do I do when I need support who do I go to? My non existent friends? My bestie that cant rly do anything bc we rarely can see eachother? My teachers who dont understand? The pastoral staff who are alright but incompetent are kinda terrifying? Like what do I do? Everyone's like oh your not alone there are people you can talk to but there aren't. The country is in a mental health crisis mental health websites and companies are so overloaded and im just another weight and a another burden to the system. Sometimes i feel like just a number to them just another patient to talk to and get over with. I was asked if I wanted to do counselling and realised it was my old counsellor she was awful I hated it literally begged the school to let me stop it (bc it was in school counselling) but they kept forcing me to go into eventually wore them down and they let me stop the sessions which was fucking traumatic (idk if im allowed to say that was traumatising sorry if im not). I also keep getting told to stop constantly apologising cus it makes me seem weak. I cant help it tho like im the kind of person who flinches if anyone raises their voice so if I feel like someone's mad at me I get really really scared and keep apologising in the hope that maybe they'll get less mad and I genuinely cant explain the panic and fear I experience when I think someone's mad at me especially if im already overwhelmed. But im fine everything all perfect and amazing (im being sarcastic if you cant tell). Anway sorry fir the huge rant im just rapidly losing the fucking will to live.
Basically she texted me saying we need to talk and when we were at the school gate she said I was too negative and that I was venting too much and if I really need someone to talk to that bad that I should talk to a therapist (i was telling her abt her friend and I was just whining abt one of the teachers its not like i was telling her all my trauma) and she also said are personalities aren't rly a good match cus I care abt school and she said she doesn't she's annoyed bc I dont mess around with her during study periods I actually study and idk it was just rly hurtful but im glad she told me tho. Sry if some of it doesn't make sense I had to change for anonymity purposes. I rly dont wanna go to school today I just wanna stay at home and sleep and curl up and cry and eat snacks but that unfortunately isn't an option bc I have to be a functioning human being yay. Im gonna fcking kms. But yeah im fine totally dont wanna punch a punching until my knuckles bleed (surprisingly cathartic). Im fine ive delt with worse and I know i have to be stubborn and get thru this bc I cant stop to rest but its fine. Can't wait until A levels are over so I can get out of this hell hole. So now during breaks lunches and study periods im alone and idk that might be a good thing and everyone keeps telling me it's an opportunity to focus on my work but what do I do when I need support who do I go to? My non existent friends? My bestie that cant rly do anything bc we rarely can see eachother? My teachers who dont understand? The pastoral staff who are alright but incompetent are kinda terrifying? Like what do I do? Everyone's like oh your not alone there are people you can talk to but there aren't. The country is in a mental health crisis mental health websites and companies are so overloaded and im just another weight and a another burden to the system. Sometimes i feel like just a number to them just another patient to talk to and get over with. I was asked if I wanted to do counselling and realised it was my old counsellor she was awful I hated it literally begged the school to let me stop it (bc it was in school counselling) but they kept forcing me to go into eventually wore them down and they let me stop the sessions which was fucking traumatic (idk if im allowed to say that was traumatising sorry if im not). I also keep getting told to stop constantly apologising cus it makes me seem weak. I cant help it tho like im the kind of person who flinches if anyone raises their voice so if I feel like someone's mad at me I get really really scared and keep apologising in the hope that maybe they'll get less mad and I genuinely cant explain the panic and fear I experience when I think someone's mad at me especially if im already overwhelmed. But im fine everything all perfect and amazing (im being sarcastic if you cant tell). Anway sorry fir the huge rant im just rapidly losing the fucking will to live.
Re: Dating a much smaller man
Thanks I appreciate that. Yes I do have issues with insecurity. It is a lot to do with being overweight im ngl. I don't like my body a lot of the time, but if I'm around people taller or bigger than me then I feel better.
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