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@Lottie5433 Thank you and you too.
What you’re carrying sounds so painful and lonely and I am very sorry to hear that. Nothing about what you described means you’re failing or moving backwards because it instead shows how overwhelmed and exhausted you are and how hard you’ve been trying to hold yourself together without feeling properly supported. Those urges you felt are really just signs of how much you have been hurting and the fact that you didn’t act on them shows a strength you might not be able to see in yourself at the moment. It’s completely understandable to feel disheartened when your GP isn’t responsive and your support group hasn’t followed through, and it sounds incredibly hard to be facing all of that on top of everything else. I understanding feeling lost when it seems nobody in your life gets you . Your wellbeing is important and there are people who care about you including here and you don’t have to hold it in alone. Please remember that you are truly and deeply valued here. Your feelings matter so much and you don’t have to wear a mask with us if you don’t want to. The fact that you’re still trying and still reaching out says so much about your resilience. You’re not alone, and you truly deserve support, safety, and kindness every step of the way. You are such a lovely person @Lottie5433 and I hope you can feel even a small bit of that right now.

@Nemuritai I’m really sorry you’re carrying so much today. That sounds so heavy. We are really proud of you for getting through the day, even when it felt overwhelming. Please know that you are definitely not a failure at all or even close to one and rough days don’t reflect negatively on who you are. In fact, managing to take it one step at a time to keep going shows just how much strength you have. You don’t have to explain everything perfectly or have it all figured out. I echo what @Redemption said. You’re not alone and you don’t have to carry this by yourself.

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