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do you mean by the therapeutic break kooth makes you do after a block of counselling sessions with them?
im okay just had ppl knocking on my door again ive had enough of this!!
i dont like when people knock on my door either, especially if its from strangers. i can understand where youre coming from.
i know who it was.
we'll be right here if you ever need to let it all out
ohh ok, who was it if you dont mind me asking?
i wont share on this topic thread bc it will trigger ppl
ah ok. feel free to post on the other thread where it has trigger warnings if youd like.
alright
All ok here. Made mince and tatties (very very scottish dinner) for tea, was gonna be bolognese but mum fancied mince and tatties and I couldn't be arsed arguing
I've been thinking about what I could do, like maybe a course or something, because I'm so bored and my brain is using that as an excuse to overthink things.
ooh what course are you thinking of doing? open university do short courses on openlearn so you could go there. ive done some of them in the past and they were pretty helpful. theyre also completely free.
yeah its worth checking out because they do all sorts of subjects i think. its been a while since i logged into my openlearn account so i forgot what courses i did. let me check.
ok i checked and they were mostly on criminology since i had an obsession with criminology in the past. my obsession is not as strong anymore as im fixated on other things nowadays. i even have a badge from one of the courses that i completed which was quite hard to get. you had to answer questions and get over a certain percentage @independent_
@independent_ they have a managing your own money for young adults course if youre interested. i dont know, im just looking at the business section of the courses as im gonna start studying business in college in september.
gn!
I guess what im want to say is im so overwhelmed (too many thoughts racing around). I appreciated the support and distraction this morning even though i wasn't with it completely
I cant sleep at all, just got home and downed a monster (already had 2 today and a cbd energy drink).
Im expecting to crash
I'm online @Lottie5433 . I may be the absolutely worst talker in the community, but i'm here to talk to friend. What sort of thoughts are you having if you don't mind me asking? Or if you want, we can talk about random stuff? I'm happy for both.
Just alot of negative thoughts really (been fighting them most of today) I just feel bad and ashamed for having them. I keep telling everyone im okay but I just cried for the past half hour whilst driving home and isk why really - it feels so stupid.
I can talk about random things too
And don't worry about not being a great talker. I don't think anybody on here is. You don't have to pretend to be okay on here. You can be yourself lottie i promise. There's no judgement, no shame, just get it all of your chest if you can.
I have to pretend im okay though both irl and online.
I canf have people close to me worry or know im not okay- ive always been the happy child/person
I have to pretend on here i cant have anyone else being contacted because im "at risk" or a "danger to myself" I dont need that added anxiety about any situation like that right now.
Sorry for this ^ you dont have to talk to me ill be fine I always am and have to be
Never be sorry for reaching out. And i know i don't have to talk to you, but i like talking to people like you Lottie. You're a special person and never forget that. So it's only if you have any active suicidal plans that anybody would be contacted i think. Otherwise, they'll suggest helplines for you to seek professional help. it's only when your at immediate risk of danger or immediate risk of suicide that they will do that. I think people talking about struggling with thoughts on here only causes the moderators to reach out and check on them. But, if you don't feel comfortable sharing everything, that's fine. Just share what your comfortable with and i'll listen to everything and anything.
And just because you have to be fine and act like everything's okay, it doesn't mean you should struggle in silence with your issues. You deserve a lot better Lottie.
I just feel like i waste everyone's time no matter what or that im just burdening everyone who reads this with my issues when I should just suck it up and deal with it.
Yeah well thats why the mix did it at the begining of may and just caused so much more anxiety and for me to be mpre closed off with what I say (they have contacted me the other day to ask things have been etc anf that they care about my safety and want me tk share more)
The thing is I dont want to say that I am Suicidal coz I might get more messages and then everyone with definitely think that some thing is wrong
Sorry y for the delay just been stuck in daydream thoughts/dissociation
now, let me clarify this point. You are not wasting my time at all, or burdening me with your issues. I created this thread because i wanted to give people like you Lottie a place to vent and get what's on your mind out. You are no burden. This is a place to vent about what's troubling you and get a short reprieve from it. i promise, your not burdening anyone or wasting anybody's time. Sucking up and dealing with it might work for a while, but it won't work in the long run i'm afraid. It never does. keeping things bottled up for such a long time, it brings people to breaking point, and then all it takes is the smallest thing after enough time, to cause a breakdown. I speak from personal experience.
I can imagine getting a message of the mix can cause a lot of anxiety, I got one when i mentioned my older brothers past violence against me, and then again for talking about sleeping pills instead of going to a GP. it's a bit of a scary thing at first, and if i'm honest, i haven't fully replied to either yet. But i get how unnerving it is.
But if your able to be anonymous on the Mix, then it might be a good place to vent about it all. If needs be, don't vent about the parts you feel might get you flagged if your worried about that. if you can get even a tenth of what's bothering you off your chest, then that will be a win at least. because something is wrong right now lottie, and it might help to just get the lighter stuff even off your chest possibly if you want. It beats nothing. Either way, just know i'm hear to listen and help with anything. You deserve to vent Lottie and you deserve to get things of your chest for once, and to not have to pretend to be alright for once if your not