Mauersegler

Mauersegler

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Hello! I am a miserable, shaky ball of anxiety. A complete and total failure, unable to function. I'm almost 40, yet I feel like a frightened child, paralyzed with fear. After a breakdown in 2019 I have given up any attempt of recovery, lost my job etc.. I haven't been able to open my post, I haven't paid any bills since then. Just the thought of my mailbox or the sound of my doorbell makes me want to hide inside my closet (I actually have done this before). Naturally, I'm probably in a lot of legal trouble because of this. I am lucky that I live rent free in an apartment in a house my mother (BPD, type "Witch", abused me verbally and physically throughout my childhood) owns. But my electricity got turned off 5 weeks ago (don't know what took them so long). Today the annual inspection by our chimney sweeper is due and I somehow have to tell him I don't have electricity anymore. It's gonna be fucking humiliating. My parents don't know about any of this, they think I have a part-time job. I'm leading a double life. My mother wants to sell the house soon, so I'll be forced to move out. I'm done, I can't take this fucking life anymore. The only thing that has been keeping me from ending it already are my 2 cats, my beloved furry boys. Somehow, I can easily push aside how much it would devastate my boyfriend and my parents, but the thought of abandoning my cats is horrible. It's all so surreal. How did this happen? Anyway, I am planning to CTB soon. Maybe even this week. I read an article about 3 young women who met online and killed themselves with disposable BBQ grills inside a tent. It sounded lovely. My wish would be to go exactly like this, together with other people. If I don't find any partner(s), I will do it alone. Everything feels like a nightmare!
 
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Life can be difficult, especially when you get older and life has lost its hopeful wonder it had when you were young.
 
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AnonGermany

AnonGermany

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Asking for help can be super hard and before you know it more problems pile up super quickly. Everything escalates. You hide even more and lose control of things.

I'm glad that you found some energy to have stayed this long through your cats. It's easy to mask up and have a "double life" in front of others, but not your pets. They know you for what you really are. With all our fears and weaknesses - and yet they still love us, and we love them.

I hope everything went okay with the chimney guy, and you can find some sort of relief "for today" to rest a bit. Internet Hug to you
 
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Mauersegler

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Asking for help can be super hard and before you know it more problems pile up super quickly. Everything escalates. You hide even more and lose control of things.

I'm glad that you found some energy to have stayed this long through your cats. It's easy to mask up and have a "double life" in front of others, but not your pets. They know you for what you really are. With all our fears and weaknesses - and yet they still love us, and we love them.

I hope everything went okay with the chimney guy, and you can find some sort of relief "for today" to rest a bit. Internet Hug to you
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm still sitting here waiting for chimney guy, tears in my eyes, dreading the sound of my doorbell. Honestly, I'm on the edge of a full blown panic attack. I just took my last Tavor to find just a little bit of relief. Internet Hug to you too!
 
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AnonGermany

AnonGermany

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From my experience they don't give a damn how it looks in someones apartment, or if there is power. He's just there to clean and make sure everything chimney/ventilation related is in order - if not he's fixing it. He's probably thinking about his work time being over soon, and what he's gonna eat tonight.

Even if he is asking about the power you can just say "It's a temporary thing they are working on fixing it already".

This of course won't solve your problems after he left but for today you can try to fiiiind some calmness.
 
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Mauersegler

Mauersegler

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So, a little update: My anxiety has eased, now I feel an overwhelming desire to cry. Chimney guy was here, he was more or less nice about it. Told me to call him when electricity is back on, so he can do the full inspection. Thing is, it won't be back on. Now I have to manage to go grocery shopping (mostly cat food...), before I can allow myself to break down and turn into a sobbing mess. Oh yeah, in the meantime I got a text from my father, telling me to take photos of my apartment (for the real estate agent guy) and get rid of a broken flower pot thing on my balcony that's visible from the backyard. Just great, take pictures of my messy, dirty rooms, scratched walls, broken mirrors, really great! And take them with this shitty tablet cam since my smartphone is broken and this old, slow tablet is the only thing I have. Thank you all so much for your support!
 
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I am Sorry for the things you are going trough, i find it brave and impressive how long you are holding on your life because i think i couldnt do it in your place. If you need someone to talk to you can write me anytime, i will always have an open ear.

I hope you and your cats are doing fine for now and i wish you some strenght and luck for you to bear this situation! <3
 
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That really sounds so horrible and tiring what you have to endure, existing really can be so torturous, I hope that when the time is right for you to leave you find the freedom you search for.
 
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AnonGermany

AnonGermany

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So, a little update: My anxiety has eased, now I feel an overwhelming desire to cry. Chimney guy was here, he was more or less nice about it. Told me to call him when electricity is back on, so he can do the full inspection. Thing is, it won't be back on. Now I have to manage to go grocery shopping (mostly cat food...), before I can allow myself to break down and turn into a sobbing mess. Oh yeah, in the meantime I got a text from my father, telling me to take photos of my apartment (for the real estate agent guy) and get rid of a broken flower pot thing on my balcony that's visible from the backyard. Just great, take pictures of my messy, dirty rooms, scratched walls, broken mirrors, really great! And take them with this shitty tablet cam since my smartphone is broken and this old, slow tablet is the only thing I have. Thank you all so much for your support!
I obviously don't know about the relationship you have with your family, but is there really no option to talk with them now?
Me personally, i like to be realistic with things. How do you say in germany "die katze ist aus dem sack" (the cat is out of the bag). Since the house is going to be sold, you are pretty much on a clock with the double life right? Is there a possibility that you can talk to one of them in private first - basically break down and just unleash everything that you've been hiding and ask for help?

If for whatever reason it's not possible to get help from your family in this matter (they are tired, don't/can't help anymore, don't know how etc.), i can tell you from personal experience there is other help out there in germany, especially (!!!) if you have anxiety problems and struggle to leave the house or go to certain buildings.

Can i ask what the main issue is for you right now? Why did they cut the electricity, is it money? Many people struggle everywhere in the world. Thankfully here in germany there are so many programs and social departments that can help you get back on track without forcing you to go to work (if you can't do that for example).

I am asking to try finding out in what direction i can maybe guide you (from my own experience), so that there can be a little shine of light
 
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Mauersegler

Mauersegler

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I obviously don't know about the relationship you have with your family, but is there really no option to talk with them now?
Me personally, i like to be realistic with things. How do you say in germany "die katze ist aus dem sack" (the cat is out of the bag). Since the house is going to be sold, you are pretty much on a clock with the double life right? Is there a possibility that you can talk to one of them in private first - basically break down and just unleash everything that you've been hiding and ask for help?

If for whatever reason it's not possible to get help from your family in this matter (they are tired, don't/can't help anymore, don't know how etc.), i can tell you from personal experience there is other help out there in germany, especially (!!!) if you have anxiety problems and struggle to leave the house or go to certain buildings.

Can i ask what the main issue is for you right now? Why did they cut the electricity, is it money? Many people struggle everywhere in the world. Thankfully here in germany there are so many programs and social departments that can help you get back on track without forcing you to go to work (if you can't do that for example).

I am asking to try finding out in what direction i can maybe guide you (from my own experience), so that there can be a little shine of light
Hey Anon!
I'll try to give you a short summary of my situation. It'll probably be all over the place, but here we go: I'm probably at least 100.000 € in debt. So yes, money is my main problem. Customs officers have broken into my apartment last autumn, telling me about the 25.000€ debt I had with my health insurance. This sum has probably more than doubled since then. To make things even worse, I didn't manage to get out of the private health insurance I was in for most for my life (because my mother was a teacher) . So I don't even want to think about the debt I'm in with THEM. Plus all my subscriptions, gas, electricity etc... I didn't pay ANYTHING since my breakdown in December 2019. Ignored all the yellow letters. Even If I magically somehow got me effective help for my mental problems, what use would it have? I'm in very deep shit. I guess I don't have a bank account anymore. I wouldn't find a new place to live, wouldn't find a new job, even if I wanted to. Maybe even jail time is looming... Death seems like the only acceptable way out of this mess.
Oh, and for my parents, my mother is a very bad type of BPD. I think she loves the power she has over me, owning the house I live in. She's 70 now but I'm still scared of her rages. She makes me feel like I'm 5 again, awaiting some beating for nothing. I honestly have no idea how she would react if she knew the truth, only that it would seriously add to all the trauma I have already endured.
And the house, it's not just any house btw.
My grandmother grew up in here, my mother grew up in here, my grandmother's parents died in here and last year, my grandmother died in here, aged 97. It's a house full of memories. I am emotionally attached to this house and of course especially my apartment. Been living here for 20 years.
My boyfriend is the only person in my life whom I really trust. He knows what I'm going through, has offered me help, but I declined. He was almost exactly in my situation 10 years ago, then he sold the apartment he inherited by his mother and payed off his debts. But my situation is worse.
Recovery would require me to jump through sooo many hoops, I don't want that. I don't ever want to talk to a fucking psychiatrist/the rapist again, ever. I don't want to talk to fucking social workers or anything. I don't want to appear in court. I don't want to file for bankruptcy. I don't even want to be a part of this fucking society anymore. I'm done, I just want to leave. I WANT PEACE. Just procrastinating...
 
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This does indeed sound like a tricky situation. I'm glad though that you listed some keywords (File for Bankruptcy, social workers/helper etc.) in here, so you know there are ways to get out of it. Some people don't know these things exist. Obviously nobody can force you to do these things. They can be stressful, very emotionally draining and take a looong time, so saying "no" to them is valid if you don't have the energy left to go through these steps.

Not knowing how your life is gonna look like in "two weeks" with so many things being on the edge must feel horrible and i am sorry you find yourself in it at the moment.
 
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Jul 4, 2023
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Hello! I am a miserable, shaky ball of anxiety. A complete and total failure, unable to function. I'm almost 40, yet I feel like a frightened child, paralyzed with fear. After a breakdown in 2019 I have given up any attempt of recovery, lost my job etc.. I haven't been able to open my post, I haven't paid any bills since then. Just the thought of my mailbox or the sound of my doorbell makes me want to hide inside my closet (I actually have done this before). Naturally, I'm probably in a lot of legal trouble because of this. I am lucky that I live rent free in an apartment in a house my mother (BPD, type "Witch", abused me verbally and physically throughout my childhood) owns. But my electricity got turned off 5 weeks ago (don't know what took them so long). Today the annual inspection by our chimney sweeper is due and I somehow have to tell him I don't have electricity anymore. It's gonna be fucking humiliating. My parents don't know about any of this, they think I have a part-time job. I'm leading a double life. My mother wants to sell the house soon, so I'll be forced to move out. I'm done, I can't take this fucking life anymore. The only thing that has been keeping me from ending it already are my 2 cats, my beloved furry boys. Somehow, I can easily push aside how much it would devastate my boyfriend and my parents, but the thought of abandoning my cats is horrible. It's all so surreal. How did this happen? Anyway, I am planning to CTB soon. Maybe even this week. I read an article about 3 young women who met online and killed themselves with disposable BBQ grills inside a tent. It sounded lovely. My wish would be to go exactly like this, together with other people. If I don't find any partner(s), I will do it alone. Everything feels like a nightmare!
This is what I'm afraid my life will end up. I've lost all will. Then I lost my job and in 1 month I'll have nothing…my dogs have been keeping me alive, but I'm so afraid of losing them because they've been my only family.

My sister says it's all a state of mind and I have to want to get better. I have tried everything for 20 years and maybe I did or didn't put in enough effort. Except rehab I know I did and then I came back to another man had been sleeping in my bed. I worked so hard and to just come back to a world that refuses to get better. That was one of many traumas that I've dealt with and if I don't CTB very soon it's going to get worse…