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[Acopia]

Hi all,
I've missed the belonging I felt here, but life has been good.
I felt fine, I was fine, happy, all that.

I was going back to uni for the first time in 8 months (because of covid - distance learning and all that). The night before, I suddenly felt huge anxiety, and I cut. I'd managed not to cut for so long, weeks!
And now I've come crashing down, the suicidal thoughts are back, I feel like I've failed, like I'm weak. This is rubbish

I pray you're all doing ok?
I just need a bit of sympathy please
- Acopia

 

[botanormal]

I'm sorry you had to go through that, it's not your fault and you're certainly not weak because of it. Your milestone of a few weeks is still really impressive, and shows how much strength you have, so please don't be discouraged by one slip up. I'm sending you all my love right now, and hoping you can get that happiness back soon. But in the meantime, welcome back!

 

[Ghost2211]

Hey, welcome back. I'm sorry to hear you felt distressed to the point you needed to cut for relief. You haven't failed, and you're not weak. We all go through ups and downs.

 

[CoalmineCanary]

This is to your anxiety:



Welcome back.

 

[greebo6]

Really sorry things taken a turn for the worse. But you did really well up to that point. Remember that. Its okay to have a set back. It doesn't mean you are weak. It just happens sometimes.
Welcome back anyway.

 

[KleinerWolf]

Hi all,
I've missed the belonging I felt here, but life has been good.
I felt fine, I was fine, happy, all that.

I was going back to uni for the first time in 8 months (because of covid - distance learning and all that). The night before, I suddenly felt huge anxiety, and I cut. I'd managed not to cut for so long, weeks!
And now I've come crashing down, the suicidal thoughts are back, I feel like I've failed, like I'm weak. This is rubbish

I pray you're all doing ok?
I just need a bit of sympathy please
- Acopia

hey man, you are not weak.
I would pressume you were feeling a lot of stress.

We don't want relapse but sometimes we did our best to prevent it,
don't be too harsh on yourself.

 

[_Kaira_]

Welcome back!

I am so sorry you were driven to hurt yourself again. But you have not failed, nor are you weak.
Stress and anxiety pressures us to do things we would really rather not. You went weeks without cutting despite the pressures, that's impressive!

Sending you love and internet hugs