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Woke up horribly depressed.

Talked on the phone with a friend I rarely talk to anymore. Actually felt a bit better. Became optimistic enough to order the big, expensive book for a third time (after two defective copies). Maybe every little thing won’t go wrong.

But feeling myself falling down again.
 

zuzu

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Thanks for your good wishes. Mister B Gone It has been too long sometimes I feel that I am closer, but it is too long, I had situations that I got out but not now it is like I would like to dissappear, I cannot be in contact with my siblings as I do not want them to see my weak, I can no longer share joy with them so there is no use and I know that it is a crime to fake my death. But thanks again
. Also you have a point that Emergency Services should be more understanding, at least they should listen as long as I do not attack them physically. I can not stand assumptions, At least if they had the nerve to show at my place and scared me, they should follow up. Sometime ago there was an issue of domestic violence and they followed up. Why they do not follow up now that I am having extremely difficult times, in both cases I am a survivor and now it is worst, due to lack of love and support. Without that nothing can help. No treatment or medication will help only have a job and friends. Nobody can see what I am doing, At least I can pay my bills in full and on time. The disability office have not responded me but since I applied through a third party, verbally they told me that because I have savings I will not qualify which is very disrespectful. At least they should do in written so I can fight. This is the only time in my life that I need help and how come even if they do not pay me can give me avenues to move forward, I am a Canadian Citizen and worked for 19 years, payed my taxes and now that I need help they close me all doors or make things a lot more difficult. THanks again
 

Angie

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My emotions are all over the place. I had a melt down yesterday over an insurance problem and hung up on the scheduler at my primary doctor. I never do things like that.
I had an appointment with my psychiatrist and he has adjusted the dosage of my medications.
College started this week and I am having a hard time getting the assignments done.
I feel like a child who is lost.
 

Sassy Cat

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My emotions are all over the place. I had a melt down yesterday over an insurance problem and hung up on the scheduler at my primary doctor. I never do things like that.
I had an appointment with my psychiatrist and he has adjusted the dosage of my medications.
College started this week and I am having a hard time getting the assignments done.
I feel like a child who is lost.
Hopefully the med change helps it’s a stressful time starting classes back up. I also think insurance is frustrating for a lot of people right now at least I have heard a lot of complaints I think everyone I have heard such complaints from would have liked to hang up on someone I think the frustration is understandable good luck with all of it *hug
 

1964dodge

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My daughter lost her job and my son in school full time but still working, I feel the stress of meeting all the bills. Then there's my own mental health issues like my repetitive thoughts, or how I keep going back and seeing how I could have done my life differently. Then my daughter would likely speak to me and introduce her baby to me. Its a trade-off. I accept her ambivelance. I feel like it's my punishment or sentence for being a hedonistic person in the past.
*hug*console*shake
 

AvidFan

Retired Cat Staff
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Sort of alright. I think my brain is coming back into balance. I managed to do a couple of hours on my remote job today, have barely been able to look at my dashboard for the last 2 months. Feeling almost back to myself. Feeling a bit of dread over yet another storm and whether my house will survive intact. I could do with some calm while I get better but that's often too much to ask! Still, any improvement is gratefully received!
 

MisterBGone

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. Also you have a point that Emergency Services should be more understanding, at least they should listen as long as I do not attack them physically. I can not stand assumptions, At least if they had the nerve to show at my place and scared me, they should follow up. Sometime ago there was an issue of domestic violence and they followed up. Why they do not follow up now that I am having extremely difficult times, in both cases I am a survivor and now it is worst, due to lack of love and support. Without that nothing can help. No treatment or medication will help only have a job and friends. Nobody can see what I am doing, At least I can pay my bills in full and on time. The disability office have not responded me but since I applied through a third party, verbally they told me that because I have savings I will not qualify which is very disrespectful. At least they should do in written so I can fight. This is the only time in my life that I need help and how come even if they do not pay me can give me avenues to move forward, I am a Canadian Citizen and worked for 19 years, payed my taxes and now that I need help they close me all doors or make things a lot more difficult. THanks again
I wish that I could help you more, zuzu~! I don't know, though, enough about the process there or here, in order to offer much guidance that is practical, or would be of much use^_* // All I can really provide, I'm afraid, is encouragement & support. For I do feel, it is something ("Saying...") that you have managed to work, and to support yourself for all of those years. I truly do, and I hope that you are giving yourself the full & proper credit for that (to me, this is an achievement that is somewhat, 'unfathomable.').

Again, I'm truly sorry to learn or to hear, of your domestic abuse that had happened to you, which resulted in such loss & trauma. I do hope that you've been able to receive some kind of professional help, or treatment for this & even if you do not want it, for the other (mental health, or suicide prevention, etc.) that you will consider it in the future, provided that this has not yet been explored. For it could be a very helpful thing, in my opinion. Which may help to reduce, some of the other strong symptoms you are experiencing now, and have been, for quite some time. . .

I'm presuming you went through a third-party, for the disability claim, because that was your only way you knew how, or that it was the best way for you. You've spoken of some unfavorable findings, or results, in terms of what was expressed to you verbally, and over the phone. MIght it not be possible, and also wisest, to go about seeking either further help in this pursual - or at the very least - a second opinion, of some kind. Never hurts, to double check their work. Especially with something that is so vital, and crucial to your own surivival, or well being.

I understand that you are resistance to treatment now for your health. But perhaps, you could use it, in order to better yourself & to be able to put yourself in a position, where some of those other things you mention, which are so paramount for your happiness & your overall satisfaction in life, can be more easily or feasibly acquired, and attained? Again, I'm just asking or suggesting. As opposed to barking, or ordering. . .

Try to keep fighting! :^) ~mrb*
 

Sassy Cat

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Scared about my house and my bills spent 5000 on a new furnace but I now need a new water meter and my pipes coming into my house fixed which will be another 2000 or more so right now I am feeling all the pressures of the world on my shoulders and who knows how much more damage will be found when water is turned onto the rest of the house
 

SillyOldBear

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Scared about my house and my bills spent 5000 on a new furnace but I now need a new water meter and my pipes coming into my house fixed which will be another 2000 or more so right now I am feeling all the pressures of the world on my shoulders and who knows how much more damage will be found when water is turned onto the rest of the house
So sorry Sassy. Home maintenance can be a real mess. My garage pipes freeze a lot. Hoping they haven't this time, but won't know till water is turned on. You would think someone would invent a way to keep pipes from freezing. They could make a pile of money.
 

LumberJack

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Scared about my house and my bills spent 5000 on a new furnace but I now need a new water meter and my pipes coming into my house fixed which will be another 2000 or more so right now I am feeling all the pressures of the world on my shoulders and who knows how much more damage will be found when water is turned onto the rest of the house
That sounds like a real pain. Sorry so much is going wrong at once. So it sounds like you are in for $7k at least. That’s a lot to absorb at once. Do you need to get the pipes fixed right away, or is it possible to save up for it? I wish there was a better way. The home warranty insurance would be a good idea, but only if it actually works.

I am not a homeowner. However, the experience of my peers has been that the company doesn’t like to pay claims, so they make it as obnoxious as possible to get something approved. Kind of like healthcare but on a lower scale,
 

AvidFan

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Scared about my house and my bills spent 5000 on a new furnace but I now need a new water meter and my pipes coming into my house fixed which will be another 2000 or more so right now I am feeling all the pressures of the world on my shoulders and who knows how much more damage will be found when water is turned onto the rest of the house
I feel you, I'm currently panicking about all kinds of things about my house just as my income is taking a dive. I've got water coming in through the downstairs window when it rains and is very windy (fortunately maybe only once a month) and my guttering looks knackered and the roof seems to be getting worse (though so far nothing coming in). I just don't have the finances or income on my own to sort it all so have been burying my head in the sand hoping for the best but know I'll have to sort things at some point. It could involve wiping out my meagre emergency fund savings and having to borrow another £10k or even more at a time when I've just got out of all the problems being in debt brings. But before any of that I actually have to get someone to take a look at it, I tried and failed to sort the window last year, all I managed to get done was the back wall and garden walls repointed as they were falling apart. That took trying about 10 different people, only 2 of whom turned up in the first place. The only person who looked at the window quoted a ridiculous inflated price and I did not trust him, nobody else even bothered to turn up, and they say people are desperate for money. I really hope you get your place sorted and it doesn't cost the earth.
 

AvidFan

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Sad at the moment. Just feeling extremely emotionally sensitive, keep thinking of all the potential I had as a kid and young man and feeling sad about where and how I've ended up - alone, no family, living in a house I can't afford to maintain on my own and struggling to make ends meet month to month. It's not the life I envisaged when I was acing tests and getting 5 star school reports saying they expected to see my name in lights one day. Never happened. I made bad decisions. Maybe I gave up on things too quick because the pain of failure was too much and quitting trying was a way to protect myself. Or maybe it was sensible, a better option than banging my head on a door that was never going to open. I don't know. Just feel my life could have been better than this, and am grieving over the different ways it could have turned out.
 

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