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There is no way out for me now.

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madeuplovesong44 · 14/01/2014 19:25

I've been around the mh block so to speak....bipolar, eating disorder, personality disorder, pnd, suicide attempts, sectioning, hospital stays months at a time, drugs, mother and baby unit, CBT, dbt, arrests, cognitive analytical therapy, sexual abuse, benzo addiction, ruined degree, ruined careers etc etc

I always thought I would get better but now all that can be done to help, has been done. I'm broken and damaged beyond repair. I'm so tired of this existence, I am a disgrace to my wonderful children. I dream of death and escape and that some angel will protect my babies. How has so much promise become such despair.

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100redballoons · 21/03/2014 13:58

Hello madeup, I'm sorry I haven't posted for ages. I've been away from home & having to deal with some difficult stuff, but I've still been thinking of you.

I can't express it half as well as peaceful does, but I second everything she says. Please do keep posting if it helps to reduce the pain a little.

I will continue to hold your hand for as long as you'd like me to.

paxtecum · 21/03/2014 19:56

Hello Madeup: Reading your words makes me feel helpless.

You are full of love and I wish you well.

madeuplovesong44 · 21/03/2014 21:21

Thank you for your support again lovelies.

Got a busy weekend away without the children for a wedding and then a match. Lots of driving and stress but am going to try and just enjoy myself. Got a beautiful dress to wear with even more beautiful shoes. Trying to put the torture of the week away in a box for now.

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peacefuleasyfeeling · 22/03/2014 15:21

Way to go! xxx

paxtecum · 24/03/2014 06:18

Good morning Madeup: Hope you had a fantastic weekend.
xx

ThePowerOfNo · 24/03/2014 10:32

Hi MadeUp, I've just stumbled on your thread, and I apologise for the fact I haven't read all of it, but just wanted to share my own experiences with you in the hope it might be of some use.

I've struggled with depression since my teens, was abused as a child, bullied severely at school to the point where I started to self harm - I remember being in floods of tears at about 13 at how feeble my cutting attempts were. I've always thrown myself into abusive relationships with gusto, and only recently realised how I've made a point of avoiding genuine, good people throughout my adult life. Even now, there's a woman I really like, and who seems as sweet and genuine as anyone I could potentially become friends with, and has made numerous overtures about getting together with the kids, and what do I do? I shut her down.

I've also come to the realisation that my mother really doesn't have my best interests at heart, and never will, and that her continued relationship with my abuser, and professed 'love' for my estranged, abusive husband tells me most of what I need to know about why I loathe myself. After my first dc was born, I had severe PND, and my mother 'supported' me by using it as a stick to beat me with, whilst taking credit for helping me with childcare etc. I've tried to cut her out numerous times but she always weedles her way back in with offers of 'help' when I'm at my most vulnerable - like now, when my marriage is ending. I'm also breastfeeding a 4 month old, and can completely relate to how drained you sound, especially knowing how running can take it out of you, for better or worse.

Sorry, this is a bit of a hijack- the point is that I've realised my self harm has become psychological; it's my self-talk which is toxic, and like you, I torture myself with it, mostly without even realising the harm I'm doing to my battered psyche. I'm not naive enough to believe a book can 'cure' people, but if you haven't read it, I can't recommend 'Mindfulness - a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world' by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. It was a MNer who recommended it to me originally. Perhaps you've already read it/listened to the guided meditation CD and found it useless, but sometimes it's a matter of waiting for a 'receptive' moment when something like that has the potential to reach you. Anyway, I know you said you'd tried everything, so you might already have dismissed this, but what I liked about it, and found most useful was the way it aims to just give you even a tiny window of 'mental breathing space'. - Just a brief respite from the constant malicious commentary we torture ourselves with. I believe something like that can be like a 'seed' we can sow which has the potential, one day, to grow into something like a sense of peace. Sometimes the meditations gave me a momentary window into what that would feel like, and it was amazing! Writing this has made me feel I should give it another go, actually, as I can feel myself sinking, quite often, these days. Hope that's even a teeny bit helpful, and hope that you're ok today. xx

ThePowerOfNo · 24/03/2014 10:35

Sorry, that should be 'I can recommend...'

paxtecum · 27/03/2014 05:57

Good morning Madeup.
How was your wedding weekend?
How is this week progressing?

Best wishes to you.

xx

madeuplovesong44 · 29/03/2014 21:08

Wedding last weekend was fabulous in every sense. It was like being in a different universe where wealth and success are mundane!

Think i am doing too much again. My thoughts are a bit odd and i am drinking lots to stay calm. Have felt like the man over the road is watching and that he thinks i don't love the baby. Tries to stay away from the house. I know it may seem unlikely.

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peacefuleasyfeeling · 01/04/2014 21:18

Good evening! I thought I had responded to your most recent post from my phone on Sunday night, but I see here that I didn't make it!

I'm glad you had a good time at the wedding, great! I'm also pleased to see that you're checking your thinking and referencing your thoughts on a "likely / unlikely" continuum; very sensible Smile . Just go easy on the drinkies. Are you still without any meds? I'm just thinking that if you need to self-medicate, alcohol isn't the best thing.

Good night for now xx

madeuplovesong44 · 02/04/2014 15:09

Not gone to work, got pissed in stead. Thoughts are too fast and finger is on self destruct. Need to escape my head.

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peacefuleasyfeeling · 02/04/2014 20:38

Good evening, MadeUp. I worry about you turning to drink to stay afloat. You said earlier that you have a history of benzo addiction, so I can see how easy it might be to become too reliant on alcohol too. Is there some other distraction which is less harmful / addictive / likely to get you into trouble you could have a go at? Are you still without your regular medication? I know you said it was as if you'd finally got your head out of a box when you stopped taking them, so you may be reluctant to consider them again, but really, do weigh it up. I am in a mad rush to get my chaotic house (mayhem -how did it happen, they're only little!?) ready before DP gets in, but I'll check in at bed time xx

paxtecum · 02/04/2014 20:50

Madeup: please take care.

As always, peacefuleasyfeeling has wonderful, kind advice.

xx

madeuplovesong44 · 03/04/2014 16:28

Feel so out of control, don't think i can manage the kids. Freaked out walking home from work today, thought everyone was looking at me. My boss asked if i was on something. I'm all over the place.

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peacefuleasyfeeling · 04/04/2014 22:10

MadeUp, I'm so sorry you are feeling like this and you are in my thoughts a lot. I wish you so well. I have a longer message for you waiting to find its way onto the screen when the right, uninterrupted moment comes, but it's been happening thick and fast chez Peaceful over the last couple of days so I can't seem to get a moment to myself to compose my thoughts properly. Hang on in there, love, and please see about those meds. You haven't said much about your cpn lately, more or less since you mentioned you'd run out of medication. Is there a connection? I don't mean to go on about it, but I just wonder whether they might slow things down a little or you? I'll check in later xx

madeuplovesong44 · 05/04/2014 12:00

Thank you peaceful. My hubby had to do school run yesterday as cpn came and collected me from work and made me take an antipsychotic which floored me. Slept from 3 yesterday till 6 this morning. Have managed to get into work for 7 and feel a bit shakey from the meds i think but my head is less busy. My boobs are killing from not feeding the baby but as she is nearly one maybe this is the time to stop. I feel guilty as i hoped to go on asking as she wanted but my cpn thinks i will end up in hospital if something doesn't give. I know that no meds plus being busy equals unwell yet i keep doing it. Its often this time of year i end up high, wonder if the change in weather effects things. Starting to ramble on so best get my focus back to work!

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madeuplovesong44 · 06/04/2014 07:49

Gave her a bottle before bed and she still woke four times. What am i doing wrong!? Starting to think she wants me to lose my mind then she wont have to have me as a mother.

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madeuplovesong44 · 07/04/2014 22:08

I am annoying myself with how thick and fast thoughts are coming. My head is whirring, cant hold on to an idea.

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CheshirePanda · 07/04/2014 22:58

Hi MadeUp

I've just read all your posts on this thread.

My admiration for you is immense. Truly.

As well as the factual achievements (that you mention in passing as if they were minor, but are actually huge in themselves...team sport, piano, 2 children, running, breastfeeding, holding down a job etc etc, a loving relationship with your DH) you have done all this feeling so, so wretched and unhappy. Your courage and tenacity is humbling. Your love and devotion to your children calls out when you write (and you do write very coherently, eloquently and beautifully). You talk about the opportunities you've wasted, but you've been dealt some pretty shitty cards too. I doubt many of us would be doing half as well as you in the same situation.

Hope you have a quiet night.

Xx

madeuplovesong44 · 08/04/2014 18:14

Thank you panda, that is very kind. I am not worthy of any admiration today. I shouted at the baby, like screamed and shouted. My son cried and said no one should talk to babies like that. I'm so ashamed. Everything is whizzing still, feels like i am in a video game. I am taking meds now. Suppose it will take a while to kick in.

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madeuplovesong44 · 08/04/2014 19:27

I cant bare it anymore. I need a way out.

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100redballoons · 08/04/2014 22:14

Deep breath madeup. Hang on in there. How long do the meds normally take to kick in?

I'm sorry I haven't posted for some time. Going through a bad patch and don't really have anything useful to contribute, but still thinking of you. Hope you find a little peace soon.

madeuplovesong44 · 09/04/2014 12:46

If you read between my lines, you will see a little girl a bit like me,
She is frightened of the dark but more scared that this is the wrong way to be.
She is calling out to be loved, to be wanted as she is,
She could do without the pressure of getting a 100% to please.

If you read between the lines, can you pass on my advice?
She doesn't need to always succeed, but to herself she should be nice.
She doesn't need to win every race, losing does not equal worthless,
She doesn't need to hurt herself, to create such an almighty mess.
As she flies of the rails, please let her know it is ok to be sad, it doesn't make her weak.

If you read between the lines, please don't judge the chaos I have become,
I am working my hardest to fit in, to become a good and loving mum.
I have lost my way, don't know who I am or how to be,
I love my children dearly and need to protect them from the drama that chases me.
With all my pain, death seems a wonderful escape each and every day,
If only I could tell that little girl to hold on, that everything might just be ok.

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madeuplovesong44 · 10/04/2014 00:19

Sleep deprivation is torturous

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