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I think my head's gone a bit wrong.

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ABitWrong · 05/12/2008 22:50

I'm just feeling quite wired and weird and my concentration has gone to pot. It's like everything is swirling around.
I've also got old problems trying to resurface.

I don't seem to want to eat. That is, I don't eat and then I feel all light and floaty and it's really nice but then I'll eat something and I really want to throw it up again because I don't want it inside me. I haven't yet, but the urge is strong, but if I do it once I'm afraid I'll be stuck in the pattern.

I want to cut my arms as well. That is, part of me wants to.

It's as if all my old insecure habits are coming back. I daren't go near alcohol.

I feel as if I'm being pulled in several directions and I have to resist them all because I must be normal and responsible.

I am sort of in denial about something that is making me miserable.

I don't know what to doi really. I'm a bit scared it will get out of control.

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Beauregard · 05/12/2008 23:27

Unrequited love
Talking it over with someone wouldnt change the situation but it may help to get things off your chest.You are probably feeling lots of emotions and probably making yourself anxious in the process.Torturing yourself wont help (i know you realise this)
Please go to your GP and explain.

ABitWrong · 05/12/2008 23:28

Sorry, I don't want to start burdening you.

Thank you for your kindness

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Beauregard · 05/12/2008 23:31

Your not burdening me
I am off to bed soon but do keep posting on here.
And get some sleep too(a boost for your mental health)
I will pop back tomorrow night and see how you are feeling.

ABitWrong · 05/12/2008 23:33

Thanks

I can't often come in cognito though (I'm somebody else, surprise surprise)

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Beauregard · 05/12/2008 23:35

Best thing about the name change facility!
Night
x

TooTicky · 05/12/2008 23:39

Take care ABitWrong

LostAtSea · 06/12/2008 03:36

As someone in a similar situation, you have my heartfelt sympathies.

I think you need to be kind to yourself.

You might be well advised to talk to a doctor and consider AD's to manage the anxiety you feel, and maybe give yourself a bit of a break. I think the eating thing is a control issue, not in the sense that you are a control freak, but that maybe you have not got control of other areas of your life.

I have similar feelings about food at times and have sat in front of food with a dry mouth forcing myself to eat evey mouthful simply because I have children, and they were my best reason to eat.

I try, and it has been hard, to turn the negative into positve, and use the emotions to do something positive with my life....creating things, taking up a sport (can be difficult with time issues), give yourself some sort of challenge and every time it feels bad, try to focus yourself on achieving something. Try and use the way he makes you feel to inspire another area of your life. It does not stop it from hurting, but gives the pain a different energy.

I can not tell you it will go away,
simply that you can take a little control of your life and not feel quite so helpless.

The thought of you hurting yourself makes me very sad, and whilst I believe it is some peoples way of dealing with things, hope you can find a friend to talk you through this. This can be where some kind of physical challenge can be beneficial, maybe at the least, very fast walking.

I am sure there are many people who care about you and hope you find solace in someones counsel. Please try to get some level of help from somewhere before you make yourself poorly. I know you say you are limited to when you can be on hewre in this guise, but i will keep an eye on your thread and can always offer a sympathetic shoulder.

Please accept {{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}

ABitDifferentToo · 06/12/2008 03:51

Um, abitwrong, we 'know' each other from another thread but I have gone undercover for this too so you will have no idea who I am. I don't know who you are though and I don't need to know. I have & do feel the way you do. Sometimes more than others - the eating/ not eating, wanting to cut but having to be normal etc. It's exhuatsing. I don't know what to tell you really other than it might be a good idea to get help. But I know when I am in a bad way I don't really want anyone to help - I know I shouldn't feel the way I do but I do.

I'm not making sense and am not helping.

But please, do something to make sure this doesn't get out of control. Does anyone in RL know about any of this? Or that it has been a problem in the past?

And I think your name is unfair. You are not a bit wrong, just struggling.

ABitDifferentToo · 06/12/2008 17:53

ABitWrong, how are you?

ABitWrong · 06/12/2008 18:11

Hello ABDT
Not too good really.
Thanks for your post last night. I feel a little less freaky and alone now.

There are a couple of people who knowcI've had problems in the past but I'm not really in touch with them in the same sort of way.

LostAtSea, I could have blubbed my way through your post. You making yourself eat made me think, if you can do it, so can I.
And using the way he makes me feel as inspiration - could I ever do anything good enough?

Gotta go.

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ABitDifferentToo · 06/12/2008 18:48

Sorry you are not feeling good.

I always get scared when I fall into not eating but feeling quite good about it as I never know how far it will go. When I can, I make a point of eating lots of fruit and veg, often eating nothing else but at least that way I feel like my body is getting some nutrients.

LostAtSea had some good points - about encouraging yourself to eat something because of the DC. And about using your feelings for the man in a positive way. I am not sure how you do that though.

re cutting - I'm not sure how tempted you are or how much of an issue this is for you but I assume you know about using ice?

I wish I could be more help. Be kind to yourself.

(hugs)

TooTicky · 06/12/2008 19:00

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Beauregard · 06/12/2008 19:52

Hi AbitWrong
I am thinking of you

TooTicky · 06/12/2008 20:37

Sorry, swearing on wrong thread. Confusion. Computer playing up.

I haven't heard of ice being used but then I don't know much about it.

Hope you are okay ABitWrong.

ABitDifferentToo · 06/12/2008 21:25

Ice:

There is a lot of research that shows it helps in the moment when you have a desperate urge to self harm.

Fill a sink with very cold water and ice. Put your face in for as long as you can bear. If you are out you can use ice on your forehead or a can on coke etc but it must be VERY cold and wet and should involve your face. It's a bit like when you jump into a really cold swimming pool and it takes your breath away - it is more than just distraction, it has a physical effect too. Or, you can put ice on your wrist or just hold it in your hand. I've done this in restaurants and when I have been at a friend's house.

Toot, I asked for your post to be deleted because it was confusing - hope you don't mind. Am wondering if it is more confusing now! Sorry.

Take care ABitWrong.

LostAtSea · 06/12/2008 21:56

It doesn't have to be something you are 'good' at.

But if someone for example did, cross stitch, they could buy a particularly challenging picture and if the feelings get overwhelming, find a little time, even if it is only five minutes, and do a bit. It can become a little bit like a meditation, and I admit it is not easy, especially when the feelings make you feel disorientated.

I don't know if this is just something I feel, but I tell myself that even if I am unhappy, it is my life and I will fight to stop myself from going to places that I struggle to get myself out of. I don't always manage and have some horrendous days but the over-riding determination pulls me through.

your statement "if you can do it, so can I" is a really positive one and I hope is a sign that you have some fight in you to get yourself back to a place where you feel more at peace with your world.

{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}

ABitWrong · 07/12/2008 17:45

God it is so hard. I feel like two people but I can't look at them objectively because they are both me and I don't know which one is right.
I can't stop the head swirl.

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ABitWrong · 07/12/2008 17:54

I wish somebody would hold me and tell me it's okay.

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bellaBuonNatalevita · 07/12/2008 17:59

I wish I could do that in rl for you

ABitWrong · 07/12/2008 18:12

thanks bella

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NappiesGaloriaInExcelsis · 07/12/2008 18:16

why are you resisting medical help btw?
i did for a v long time with my anxiety/depression issues and i realise now that it just made it all so much harder and last so much longer.
i was afraid of the consequences if it was 'on record' thta i was nuts. but there havent been any. honestly and truly.

ABitDifferentToo · 07/12/2008 19:08

But ABitWrong, it's not okay. I can say it will be ok, but it's not okay that you feel like this. No-one should.

I understand your reasons for not wanting medical help and if you can manage without it, then great. I really hope you can. But sometimes our bodies & minds need extra help to settle down and fix themselves. Can you talk to your DH/DP about it? I know I couldn't have done that but some people do.

I know that feeling of being like two people. Mine were slightly different - there was the fake, 'I'm okay, look everybody, see how happy I am?' me which was how I managed to get through the days and there was (is?) the sad, empty me who hurt myself. The real me is somewhere in between but it can be hard to remember 'who' I am. Especially when my mind is swimming. I remember sitting in the doctors saying, "I just want a break from myself" but no-one seemed to understand.

Having DC is hard enough without feeling the way you do.

Is there anything you can do for yourself that makes you feel a bit better, just for a few minutes? I would always sprinkle lavender oil everywhere (I don't think it helped but it made me feel like I was taking charge).

I wish I could help.

ABitWrong · 07/12/2008 19:42

Because I am scared, Nappies, and I don't want to talk to a total stranger and anyway I am going to snap out of this tomorrow.

There isn't anybody here I can talk to.

Thanks ABDT.

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ABitDifferentToo · 07/12/2008 20:04

ABit, sweetie, I don't know that this is something you can just snap out of. But I do hope you feel much better tomorrow.

Talking to a stranger is not easy. I think realising that things are not quite right is a big step though. And knowing what needs to change is important. Being able to change it is more of a challenge.

Remember to be kind to yourself. And that there are people who worry and care and want you to be ok.