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Do you ever feel like your brain is going to melt?

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fairyfly · 13/04/2005 09:42

I'm having one of those weeks where i feel totally overwhelmed with doing everything myself. I am getting hassle left right and centre and feel like i am constantly treading water. It wont last, i will sort my head out but do you all have times like this? I think i take two steps forward and 20 steps back. Positivity is overated, i should come to terms with the fact i will always be one step behind and a huge failure. Sounds like i am full of self pity, im not overly. Just sick to death of living off nothing. My x is slowly leaving me behind, i feel like everyone i know is going past in sports cars while i am getting soaked with puddles at the bus stop ( Metaphorically).
It will take years before i graduate. blah blah blah. suppose im just sulking. I also get sick of people telling me im doing the most rewarding job of all bringing up two boys. It doesn't feel like it sometimes, i feel trapped. I know i am doing a good job, but surely i am capable of more. I used to be ambitious and bright and now i look round and i am in a flat on income support. I totally messed up.

Right, well thanks for listening, you have just saved some person getting an earful down the phone . I know what i would say to myself..........you dont know how lucky you are.

Just wanted one self obsessed whine.

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DillyDally · 13/04/2005 11:16

It could be worse, we could be Robert Mugabe's slave concubine
That would be worse, wouldn't it?

Bugsy2 · 13/04/2005 11:20

Not sure DillyDally, at least someone else would probably look after all the household maintenance & bill paying stuff. You'd probably only have to "put out" with old Bob once in a while because you'd be one of so many!!!!

snafu · 13/04/2005 11:20

Yes, you've got a point there, dd.

DillyDally · 13/04/2005 11:22

Its a hard call
I would see some lovin action - pro?
Bills would be paid - pro
I would probably have a lot of money to idly witter away - pro
I would be with Robert Mugabe - con

fairyfly · 13/04/2005 11:24

Well the way i see it i was foolish enought to sleep with my x and he has bled me financially dry, so why the hell not, yes please, email him

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fairyfly · 13/04/2005 13:44

Just cancelled my broadband connection, i want to work harder so i can achieve. The only problem is they wont turn it off for thirty days.

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DillyDally · 13/04/2005 13:46

You do achieve fairyfly, am sometimes amazed at all the stuff you do...I would never have the get up and go to attend college after having DD

fairyfly · 13/04/2005 13:53

I have stopped college till september. I want to spend this time building my portfolio, i am determined to pass with flying colours. Also i want to spring clean and dejunk my life. Get to the gym more. It is too tempting to stay in at the moment and summer is near. Mumsnet is best in the winter i reckon, when its dark at night time and your not getting out. I would also like to really get my kids on track and start doing a lot more homework with them. Making sure they are fed well. As i say my brain is melting and i would like to downsize the amount of crap in it. If i miss the internet i will go to the library which is also another thing i should be doing more of.
30 days is a long time to change my mind though.
Thanks dilly dally i appreciate your message.

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Beetroot · 13/04/2005 22:39

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fairyfly · 13/04/2005 22:50

I'm alright thanks babe. It is totally ridiculous and makes no sense but my x makes me feel like a complete failure. Anyhow i'm not letting myself go any further down this self destructive route and have become more determined. I now know that if i am to get my best work be totally dedicated i cant have any distractions. I wont be leaving the house much so its a really good idea to get rid of the internet for a while. Will ring you more aswell xx

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jasper · 13/04/2005 22:59

fairyfly I dip in and out of mumsnet and noticed your post on the recent thread about married single parents or some such thing. I was very impressed. I don't know all your story but I relise you are bringing up your kids on your own . Studying too?
How old are they?
How do you do it?
Hats off to you, missus .
No wonder you feel overwhelmed.

fairyfly · 13/04/2005 23:09

oh thanks Jasper that is lovely of you, they are 4 and 6

Semi studying, weaning myself on, go full time in september. i think i realise now that everyone gets overwhelmed dont they. I just felt totally overwhlmed with paperwork more than anything else. The kids and college is the good bit.

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Beetroot · 14/04/2005 09:19

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fairyfly · 14/04/2005 09:26

I sulk until i find a positive angle on things. I have a thought and then totally go into myself for a few days until i get it sorted in my head. Anyway i was just walking home from school and it suddenly dawned on me that i can hold my head up higher as whatever i do i have two children to contend with also. He bailed out to do his degree, i am going to have the best of both worlds. It is just the thought of how long it takes and how much longer i have to live with no money. But another positive angle is i am getting all the benefits of an unmaterialistic life. Some of the things we do i wouldn't be doing if i had money and that is a good thing. Also by the time i do make some i can use it for a face lift to cover the stress.

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jasper · 14/04/2005 23:09

Fairyfly paperwork is what threatens to tip me over the edge often enough.

You are right, I think we all get overwhelmed. My eldest two are the same age as yours. I have lots to be thankful for and no money worries but believe it or not have lots of the same thoughts as you. I feel trapped and as if I am treading water, or more like struggling through treacle and always being a few steps behind being "there" while at the same time feeling life is passing me by and I am turning into a cantankerous old trout in the process.
Unlike you I have got a supportive partner but omn a bad days he bugs me so much that he seems like part of the problem and I imagine I could run the show more easily myself

Then later the same day I see my kids laughing and jumping around so beautiful and perfect and untainted and I feel like the luckiest person alive.

One thing I cling to is if I feel bad I know it won't last forever. Hang in there missus!

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