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A 19 year old female, who doesn't know who she is or what
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Trying to make a compromise between what I want and
need, what I already have and what I can leave behind.

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Wednesday, 29 December 2010

'Professionals,' Stupid Advice && Struggling To Cope ♥

I recieved my first comment (: Does it make me slightly pathetic to be this happy about it? XD ClinicallyClueless ♥ I can offically LOVE YOU forever now (:

Okay, so slightly random note outta the way (: Things were bad today, still, but I think after reading my comment I felt a little more positive in trying to work through my [plentiful] techniques, I feel awful in some ways to know that people can relate, and in some ways the relief that some people can makes me feel sick about myself.. because in that I am asking that people have been through some truely horrific things. Obviously thats not quite what I mean but I still feel bad about it. I am not going to be blind-sighted over it all; things things DO happen, and they happen with a frequency that is digusting in the terms of how many people think it's okay to do it. I'm not sure what other people find useful with flashbacks, but I generally use distraction. With my old therapist we had a couple of 'games' we would play; either working our way through the different senses trying to name between 3-5 things for each, or keeping my eyes closed trying to name things that are in the room [without peeking] or she'd ask specific questions like "What colour is the chair by the door".. which we did depended on how much more triggering it would have been for me to keep my eyes closed for a longer period. Obviously without someone else who knows me well enough, I struggle to generally catch myself before I completely slip into it, I'm sometimes too far gone for these kinda things to work. If I'm truely honest, I find hurting myself tends to be a fairly good way of 'bringing myself back' but I don't like resorting to that, either to bring myself out or to deal with the pain after.. I'm trying to deal with things with 'positive coping strategies' but they never seem to work/help like the negative ones do.. it's not fair.. Any ideas or ways other people have/use would be incredibly welcome! I'm so beyond fed up with being told that I'm CHOOSING to continue these negative behaviours, and although in some ways, yes, of course I am choosing to do this but then what else am I supposed to do. If they keep having to  get the police bringing me into the psych ward they wouldn't be amused but despite that instead of trying to help me cope without attempting suicide, they choose to get stroppy over ways that do help me cope. Ergh. If I have another idiot 'professional' tell me to take a bath and have a hot drink I will scream. It takes a hell of a lot for me to admit to ANYONE that I've 'lost control' and that I need help, if I'm asking for help I am so far beyond 'having a bath and hot drink' if I'm asking for help, I truely truely need it, I need support, right then and there because if I come away from my attempt to get help with stupid, unhelpful [for that time] advice I am pretty much definately going to do something. Then after all of that, I get told my 'attempt' was stupid, impulsive and that I need to learn to ASK FOR HELP! Omg, I am going to kill that stupid pathetic excuse for an AMHP! For one, it's never stupid if that's how you feel/felt, two, it was not impulsive; it took me weeks, maybe even months to get to this point and you dare to tell me I didn't think it over enough, three, I fucking did ask for help and to be fair, when I have a bazillion tablets right in front of me, I definately need more then to be told to have a bath. I do realise that I am sooo negative alot of the time, I'm sorry, I really am but things have been getting steadily worse again and I'm struggling to see the light at the end of this tunnel anymore. - Just a quick note those comments I got from the AMHP was over 6 months ago.. It just still annoys me so much -
I am struggling so much, yet no-one wants to hear it, I'm moving at some point next year, will be possibly dropping my CPN and I absolutely hate my psych [not exactly a change for next year, except I will have to start communicating with him myself which is going to be problematic] . I did not self-harm today, despite the flashbacks and everything.. although I did fast and walked 18miles so I suppose it would depend on your perspective on whether thats a positive thing or not.. I hate my team but have already been through so many [through no fault of my own] that I am not able to change in any way again anytime soon. I also wonder if anyone else has had the confusion of loving/hating there abuser? Sorry again for all the negativity :/

3 comments:

  1. Thank you for the mention. I really appreciate it. Be careful about changing therapist, etc... Part of being borderline or having the characteristics is seeing someone as all good or all bad. This is a struggle I deal with everyday.

    Hang in there. For me sometimes, it wasn't seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, but knowing it must be there even it suddenly appears at the next sharp turn. I find that people even professionals really don't understand flashbacks and how debilitating it is. One thing that helped me to stay grounded, is to let some of the memories happen but only so far. I also started to focus on things about me or things around me that I didn't have during the abuse. I also had a pillow from my therapists office that I cried into and cuddled with. I made it mine when I cried on it and got all sorts of yucky stuff on it. After almost eight years, I still have it and still use it to cry on or just to hold and it helps to keep me grounded. You can find your own comforting thing. I used to have a stuffed Panda when I was in therapy the first time.

    It does get better.

    **hugs**

    P.S.~ Thank you for the larger font. :-)

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  2. BTW, you are not pathetic...when I received my first comment I was so excited!!! I felt good to be recognized.

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  3. Thanks for the comment.
    Yeah, I have a little teddy I used to take into therapy with me and still sleep with even now! (:
    It isn't a therapist I'm wanting to change, it's my psychiatrist-due to him being a man I struggle so much to let him know whats really going on for me, and I know dealing with men is something I'm going to have to work through but right now I really just can't. Also I don't agree with my Borderline diagnosis. I think I was diagnosed too young and they weren't willing to consider anything else because the one anti-depressant I'd tried with them hadn't helped. Your comments mean so much to me, thanks again. Haha! (: Well, at least thats one less pathetic thing I am/do. Hugs are welcome by the plentiful. Sending some your way too. x

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