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new here needed a place to talk and make friends
ill tell more about me soon
Welcome to the community, @AnxiousJemma, I hope you find friendly and supportive company here. And you're welcome to open up at your pace.❤
I'm really trying to get help from a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist but I am so broke I can never afford it. What an I supposed to do?
@Chefalex82 sorry to hear that.. maybe write that on a piece of paper and place it in several dr office mailboxes near you with your contact info.. someone may help you out 🤞✌️🇦🇺🐾
I am hoping to find support for myself and my husband, who suffers from unmanaged schizoaffective disorder. I can't continue to be his only sounding board, and maybe if he could talk to others with the same condition, he might not feel so alone. I love him dearly, but I just cannot handle hearing his delusions all by myself. Or being the target of his anger when I refuse to acknowledge what I do not hear.
Mostly, I hope we can both find people to talk to who have had some similar experiences.
@determinedSailboat8130 howdy 🐾🇦🇺🦘✌️ Great idea to reach out in places like this.. maybe if you made a post asking for others supporting partners, parents or siblings with similar Illness’s in their famliy..
if posted in the main community area you will get more eyes on it and 🤞 hopefully some good ideas to help both of you.. once you have the correct tools for the issue.. makes life easier ++ otherwise you are using methods that are not really helping it seems..getting thru the problems but not really supportive for yourself.. there is help out there and within this site.. I am only new here (this site) but helped lots of different people thru the years.. best advice find others who have been there, done that etc.. good luck 🍀✍️🤞🐶🌄🌅
Hi, my name is Serenity's Fire.
🟪 How are you doing?
Today, I am struggling with some things a bit... but I am stepping outside of my comfort zone and reaching out for help and support. That's not to say that I haven't sought help in the past, because I have, but I have always allowed other people or things to stymie my healing progression. Thus, it has been several years since I have sought help in dealing with my demons, but I am determined to allow myself to progress in a more positive manner than I have in the past.
🟪 What are you looking for at 7 Cups, if anything specific? Anything you are hoping to achieve/obtain while being here?
I am looking for support and understanding, as well as help along my healing journey. I am looking for a place where I am accepted and feel as though I belong, as well as a place where I can help others achieve their true potential.
I hope to achieve a stronger sense of peace and acceptance within myself, as well as quiet my demons so that I can truly begin to move forward and heal from within. I would like to obtain a sense of purpose in my life, and connect with others so that we may be able to journey toward healing together.
Thank you for allowing me to intrude on your sacred space... I wish you all the very best!!!
@SerenitysFire nice to sort of meet you 🐾🦘🇦🇺✌️👍 sounds like we are at similar stages in reaching out.. I am glad that you have and look forward to chatting sometime if you are willing?
@Dogsaregreat44
Thank you Dogsaregreat44, it's nice to "sort of" meet you as well 😊. I look forward to chatting with you sometime as well!
Some great things that happened to me today: I woke up on the right side of the dirt this morning, my car started right up for me this morning which allowed me to drive to a job that I am grateful to have, and I completed my hours at said job for the week... which allows me to look forward to the great thing happening to me tomorrow, that being that I get to travel to spend time with my children for the weekend before returning home.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend filled with many wonderful happenings in your corner of the world, wherever that may be Dogsaregreat44!!
@theriverissinging hi im aster and as a system were doing super duper bad and its hard because we have did and its impossible to find friends :( not having a good time at all its been rlly bad tbh
@theriverissinging
Hi, I'm new. I'm here looking for people who deal with constant anxiety to share experiences with and feel less alone.
Today I'm feeling terrible. I've caused a rift in my relationship with my wife. It's a long story, but I have a hard time dealing with hateful things I tell myself that don't help me mend my relationship.
@honestWillow1474
Hi honestWillow1474, my name is Serenity's Fire and its nice to meet you. I'm sorry that you are struggling a bit today, but I do hope that it gets better as the day goes by. I to have some issues with anxiety, although those issues have somewhat lessened over the years... many moons ago, I was actually dxed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD); however, I'm not certain that I fit the dx anymore since my I been in remission for over a year now. I contribute this remissive state to changing my environment and cutting out a great deal of stress in my life over this past year. The one thing that helped me the most when my anxiety was out of control was writing. Most of my writing during these times were in letter form to one of my support individuals; and those letters coupled with their varying responses seemed to help quell my anxiety back to semi-controllable levels, the rest was just time and refocusing/channeling of my energies into something else. Perhaps, if you are having a hard time talking with your wife about whatever is causing you anxiety, you could write her a letter to both help her understand your position and to let your voice be heard without the interference of what I call "noise" that tends to distort discussions as anxiety rises. I find that I am able to be more open and honest about my thoughts and feelings when i am able to put them into written form.
At any rate, I wish you well... I hope this has been a help and not a hindrance, as my intention is not to overstep my bounds but to offer up an alternative approach based on my own experiences. I hope you have a wonderful day enveloped in much peace.
@SerenitysFire
Thank you for your response. I appreciate being heard. i like your suggestions, especially the one about writing down my thoughts. I get so little time to have real talks with my wife because we don't want to do it while the kids are around, and we don't stay up much later than they do.
I know what you mean about the static of trying to get your thoughts out during a stressful conversation and having the anxiety muddle your thoughts.
Anyway, thanks for welcoming me here. I hope I can find some of the peace that you seem to have from it.
Hi, I'm new and today is a better day than most.
I'm here because I'm not in such a great place and haven't been for a while.
Also due to breakup of friendship.
In March I suffered from a miscarriage and then last month we had a huge falling out with friends. These friends now don't want anything to do with us but will not provide an explanation as to why or what has happened for them to turn their backs on us. Her other half basically made me so upset that I walked out of their house and stood outside balling my eyes out for about an hour. Within this hour my partner came out to make sure I was OK which I wasn't I couldn't control the tears and they just kept coming and wouldn't stop, I was already feeling very low and this person's actions made me feel worse. My partner went back into the house to tell them that we were leaving as I was very upset and asked for our son's to get their stuff so we could leave. The house was full of people (my so called friends) as it was her son's birthday party. She got into my partners face and started an argument with him even tho he told her he just wanted to leave it and talk about it another day. She wouldn't take no for a answer and my partner basically told her a few home truths of which she shouted in his face that he was stirring up trouble between her and her husband (they are going through a separation) my partner wanted to know what had been said and what he had actually done. She couldn't provide any details and told him to get out of her house and her life for good.
This was a month ago. Last weekend she'd been talking to a friend of hers and told this women that I'd rolled my eyes and ignored her child when the kids had gone back to school. This women then messages me telling me that I should be ashamed of my self for making a comment to a child and acting the way I did towards her. I then tried to speak to my ex friend about her child to see what had happened which is when I was told that her child told her that she saw me wanted to say hi and I rolled my eyes at her and ignored her. I basically told my x friend that I wouldn't of intentionally of done anything to hurt her or her children and that I hated they way things were and that I missed talking to her. I got no response at all.
The thing that hurts the most is we have no idea why our friendship has ended with them, the fact that she had spoken to somebody else who then messaged me to slag me off instead of her coming to talk to me and tell me that I've upset her child when I didn't even know I had. This is 6 years of friendship and we treated her children like our own and its all just been thrown away for no apparent reason.
They are currently going through a separation and alot of things have changed for both of them I know this isn't an excuse but I just don't know what to do anymore.
I suffer from anxiety and depression plus find it very difficult making friends due to my anxiety.
@Cullen2020
I'm so sorry to hear about your miscarriage and your ex-friends. The whole situation with your friend just sounds so frustrating...especially how your other friend just took her word for it that you said something to her child, without stopping to question if it was even true.
I hope in time your anxiety will improve, and you will be able to make good friends!
Thank you for reading, it's been a tough 4 weeks as 1 by 1 each of my so called friends has dropped me and taken her side (her lies) I still do not know to this day what it is that made her turn against me. It doesn't help that they are also her friends and I can't defend myself against whatever she is telling them as none of them will talk to me. I feel lost and so confused, I can't even stand doing the school run just incase I bump into them and it sets my anxiety off to the point I start having a panic attack. I went through the same thing 4 years ago with the same bunch of people and had a breakdown that lead to counselling and antidepressants. These friends came out the other side with me but this time they have caused the downward spiral for no apparent reason. I just wish she would tell me what I have done wrong or its just her way of basically cutting me off entirely. I hate feeling the way I do and that it's put me back to how I felt 4 years ago. We were planning on a big move within the next 5 years but their actions have now got us considering moving within the year a fresh start ❤️
Hi!
I had surgery a couple of weeks ago and have been fully dependent on my family to do the smallest of things. Because we're all stressed, my husband and I had a big fight, and I think we're having a serious discussion about divorce.
I'm pretty overwhelmed and my anxiety is very high. Words of encouragement are very welcome!
I'm doing okay I guess. Feeling really depressed lately and kinda just want someone to talk to.
Hey @Emmers99, welcome to the community. I hope you're finding the support you need in cups.❤
Hi, I am new here and I am looking forward to seeing what the website has to offer. I am going through some work stress, and I am trying my best to stay positive through it. I am working on solutions, such as looking for other careers as well as joining support groups such as this one. I'm hoping to meet some like-minded people on here and generally get some support as I make it through this challenging time.
