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29 May 2025 08:40 AM - edited 29 May 2025 10:10 AM
29 May 2025 08:40 AM - edited 29 May 2025 10:10 AM
Hi there,
just looking for a little company.
I’m new and finding my way here.
I find it very hard to feel like I belong anywhere.
@tyme, @AuntGlow @Shaz51 @MissinTooth would you like to chat with me a little here?
I feel so sad and stupid.
I’m probably going to mess up this post, but I’d just love some company.
I have two assignments to do, and am away from work for the moment because my current depressive episode got too much for me. Sometimes I’m able to feel like I made the right call about work because I wasn’t really helping anyone by being there (especially not myself), but the rest off the time I think I’m weak, incapable, incompetent, self-indulgent and lazy.
Yesterday was the best day I’ve had I in ages, and I was cherishing the feeling that I’d managed to connect a little here.
When I realised I’d have to try again I was so sad - I know, you can’t prevent it and you’ve got to grow and learn.
So this is my attempt to grow and learn and to try to connect.
I kinda feel like I don’t belong at Sane because my mental health issues aren’t serious enough. But life always feels like it’s a bit uphill even on my best days, and I have a lot of days that are far from best, and some genuinely bad ones.
I do really feel not good enough most of the time, and it makes me shrink, and disconnect (or be unable to connect in the first place).
I’m so blessed to have a family, but my struggles impact negatively on them - I was not a supportive or patient person this morning.
I’m a bit under slept this morning, but I need to make progress on my assignments. And also would love to “make progress” on “getting better”, but that might entail more of the ‘welcoming and /or accepting the feelings’, rather than actually feeling bouncier or happier than I do.
In real life I connected with a colleague who became a friend - they’re a mental health professional; I don’t know what I am … sometimes I felt therapeutic adjacent, which I know would make them laugh. But I feel like I’ve been too much for them and they’re getting some space (of course, it might have nothing to do with me … but that’s just me saying the right answer.) Makes total sense and simultaneously I feel heartbroken and bereft.
Thanks for listening. I’ve stepped crying now.
Please do let me know if I should edit this - I will straight away if needed.
I hope you all have started the day well and for those in warm places, I’ll say that it must have been below zero here - the house is chilly and I saw at least a glimpse of frost outside.
Warm wishes and thank you for listening.
29 May 2025 09:15 AM
29 May 2025 09:15 AM
I'll chat with you @Semly Sounds like you are going through a rough patch. I know how lonely that is. Hope I can help you.
29 May 2025 09:32 AM
29 May 2025 09:32 AM
29 May 2025 10:09 AM
29 May 2025 10:09 AM
morning @Semly , @snowflake231
how are you going this morning
love to chat to you my friends 😍
putting on washing, getting some food started for later in the day -- this is great @Semly , well done
what study work are you doing ?
what things do you like doing ?
29 May 2025 10:22 AM
29 May 2025 10:22 AM
Thank you @Shaz51 ❤️
I’ve made a tiny checklist and am up to the food prep. And eating- that’s important too.
Im studying mental health-related stuff, like others I’ve seen here.
I like reading, being outside, the ocean, trees, rivers, growing things (both ways - I love things that are growing and I love to grow things)
I love the idea of living from a place of love, not fear. I love the experience of that, too, but when sadness , doubt and anxiety kick in it’s very easy (or automatic) for me to ‘retreat’ into fear.
Now I see, in real life practice, why in these situations you always ask about the good.
Now I have something to try on for the day: living from love however I’m able for today.
29 May 2025 10:29 AM
29 May 2025 10:29 AM
@Semly You do belong here, and I know it can be so hard when we have such unkind thoughts about ourselves. I hope your assignments go well. 💙
29 May 2025 10:34 AM
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29 May 2025 10:49 AM
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29 May 2025 10:57 AM
29 May 2025 10:57 AM
know when it’s ok to strip and let yourself rest or do something unproductive? -- I am still learning @Semly , @Tolly , @snowflake231
self-care is so important, even being outside for 5 minutes, having a cuppa which I love makes a difference
do you have any fur babies
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