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8th April 2021 at 9:56 am #124513BusyditchParticipant
Itโs a (removed by moderator) since I left now and Iโve not been posting here because by the time I finish typing things change. Iโm utterly exhausted but struggle to sleep there is so much to think about. Yesterday all the professionals contacted me, like a tsunami following the long bank holiday! I guess they all received their emails on the Tuesday so they made contact yesterday. Housing, benefits, therapy, social services, GP and a well-being person. ๐ณ
Iโm obviously not used to single life after being married for many decades. The safe house uses a smart card to prepay for gas & electric… I ran out of both at the weekend. ๐ฅถ
I have and still am feeling overwhelmed and alone despite the services contacting me. Covid has had such massive effect on my life before I left and now. Itโs a bit like because my eyes donโt see people itโs hard to believe they are there??? Does that make sense?
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know Iโm still here, in the safe house with my youngest son ((removed by moderator)) and I still come to the forum multiple times a day.
Thank you again for your support here, it has been such massive help. ๐ซ
PS I do love a good emoji!!! You may have noticed!! ๐
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8th April 2021 at 2:05 pm #124535KIP.Participant
Itโs going to get easier. I had to limit myself to three things a day. It could be cooking ๐ณ , opening Mail and bringing the bin ๐ in. So donโt think you need to do everything at once. Pace yourself. Your headspace will be full of trauma. So break everything down in to bite sizes. How do you eat an elephant ๐? One teaspoon at a time ๐. And maybe set yourself one call to return each day. I was always overwhelmed with the need to deal with it all right away. You donโt need to. In fact eventually I would leave everything at least 24 hours before responding x
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8th April 2021 at 10:45 pm #124561EggshellsParticipant
Hi Busyditch.
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Glad to hear you’re safe.
Try not to let it all overwhelm you. Just one thing at a time. You need time to settle, wind down and reboot.
A whole new, safe life awaits you. xx
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13th April 2021 at 12:45 pm #124736Living WarriorParticipant
I am so proud of you and so so happy that you got the courage to leave. Like everyone had said, one step at a time.. do not rush, as it basically can set you back.
Always be kind to yourself, if u struggle with this then imagine u are ur own best friend… if she came to you with this situation what would you say to her…
This technique helped me alot and still does.
Good luck on ur journey x*x -
14th April 2021 at 11:02 am #124771EggshellsParticipant
Another week has flown by! How are you getting on?
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8th April 2021 at 1:52 pm #124534BusyditchParticipant
Thank you. Itโs been a long time coming but I feel so unprepared.
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