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XanaDUer2

(15,041 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:11 AM Oct 2024

I'm on the shit list

So, todays my sisters bday. I did text her. No TY or word yet. Me complaing too much about my "partner" ( who's drinking wine today) caused a rift, also my sister is not a safe person to share with. I'm sad bc my cousin skipped my surgery and bday.

So, my cousin is wishing my sister a happy bd on her timeline. Didn't do that for me. Wishing others left and right. I feel like absolute shit. This on top of other problems. I wan't too keep my fb but social media is bad for my mental health.

I thought they had my back. When i said something about help if i bc homeless w my cousin, i didn't get a yes. She has a large house. According to my sister, my partner is just yelling at me and not beating me. But when i said i may enter a shelter my cousin just said yeah.

My life is very unpleasant. I told my therapist I'm ready to just leave earth just to get out off this morass. I'm so alone.

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I'm on the shit list (Original Post) XanaDUer2 Oct 2024 OP
I wish I had something wise and helpful to say. All I can do is offer huggggggs niyad Oct 2024 #1
💙💙💙 sheshe2 Oct 2024 #2
Talk to your therapist, or call 988 Dennis Donovan Oct 2024 #3
I talked to my therapist XanaDUer2 Oct 2024 #4
I talk to mine bi-weekly. Dennis Donovan Oct 2024 #7
Shelter sounds good... Karadeniz Oct 2024 #5
I still remember the times my own mother forgot my birthday Siwsan Oct 2024 #6
You know. My bday was saturday XanaDUer2 Oct 2024 #8
Happy (belated) Birthday!!! LoisB Oct 2024 #9
Ty XanaDUer2 Oct 2024 #10
You are not alone. We are here. LoisB Oct 2024 #11
My brother never called or sent a card when I had cancer. Dear_Prudence Oct 2024 #12
TY for skating XanaDUer2 Oct 2024 #13
Yep. It is hard to realize that you matter to no one. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #14
Yeah XanaDUer2 Oct 2024 #15
I know right? OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #16

niyad

(121,920 posts)
1. I wish I had something wise and helpful to say. All I can do is offer huggggggs
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:17 AM
Oct 2024

and whatever support an online friend can give. Here if I can help.

Dennis Donovan

(28,692 posts)
3. Talk to your therapist, or call 988
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:20 AM
Oct 2024

You don't need to be in a noose to call 988. Even if you have those feelings (which I, myself, have from time to time) there's someone to talk to on the other end.

You have friends on DU that would miss you. Remember that.

Dennis Donovan

(28,692 posts)
7. I talk to mine bi-weekly.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:25 AM
Oct 2024

As the election nears, I'm thinking of bumping that up to once-a-week.

It's good to come here and talk, though.

Siwsan

(27,405 posts)
6. I still remember the times my own mother forgot my birthday
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:25 AM
Oct 2024

Or the birthday she gave me a 'slap chop' device she got at a closeout discount ($5). I was at her house when my sister stopped by, on her birthday, and she got a card with a generous check inside.

Right now I'm struggling to get the house ready for out of town guests while also keeping a close eye on a very clingy little kitten. My riding mower is out of commission and my lawn desperately needs mowing. It's a big lot so there's no way I have the energy to cut the grass with a push mower. Everyone knows this but no one has offered to help until I, just now, sent a desperate text to my brother. It's hard going through life as nobody's priority.

Little Merlin is taking up a lot of my energy, the election is causing a lot of stress and anxiety, and I'm in no shape for guests.

So I empathize with you, but urge you to never give up. I've lost so many people - both friends and family - over the past 10 years and constantly ask why am I the one still here. There is a reason, of course, but sometimes it's hard to see or remember.

Remember that your DU friends are always here for you.

XanaDUer2

(15,041 posts)
8. You know. My bday was saturday
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:39 AM
Oct 2024

A quick text wed or thu saying hey xanaduer, I'm sorry I can't make it for your birthday this year. Maybe we can get together in the future

Would have been nice

Dear_Prudence

(841 posts)
12. My brother never called or sent a card when I had cancer.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 12:48 PM
Oct 2024

I was hurt and read online advice, mostly saying to cut unreliable people out of one's life. But I decided that I wouldn't let his neglect define me, I would remain his loving, supportive big sister. I never said anything to him, he has a difficult life. I saw him this summer and he told me he wears his breast cancer support tshirt to work on Friday all during October. So, the love was there, but undetectable to me. You get to decide who you are, whether others express their love or not. DUers are here for you. Happy belated birthday, XanaDUer2. 🎂

OldBaldy1701E

(7,042 posts)
14. Yep. It is hard to realize that you matter to no one.
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 05:44 AM
Oct 2024

When I was younger, I could have cared less about acceptance, but nowadays it would be nice to have someone other than my husband to talk to. He does not deserve to be inundated with my constant babble because there is no one else to hang out with. So, I feel ya on this.

XanaDUer2

(15,041 posts)
15. Yeah
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 09:15 AM
Oct 2024

Like I said, my life is messy and ppl don't want messy bugging them. I'm on my own. My sister was so rude to me when I shared my hurt with her, which I was a first-class asshole to do...and kept on and on and on...I wished her happy bday, but don't really have the appetite to comminicate with her. I just feel like enough wasenough. One thing I'm sick of


Is being told HOW I SHOULD FEEL. I'M constantly being lectured about how I should feel and react.

OldBaldy1701E

(7,042 posts)
16. I know right?
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 11:15 AM
Oct 2024

I always reply that they should buy a better car, or something to that effect. When they say they cannot afford one, I reply, "So, you are saying you want one, but you can't get one? Not 'won't get one', but 'can't get one', correct?

Well, I want to stop suffering from the various ailments I have. But guess what? Wanting it to stop doesn't accomplish a damned thing. Just like you wanting that car doesn't change the fact that you can't get it."

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