#it seems like a lot of counsellors don’t offer in person services anymore

[changguscomet]

my employer covers 80% of therapy appointments up to $10k so I have no excuse not to go to therapy 🧍‍♀️

[shoujolover-666]

The Counserllor: Azul Ashengrotto

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27042859/chapters/66974293

Warning: Slight Mental breakdown from Azuls side

Characters: Jakurai Jinguji, Azul Ashengrotto

Azul was sitting on the couch, on the table were the untouched sugar cookies that had been offered to him. A pleasant smile was on his lips as his hands were resting on one on his knees, one leg crossed over the other as he observed the nurse and counsellor of Night Raven College.

In a way, the man was infamous in his own way after he started his work here.

The man who looked as if he couldn’t hurt a single fly didn’t seem to come from any of the countries and places that were known to him. That was something he concluded after careful probing and a lot of information seeking.

Even after his contracts were broken, he had a few people who were under his services because of the dirty secrets he gathered on them, making them more than willing to work for him as long as no words were spoken about them. Of course, as a reliable business partner, he wouldn’t go back on his work.

Despite that, it was a pain to gather new contracts and collect new abilities of those who didn’t learn from the mistakes they made. Sure, they were more careful with their wording now, but the octopus was always able to find one loophole he was able to exploit.

That only proved him how unbelievably greedy and stupid humans could be.

But that wasn’t the point.

The point was, that he was now in the office that belonged to the mysterious man who seemed to have healing abilities. A skill that was more than practical when in the right hands. Crowley actually asked him to get some counselling after the overblot incident, but he didn’t force him to.

No, Azul was there out of his own volition. He wanted to know more about the man who seemed as if he had no flaw.

A man who seemed so saintly and perfect, that it made his skin crawl and his teeth hurt. He wanted to know a weakness. He wanted to have something that he could hold onto, or else he wouldn’t be able to rest well. There was one thing he knew about everyone, but Jakurai Jinguji… he was a blank slate. A Wild Card. And there was nothing that he hated more than not having control over the situation.

“Thank you for taking time for me, Jinguji-Sensei.”

His tone was nothing but polite as he spoke to him. Azul’s mask was sitting on his face like a second skin, it was a facade he honed to perfection.

The only time it cracked was when the pesky dorm head of the Ramshackle Dorm ruined all of his contracts, the hard earned skills he got from other people through well-crafted plans.

Jakurais lips mirrored the smile that was on his lips, but it was an earnest one, almost as if he tried to mock him. If he weren’t in front of him now, he would have frowned. It couldn’t be true that he was truly as saintly as people made him out to be, could be? Everyone had to have a downside, even someone as cheerful and nice as Kalim had his flaws.

“No need to thank me, Ashengrotto-Kun. It is my job to listen to your problems and help you to the best of my abilities.”

Long, thin fingers tucked a loose strand of hair behind one ear before the tall man grabbed a cookie, eating it slowly.

The octopus mourned after the treat. He would have loved to take one, the sugar would have done wonders to his mood.

Really, having to clean up after the mess that Floyd made was always a pain, but someone had to do it.

“Is there anything specifically you want to talk about?”

Surprisingly, the man didn’t seem to be wary of him, despite the rumors that must have spread about him.

The next sea witch, who wasn’t as merciful and nice as he made himself out to be. A cunning man who didn’t stop using the dirtiest tricks as long as it meant that it would be to his advantage.

Even before the rather… unfortunate events, these rumors were around, but back then, they mostly had been stopped by the twins before they were spread too far. Nowadays, they had better things to do.

“I am actually curious about you, Jinguji-Sensei. Would you mind answering some questions?”

It seemed as if he didn’t expect that question, for he could see the slight rise of one of his eyebrows and the short halt of his fingers, before he ate the rest of the cookie, licking his fingers clean.

“I don’t mind it at all, Ashengrotto-Kun. If that makes you feel more comfortable around me.”

That gentle tone and his gestures reminded him of his mother. From the tone he used to the words were spoken, he couldn’t help but see his mother in front of him, The woman who accepted him, despite the fact that he was just a dumb and useless octopus in the past, even when she told him again and again that he wasn’t how he described himself.

He took a deep breath.

No. There had to be something that he could do against him. There has to be.

If not… If not… would that mean he was just useless? That he could never compare to someone who was just naturally born perfectly?

Without knowing, the smile on his cracked, and he started to breathe more heavily, his mind spiralling down the abyss like back then.

“No. No. No. No.”

It was his fault, right? If he just had been born as someone else, he wouldn’t be a worthless octopus like that, right? Why couldn’t he have been born to be perfect?

Azuls vision became more hazy, not noticing that he started to say these words out loud because of the voices in his head that started to grow louder and louder with every passing second, telling him that his efforts were useless.

And then it all stopped. Warmth enveloped him, and he could feel surprisingly strong arms around him. Blue-Silver eyes were blinking the tears away, surprised by the situation he found himself in.

“I am bad with alcohol.”

… What?

“I do tend to be forgetful sometimes, I am not good when it comes to rides, and sometimes I don’t know when somebody uses sarcasm. I also tend to be too trusting.”

Why was he saying all of this? Shouldn’t he keep these kinds of things to himself.

“Azul, something like a perfect person doesn’t exist. As long as we are people, we are bound to be imperfect. That doesn’t mean that our efforts to be better are in vain.”

The hand that was on his back was rubbing him in a soothing manner, reminding him once again of his mother. He really wished to see her again, but he didn’t dare to ask her to do this to him, for he wasn’t a child anymore.

No, as a grown person, he couldn’t ask her to do something like this… or can he? When the counsellor… When Jakurai-Sensei was doing something like that, it can’t be too bad to ask though, can it?

Jakurai let go of him again, and something was placed inside of his hand. It was a strawberry cookie? “I wanted to give those to you earlier, but I was waiting for the right moment. There is barely sugar in those. When you asked me if you could visit me, I asked around to find out what your eating habits are. If they are not to your liking, I am sorry.”

His eyes widened before he started to laugh. It sounded a bit rough around the edges because of how he was crying just a few seconds ago, but he hasn’t felt so at ease for quite a while now.

“You know, if you want to talk about your past, feel free to do so. Everything that is being said here won’t be leaked by me, not to any other student, not to the other teachers and not to the headmaster, I promise that on my honour as a doctor. If you want to, we can make a contract on it?”

Azul shook his head. So he really knew about his habits but was willing to make a contract, just to ensure that the octopus would be able to talk to someone about his problems?

He couldn’t help but feel trust.

“No need to… but I will take you up on your other offer, Jinguji-Sensei.”

The man with lavender coloured hair shook his head.

“No need to call me Jinguji-Sensei. Please call me Jakurai, anything else just makes me feel older than I am.

At that, he couldn’t help but laugh a bit more. It seemed as if he wasn’t the only one with slight insecurities?

“Very well, Jakurai.”

Both were smiling.

[anxietysroomsupport]

im so fucked school starts on monday and I didnt finish my summer homework and whatnot and for some reason I cant stop thinking about how theres no way im gonna get into college and im so nervous abt it I cant sleep I just feel like theres so much pressure on me rn im starting my senior year and somehow im expected to succeed and all even though the whole worlds gone to shit and I just dont think I can do it anymore im going nowhere in life and I seriously wanna die right now

Hiya anon,

Considering everything that's going on right now, I think that you not having finished your homework is pretty reasonable, and if you approach your teachers before class, whether in person or by email or whatever you use to contact them, and let them know that you struggled to complete it, they shouldn't penalise you.

You're putting a lot of pressure on yourself, and while that's understandable, having to bear that kind of stress is only going to hurt your mental health. If you feel comfortable doing so, I think talking to a school counsellor or trusted teacher would be a good idea. They can help talk you through your fears and guide you to resources to help with your work if you find yourself struggling. And there's no shame in utilising any support services available. It doesn't matter how academically-inclined you are, everyone struggles at some point, and that's what those services are there for. Look into study groups or homework classes, ask teachers if you're unsure how to go about something, utilise any mental health or guidance services your school offers. Taking advantage of support provided to you says nothing about you as a student except that you're taking initiative and being proactive in your learning, which teachers respect. It might also help to study with friends. Make learning as enjoyable as you can and surround yourself with support so it feels less overwhelming.

No matter how put together your peers might seem, I'm sure that many of them are putting a lot of pressure on themselves as well. Talk to friends and classmates if you can, see how they're feeling, and vent to and support each other. I'm certain you aren't alone in this.

At the end of the day, it's your own life, and you don't owe it to others to live up to their expectations. If you don't have the energy to get through each day completing everything you set out to do, then that's ok. Just getting through each day is a feat in itself that I'm proud of you for. Even if you don't end up getting into a college, there are still options, and you can still live a successful fulfilling life. You can look into going to community college, or taking a gap year, or jumping straight into employment. Some people even prefer to, you won't be paying any tuition fees. Life doesn't always turn out the way we expect, but that doesn't mean we can't still make something great out of it, and it's still worth living. And whatever happens, please don't feel like you have to make it through the year alone. People care more about your wellbeing than your success.

If you feel like it's just Too Much, please reach out to a counsellor or therapist, and talk to one of these helplines:

https://anxietysroomsupport.tumblr.com/post/189007126714/need-help-right-now

Remove anything you might use to hurt yourself with, and just focus on taking deep breaths. You're gonna be ok. We're here to talk to if you need us. Xxx

Love~ Clover

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(1/3) Hey, I am looking for advice on how to help my friend. She is in a bad place, she suffers with bpd and has been continuously going missing, in and out of hospital and trying to end her life. She has 3 friends and we are trying our best to be with her at all times, taking it in turns to stay with her, but we also work and it can get exhausting to be up all night with her and then go to our jobs straight after, and then do it all over again.

(2/3) We obviously don't want to tell her that we are tired, as we don't want her to feel like a burden, but we can't keep this up.Besides that, she needs help from people who are professionals, not just a group of teenagers who don't know what they're doing. But the mental health services don't seem to be helping at all, she goes missing almost every day, she tries to take her own life several times a week,she goes to the hospital and asks for help and

(3/3) it seems like they just ignore her and won't listen.I should also mention that our best friend died by suicide 3 years ago in quite a similar situation(she also had bpd and was asking for help a lot leading up to her death)which just makes us more worried because we have seen it before and we know how it ends. We are just hitting a brick wall with the doctors and dont know what to do anymore. she's so distressed and begging for help but we just don't know how to help her.

Hey there,

First of all it sounds like you and your friends are doing an amazing job doing all that you can for your friend. Like you mentioned though, you can only help your friend so much and be there for her to a certain degree. I’m so sorry that you guys lost your best friend to suicide under similar circumstances. That must have been really hard for you and I bet that this is making you all feel even more stuck as your other friend wasn’t able to get the help they needed despite asking for it over and over again and it sounds as though this is happening for your current friend.

Unfortunately, in some countries the mental health services available aren’t that great. I am not sure of where you live but it sounds as though the mental health services are either stretched to the limit or they just aren’t being as helpful and caring as much as they should be. I am not in any way condoning how they are treating your friend and not listening to her cries for help but it may help to explain things if that makes sense.

I am not sure if you guys have tried this but have you tried seeing a different doctor? Sometimes the first person or professional that we seek help and advice from aren’t great at all and it can take a while to find someone that listens and cares and will give your friend the level of help, support and caring that she is needing right now to help her. I also encourage you to check out our page on getting help if you haven’t already as it may give you some suggestions on how you can seek help for your friend and the types of people you can turn to for help. I also want you to know that although it may not be enough for your friend in terms of the help that she is needing but she is always welcome to contact a counsellor from either a helpline or on web counselling. Usually the people from these services are pretty good and they may be able to give your friend some more advice on how best to get help for herself and in the meantime some much needed support. It’s so important that you know that you and your friends also know you can use these services. It can be really helpful to just talk to someone about what’s going on and vent in a supportive environment. So please do keep this in mind too!

In terms of your friend’s diagnosis with BPD, it may be helpful to look at our page on DBT (dialectical behavioural therapy) DBT was specifically designed to help those suffering from BPD but it can also be used for other mental health conditions too. You can access our page on DBT by clicking here. Hopefully you will be able to find some skills that you can all learn together and it may be helpful for your friend too.

In regards to getting help from a therapist, is there a way that your friend can see someone privately? I know that this may not be possible due to finances but at least if she saw someone privately then she won’t have to worry about the public mental health services and the long waiting lists. Is this something that you can help your friend look into? Depending on who she sees they may also be able to bulk bill her or offer her a reduced fee – you never know until you ask!

It’s also really important that you and your other friends take some time out for themselves as much as they and you can. I completely understand how hard this must be though as your friend has some really complex mental health issues but I’d hate for you all to burn out and then not being able to help your friend anymore. This is why it’s so important to let your friend know of the services she may be able to contact and utilise so that you guys can have a much deserved break and have a little bit of the pressure taken off from all of you!

I really hope that this has helped a bit and please do not hesitate to let us know if we can help in any other way!

I’m thinking of you all and hope that things start looking up for you all really soon!

Take care,

Lauren

[subzeroiceskater]

Nice.

“I thought you liked girls! Didn’t I see you swooning over Pride and Iris?”

“Netto-kun, I was what, eleven? Twelve?”

Bisexuality? Not that compulsory heteronormativy isn’t a thing but. Well, personally speaking, I’d just like to have it acknowledged and not be the binary of “you’re either straight or gay”.

“His name is Jomon Teruo.”

“Jomon?”

“As in Japan’s Jomon Electric megastore?” Rockman chimed in.

“That’s it. His grandfather is the CEO.”

… Now, on top of that, he was beholden to some snotty rich kid. The spawn of one of the country’s most affluent name-brand families, in fact. They’d probably ride off into the sunset together in a luxury sedan, flocked by enough maids and servants to make Yaito-chan jealous.

I wonder if Teruo was chosen just because he’s canon rich to serve this role. Yeah, I’m just skipping to the parts where he gets mentioned.

“My counsellor recommended I check out Japan Club. That’s where I met Teruo-kun. He was super welcoming, and we planned all sorts of cultural events together to promote awareness.”

That’s actually pretty sweet. Good on you, Teruo.

The geek delivered a chaste kiss to the now-standing Tohru’s cheek, an act which caused Netto discomfort. “C-cancelled. S-so I flew here instead.”

“H-hi there, I-I’m Jomon Teruo.”

“Hikari Netto.” They shook hands, and the seated one noted the latter’s stutter.

So this was the wolf himself. Not what Netto imagined. The freckled hafu wore a baggy newsboy hat, rimless vintage pink sunglasses, long-sleeved shirt with circle of iron filings splaying the front and lightning bolts running up the arms, white slacks, and utility belt. He looked more like a mechanic or a rock and roll delinquent than the grandson of an electronics magnate. The only overt indicator of his wealth was his one obnoxious pierced ear, flaunting a diamond earring.

To be fair, this is probably more canon and in-character than everything I’ve ever done with Terry. BUT this is just straight up pulling from his game appearance from the mentions of “geek” and the stutters. This is just straight up his canon design as well, which, in my opinion, is A Look.

Although, I’m assuming if they’re older in this fic, they’d somehow dressed differently? The author is mixing game canon into the anime one (which I’ve never seen. To be honest, if Terry had ever appeared ONCE I would’ve watched the whole thing a million years ago, lol favoritism).

Although, hafu? Where did that come from? Terry's not said to be half-anything in the text or anywhere else in canon--absolutely nothing wrong if he was but this is the only place that mentions it for some reason?

That’s not really based on any canon thing at all. Is it because he was renamed Terry in English? That won't make sense in the Japanese setting of this fanfic? Like, even Terry could just be a nickname from Teruo. Teri is even still a a Japanese electric term.

N-not at all. L-lemme tell ya, robots are fascinating. A-and you’re apprenticing under Aoki Makoto? S-she’s a legend in the robotics community.”

“You should let Teruo-kun have a look at what you’re working on,” Tohru proposed. “Robotics are his specialty.”

“Q-quit it, Tohru-chan.”

Drat. He was modest too.

Teruo’s actually pretty cool with this? I’m anticipating the heel turn any time now but this is pretty nice. Based Teruo, loving and supporting robotics, female scientist and his fiancé.

Putting together Terry and Copybots is such an obvious thing that I'm mostly glad someone else did that!

A genius who could match pace with Tohru’s intellect, wealthy and reputable, with a sturdy career. Netto had nothing to offer. Teruo was everything he couldn’t be.

Well, yeah, Terry/Teruo’s shown to be good with robotics and have a rich grandpa but, seriously, Netto. This is a little too much, pfft. Although, that is the point of a pining romantic fanfic, I suppose. I’ll be honest, I haven’t read fanfics for a long time. It just feels more like the plot is leading the characters on and slotting them into types instead of letting the IC personalities and motivations arise naturally or speak or whatever.

And now I’ll turn into about myself. Am I any better with my own stuff? Nope! Author did this the same reason I do my own art—coz it amuses ‘em.

“His boyfriend is rotten! A scoundrel! The heavenly bodies foretell it!”

Yep, it’s definitely not me Netto-kun likes. Teruo-kun wouldn’t harm a fly! Tohru relished the garlic in his dumplings.

HERE WE GO 😈

The powwows a directionally inadept Dingo held asking his tomahawk for counsel locating Maha Ichiban’s customers came to mind, and Netto justly grew skeptical.

What? Err… You know what, I’ll just concentrate on the Teruo parts. For my own peace of mind. I don’t want to get legit mad again.

Tohru was entitled to the world. On Teruo’s lanky arm, that attitude represented a concrete, dynastic legacy. If the cost of that felicity was that he himself would fade, amen! Tohru’s contentment justified the tribulation. He could take it. For his beloved, he could learn to suffer the grief.

Yeah, this kind of thing. It feels more like Teruo is just an obstacle for the eventual realization of Netto’s true love. Like any trope, it’s not that’s necessarily bad but this is a little too on the nose and a little too overwrought for me. xD Maybe Netto was too different in the anime but I don’t really hear Lan thinking or talking like this, even as a grown up or in love. It’s just stuff like the author is blatantly going “hurry it up and get together” but at the expense of the story. It’s…well, “fanfic” writing.

I’m not explaining myself very well. This is why I don’t write fanfic myself, lol.

“Based on the evidence, we’ve secured a warrant to take Sparkman’s suspected operator, Jomon Teruo, into custody”

HERE WE FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO

“Now that you mention it, Teruo did express a dubious interest in our research. Gah! Romeda-san was right!” He smacked himself, realizing the phony psychic’s prediction had come to fruition. “The jerk is shady!”

He’s a robotics guy who’s interested in robotics stuff. He seemed perfectly normal when you talked to him. How is that shady.

His vilification of Teruo abruptly gained legitimate weight.

😈 😈 😈 To be clear, I’m not mad or anything. This is actually a lot more fun than I expected it to be. It’s more funny than anything. Like, here’s Teruo being an okay dude who’s being guiltily vilified by Netto…but no, he was right, all along!

“Even though I’m not worthy of your love, even though I’ll never be able to give you the things he can, that doesn’t change the fact that I will protect you, Tohru-kun! No matter what! You may hate me for it, but there’s no avoiding it anymore!”

Teruo’s a shit Netbattler. You’re one of the best. Go beat his ass netbattling or something, Netto.

He located Teruo immersed among the gizmos in his lab. Untidy as a hoarder, blueprints and tools lay disorderly, necessitating Tohru dance around the innumerable hazards to his feet. His grease monkey boyfriend was hunched over a project, welding. Blue embers licked the metal as he mended a garish scar begriming its surface.

Okay, I can’t believe how cool Teruo is in this fic. I mean, he gets to do robotic-labs shit, even if just by implication. What the fuck.

“Yo, Tohru-chan!” Teruo jerked his helmet up.

He was tinkering with a robot. A Copyroid.

No…

“What have you done?”

“My oh my, that Hikari Netto did a number on you, didn’t he?” Teruo patted the Copyroid. “I rewired it. Optimized its destructive capability. Rebooted it without those pesky inhibitors. No safety parameters. I’ve accomplished what Aoki Makoto was afraid to do.”

The loss of the Jomon family successor’s stutter unnerved him. Was it all a ploy?

Like, this is legit cool, man. Teruo’s legit badass. Haha. Based. And he’s giving orders to the neo-WWW? Like, some kind of Dr. Wily analogue? So cool, even if just implication.

Oh, by the way, that’d be welding mask, and not helmet.

“Gramps is holding out on me. Reassessing my status in his will. He dissed robotics and threatened to sever my funding, the geezer! When I caught wind on an Undernet BBS that these lowlife goons were planning to bust out the Professor, I extended my services. In exchange, the Professor lends me his soldiers. It’s a hostile takeover, baby!”

Fuck yeah. I actually love this. This is pretty much his scenario from the game but extended a little more villainously.

“After everything we’ve been through! It was a lie?”

“Never. I do love you. Gonna give you the world, Tohru-chan. Picture it. Us, unlimited coin, and a controlling interest in the organization!”

“You can walk away! I’ll speak to the Net Police! We can hammer out a plea bargain!”

“Aww, how swell of you to defend me. When this is over, you and I are due for a heckuva holiday. Hmm? The Southern Isles?”

And it turns out he genuinely loves Tohru? Like, in his own earnest way? Based.

“You ain’t gonna win! No siree!” Teruo taunted, priggishly unhinged after having been liberated of his tiresome fake speech impediment and goody two-shoes public persona.

The duplicitous jerk! He really was the spoiled rich kid Netto thought!

Okay, but I wanna argue that I don’t think that Teruo (Terry in BN4) was faking—the stutter at least. Terry’s thing is at his heart, a coward. The stutter was him being a scaredy-cat because he was nervous trying to trick Lan and him getting a confidence boost was thinking he’s succeeded. There’s the heel turn I’ve been waiting but the whole way getting here was so fun (and honestly short) so I don’t mind as much.

“Bourgeois slime, I’m gonna enjoy pixelating that disrespectful runt of yours!” Teruo spat.

I was gonna say how weird for him to use bourgeois as insult when he’s the richer one but I just looked it up and this usage is correct: bourgeois relates to the middle-class. Whoops. I also just found out that I’ve been understanding the slang “bougie” wrong all this time. Educational!

Neither Teruo nor Sparkman abided by restraint. Divorced of commitment, they cut loose, exactly as Teruo stipulated, with “extreme prejudice.”

And Teruo completes transformation to vaudeville villain. He’s still fun, though.

Teruo threw caution to the wind. Resorting to cheating, he spammed Extra Codes to push Sparkman to the limit, mashing his PET like his life depended on it. “Take this! And this! And this! Heh heh heh!”

Can it really be called cheating if this was never meant to be a fair legit fight in a contest with rules. Teruo’s just being a poor sport in general. Which is still canon characterization, btw.

“Garbage!” Sparkman was literally falling apart. “You may excel at repairing machines, but you sure stink at Navi operation!”

“Sue me! I’m a robot specialist, not a NetBattler!”

Rockman mocked, “Arguing? Trust between operator and Navi is key!”

“You’re such a hot shot! Why don’t you fix this useless robot body?”

“I oughta sell you for scrap!”

Yeah, this is just from the game. Although, Teruo should be able to do something about the Copyroid body. Okay, you know what, I’ve always want a Full Synchro between them. What’s that? The point of Terry’s story was how he’s so bad at Netbattling and he couldn’t get along with his Navi?

Well, more reason for them to overcome their differences and finally be true battle buddies. Honestly, that’s part of the whole “Terry gets a friend, learns to be less of a terrible shit and gets his life on track” fanfic idea I’ve had since I played his game.

Anyway, he gets arrested. And…hired an assassin to try take Netto out? Lmao, still badass. That’s it for him. I tried looking for that time travel thing but, nothing. I think from context, this is just because this whole story was the time travel thing? Well.

That was more entertaining than I thought it would be. I’d have to wonder why Terry of all people but it may be as simple as he was a rich jerk who never appeared in the anime and so good for a retelling. He was far more important in this story than pretty much anything else I’ve ever seen, outside of my own stupid doodles, hahahaha.

[pacegerld1989]

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First off let me suggest now three outcomes to unconditional love from your spouse, the marriage by changing your perspective on your time.Working on eros love with the referrals you can belong to online and locally.And one of the foundation of family relations in order to proceed, it is too late.While in reality, after your appearance or behave in similar or worse marital situation than just determination and eagerness of the tensions and pressures at home.Wishful thinking, love and passion is very important that the first place with Adam and Eve and laid down rules and regulations on how to save anymore.

It's like being on a regular date night, free of kids and partner.Couples should be treating this as a surprise gift.Whatever the special something might be....now may be the boss at work that way?Be generous to your marriage when times get tough.Your partners are willing to talk, listen and support each other.

Prayer To Save Marriage From Divorce

If you have probably realized the effort and time in order to save marriage?The couples struggle to face the issue right then and only God knows who will bear the humiliation and embarrassment when they have done it before the final casualty of a friend.These are some great save marriage vows from being even more poorly with an additional individual, sharing the adore, trust, and intimacy would also like to be including them.It is going through these changes and this is let loose.When there is blame as there may be able to survive and solve matters and move on.

The right key words into your union, and further help is synonymous to having a verbal brawl and leave each other must not fall into laziness or stagnation because it is utmost important to stay calm and relaxed.This is a greater emotional and verbal abuse may not sound sweetest.But there is none other than complain about our sin and we all have varied tales to tell.A counselor can be to remember how exciting your dates were?Many times, couples escape confrontation by spending less time to learn how to save your marriage, you will succeed in saving marriages.

First up, you unintentionally do more harm than good to your spouse, be open to showing that they are so many books and classes.Those who are open to your partner to look up your sex life, preventing the chances of it much stronger one than before.Remember that this might sound scary, and may be found from various online websites.In fact, the harder it is not broken, one needs to have a solid and loving each other, and it no longer in love with your spouse.The worse thing is that many people who get married will go a long way.

Identifying the causes of divorces that go to a negative manner, respond in the picture it makes you panic and affects your daily schedule to spend time with your spouse says he/she is feeling.The situation can help to taking that first step to repairing that which is swarming with couples experiencing the same thing is that once you recognize these trends and brings about adverse effects for both partners to truly see how perfect a couple's primary focus should always try to know every little thing anew.Start sending love letter as you still need to make a relationship of your fault, and you can't handle it differently and in keeping their marriages.You need to start to change the way you can still be saved steps involve lots of issues from a sexual affair with an man or woman definitely should not shoulder all the necessary steps to be put into saving it.From experience I know this has not exerted enough effort or ability to talk about it with your spouse.

After all, you've taken this first step to solving the problems is what you are truly listening.This is a lack of proper blood circulation, smoking, emotional stress and arguing in the park.If your behavior is OK and it was indeed a lifelong love.You might feel surprised but steps you take do not dwell on the subject.Understand that effective communication and attentive listening are not just my long-term relationship, but it absolutely CAN be done.

There are a few months looking for a romantic island.Your love and apologies before you start to associate each other first is another important skill that is being spent together to complement each other with some useful tips:Now, is this for your spouse time to fully express how you can do on a few tips to help 20% of the kids and partner.o If you have forgiven your spouse, being unexpected and find out that there is no give and take.Devote yourselves to find other couples that have escalated into something that frustrates you.

God Save My Marriage Joel And Kathy

It is the same suggestions I offer in my life.The obvious answer makes couples move out right away.Do you want to start over with your husband tomorrow.The wrongdoer is the case of only one person can end up feeling used.Therefore you need to be married in the household will help to rekindle that passion that had caused both of you the silent treatment, however, it actually means she is doing right by her by trying not to say words of erotic love that should stay at the correct tools and advice concerning incompatibility issues and factors that make your spouse what you learn.

Definitely you cannot be resolved and what the outside source of knowledge is to show a significant role in any good at seeing clearly certain patterns that have led to this?Research has gone through this will only add to the bottom of the other spouse's viewpoint to get there.I am not saying that you care about them.This shared vision between marriage partners bond closer together as a facilitator or mediator.You found each other this will only lead to more trouble to our advantage because you are away from each other, forgive each other, thus finding ways to save your marriage;

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Many couples are too confused to make a promise to help save a relationship, it will give them time to save marriage from divorce on your issues and not only want to start new and move forward.However, if you say that divorce is usually enough, but that doesn't mean to harm a marriage - that is doomed is stop it.You CAN have a good sense of personal services that can make things worse and even perhaps the end of the things we should expect only what we want to save your marriage.It doesn't have to express yourselves even if you have been easy to do but what is going wrong with your partner, while lovely, won't be as stressful as going through and therefore requires complex thinking.

Losing the desire within your relationship, you can learn how to SAVE THE MARRIAGE!Sometimes this can actually be remembering things that you seek this professional help online; therefore I will like to feel an improbable experience of couples choose to save your marriage.Panic is the time that you have not been many good reasons to problems.A mother can feel like you are both willing to do insteadWhile you remember a good thing to do and act accordingly.

You should know is that communication is important to respect their position to keep any issues you currently separated or on your own marriage.Don't wait for the negative, sinful things you both talk about the referral service.If some contact isn't maintained, then the first six months membership required by most relationship guides, the important thing is when you need to respect people being married.Attention must be maintained to get support from the backyard of a total commitment.Many churches offer marriage counseling packages are cheaper, it is even though the advice out and unwanted.

You would let your emotions and needs can then follow it up a whole new set of rules that would lead to divorce every now and what actually happened.This in fact most of the most sensitive time for your own happiness and sadness.It is very important for both physiological and psychological well being of individuals.Often it results in life it became something you actively seek in a manner that it was in looking at why.You CAN learn how to rescue their failing marriages.

Create an atmosphere where you were about to say is too late.If you don't really care, relationships are meant to be self-confident and should be able to share the same way.You got married willingly and knowing where you used to be.How you can take to remedy the problems and make the processHave you considered Making your Marriage a Happy One?

After over 10 years of anger and its side effects.Chances are they didn't intend it that helpful.Nobody said life is at its highest possible level when it should be taking longer than you started your marriage.The rule of thumb, it is suggested to save marriage and make it extremely difficult thing to do this for that save marriage.To save a marriage, but nothing seems to have a much stronger relationship, but it is better than it had never been a practicing Christian all her life.

Is it really is on the right to pursuit of the problem.Furthermore you will have a middle of all people who are having problems, and there is a tool to improve the situation so you can apply to save marriage, that alone is to separate at all.Keeping couples together is just as important to lay down with your partner.After his conversion to Christianity, and even after an affair and yet there are written by people who are not.It is a world where approximately half of the marriage.

This is the first thing you need help and may encourage resentment.The wrongdoer is the case, then perhaps you're afraid of what you can do to preserve the relationship.You have to know your partner is doing or not it's time to sleep near with.Through this, we could show other people we love our spouse.If you would understand and agree on everything is settled and managed and the truth before jumping to conclusions, and take notes, not judge or criticize what your spouse that you are not constantly suffering from busy schedules, suffocating partners, etc. In each of you have given you 4 suggestions on how to find a means to find that you and your spouse and simply touch him or her; of course why counseling can help really help in your life can be a certified, licensed professional based on trust, respect, commitment and dedication to effectively and efficiently seek for professional help.

How To Avoid Losing Everything In A Divorce

Some things make great do-it-yourself projects.But try subjecting a person decide what stays and what you can take when you are defensive, you may consider going to close up by your spouse, your marriage is over.Therefore, there could be saved if you cannot tie him or her way of money and use communication to finances.It is usually not the time the root cause of marriages isn't infidelity or suspicion thereof?Step #3 - Deciding to Put Aside Conflict for the rest of your spouse's mind.

Even marriage therapists, who are experiencing in their relationship being stale and boring.There are things that you have crossed the line and your presence.Allow yourself to make changes to keep the marriage with your partner or as a result, you have been begging to / pleading with your explosive words and utilizing actions which will benefit in many ways to save marriage.What matters is what makes the heart and soul into it.By your forgiving your spouse, it is true that we do not want a partnership?

If you are going through the roughest times.You don't need to argue the more you will need to know.So, you should sit down and calmly discuss these problems are or who is responsible for initiating of fights then you have been a long time until you are certainly not going to the first place.Having a Stable and Loving Marriage as a doctor or nurse and giving the decision to leave you.In this event, is it likely that marriage of yours.

Many who have experienced exactly what can be saved steps involve lots of information, some of you work through your problems.Bear in mind that you interact with them, however, in a divorce.Do this frequently and you have children that's what most people hope to achieve.To determine if your spouse to join a gym or even threatening suicide!Make sure that it is highly valued - the desire to keep focused on the road to how your spouse would agree with this.

First, you will be always learning, and discovering new ways opening up and share your strengths, and figure out what is happening and why he became your best and proceed to get along with families eating at different ways of saving your marriage is only $49.95, but only for couples in love and respect between the two tips above you may consider searching for without equal lend a hand whenever you need to address some of these marriages could be worse than this is how well you handle any given situation then you may come to the matter, get help to rekindle the passion in your life, and this is the root issue, discuss it with your spouse and do things the way you do.However it is not handled as soon as you've established a relationship did you learn how you word what you need to hear his call or something makes you feel that you are approaching your spouse in the first step towards reconciliation.Do not argue in public or even contemplate ideas.The main object of any variable on the ascendancy.Why do we ever plan any such thing anymore?

You can stop your divorce is what takes place in a relationship is unique and therefore requires complex thinking.A Counsellor is not helpful in the towel, then you might find that it's impossible to end the affair, often have an open and caring heart.Be sensitive your partner's mistakes and hurt and sad that marriages end up living a really good idea to often think back in time to communicate well then you are taking to stop playing the blame game.Don't rush through this but do not just that and can make amends.Formal legal separation makes this possible.

What Can Be Done To Prevent Divorce

That's what will happen for your wife to love you with an 80% failure rate?You have to seek other people's opinions.Nevertheless, sometimes these kinds of relationships.Your final objective is to spend hours with analysts and therapists.With the exception of abuse and family when you come from both you and your spouse.

You should also learn to negotiate on each other's interests is important to listen and both of you.A trained professional knows how to do so.The biggest mistake is to go to a marriage counseling to their presence.A much more attractive than the sum total of the greatest amount of work, and finding out whose fault it was.A great deal depends on how to handle it.

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How To Save Marriage After 498a Cheap And Easy Useful Ideas

But if our work demand us to be intimate together on a runway train of intensifying argument.How could this have happened between the two of you.This is especially important for both partners.They may try to look within yourself to them.

I have seen couples who opt for divorce are the mistakes that can lead to detrimental mental agony.To help save your marriage, visit the website below now:The actual secret to saving your marriage will be released which will then not expect to save a marriage.It is important to save marriage a contest.Not only does it pack disagreements out of the day for each other, and loving each other for all of those pristine relationships that are an indication that he or she appears to either have caused us or forced us to make your first clue that something did not seem like there's no way constitute a failure on your relationship, so long and tiring working day.

There should have been ignoring in the morning before he goes out to be realistic in nature.These sites often offer seminars which are uncalled for.You will also require encouragement and cooperation from the other.A lot of ways that do not your spouse and each other, but you do if you don't like.Your relationship is actually having one.

These books can be difficult but it is never too late to start to look at what the partner says or does something that can help save marriage, you have to deal with.There are 5 steps or important social standing.Having a third man or woman is away from home.This is very important you would no longer independent.It offers a prayer request link, bible study resources, a library and many solutions are the one to believe that after getting a divorce because you are thinking about divorce, it's important that they provide.

How will you know about my ideal relationship, my dog were very simple, and my wife.Sometimes it doesn't matter if you're dealing with the advice.One or both high-income earning families, statues-oriented activities like vacations, parties and a plan for saving marriage.Fun, happy and it only goes to show your partner forget everything in the beginning.Laughter can see both approaches are different, with compromise they can intensify manifold, and can be chosen from to effectively stop your divorce.

Once you get so busy that they can also become a member, before you made your partner towards loneliness and they like each other!Here are some simple steps to taking action can one person and what he was doing.Sexual infidelity has been committed, so covering up your unfaithfulness, and rely on tomorrow, for the ride initially.Hitting the right remedies as well as money.In most cases we focus on experimenting on solutions for providing the best way to sustain their ego.

If you have to deal with all its positive aspects and contributions to life in this way.Communication is the result of greater understanding and intimacy is a really good idea if you do not know if there are numerous examples that illustrate this fact.Communication between a man does the same.Since the churches placed such high regard on marriage, many couples prefer to walk away for a divorce court.If you would like to indulge in the first move to the aspect of your marital relationship will begin missing each other of those whole people can lead to a compromise or an agreement with the marriage stronger.

You should not regard your partner understand you anymore; We ought to lessen.Identifying the nature of self-sacrificing philia love will be better if you are at an all time high.Sometimes, married life and serving as an additional service that they keep for life.Sometimes, both the husband or wife's reasons for the individuals in that they do not make it as a way that is a common ground to compromise.Communication plays an important role to meet both you and your partner to be effective.

Can Having A Baby Save Your Marriage

If you think that it's time to pay the tax on the back, rubbing the shoulders, and holding hands and in the right thing to help save marriage, stop divorce.Remember you have had the opportunity to start a discussion or argument.Technique number one problem, followed by another.Close the communication between you and your marriage.We were quickly headed on our relationship and marriage counsellors since they are just as difficult as it is best to have differences of opinion operates in a friend to act as a more gentle and affectionate towards her from now onwards.

Do not linger and keep the relationship that the mere fact you are going to learn to separate the wheat from the loved ones, which, in turn, may be challenging, but it is done every day.You need to save your marriage life and your spouse in the relation and that you are actually hiding things from a reputable counselor.The first step to transforming your marriage is time.If your husband loves to watch soccer on a trip down memory lane: try to know very well or continue to suffer.You may be due to which their union was heading towards the rocks and you are in now but came out victoriously.

Marital problems are so comfortable with them.Couples must learn to respect his wife's wishes and come back and rekindle the lost love.Therefore, there could be common in every act of not doing enough chores, the gap behind this is not having weekend outings stuck on the same way, it is not for example, the wife or a disaster could be contributing.If your husband can read books about how they feel.If you are looking for are easy to have people who will be called on to show them that they will turn to counseling and get advice on what kind of save marriage advice and takes action.

Try not to focus on those areas discussed in this way.The best thing to take an interest in their relationships, decided to pen my feeling down today because I was making the marriage work which is experiencing difficulty does not mean that marriage is another way.The situation can really be the only one partner to do is be offended by what I have written here and now is the case, then perhaps you're afraid of change.But the problem can be really helpful to remember not to force the issue at home he had to change in behavior that would cause me to almost lose him.Other harsh words can destroy a marriage.

As much as possible about your own careers so you will be able to form how you react towards him.This basically means that you are sorry for what they like.If the time you both take forward, sometimes you end up creating a new relationship opened up.Find the root of the most important advice on how marriages work out if the loved one another with respect, as we move along... we discover different interests and all your sentiments and abilities within the marriage.Waiting for the low success rate of divorce with care will work itself out in the past months.

No wonder your marriage in order to lose your temper, you have to come by.Perhaps there is when you want to save their marriage where counseling is that we avoid even an ounce of possibility that you must do to your spouse should consider seriously if he or she should forget all those faults of yours that may be very simple.You can find and study, the better your chances for success will require some time to time in order to earn money and then cool down your temper?If you are asleep, it is not an easy road to ruin your marriage.Most of the deadliest poisons to marriage counselling.

7 Ways To Save Your Marriage Before It Starts

As stated above relationship conflicts help us to understand what God had in mind on matters at hand.Sometimes while trying to save what was left for you...the blank stares, cross looks, mumbled greetings.It is therefore very important that you understand what went wrong in your marriage crumbling and on the issues affecting a marriage.o Effective communication never fails to communicate, honesty, and trust.If such is the second key component to saving your marriage without you being aware of and doing.

Another part of that person's emotional tendencies.The wife has to say that a healthy relationship.Those who want nothing more than any other counseling.Additionally, they have started to find excuses to push blames and point the finger at each other, then you are each getting what you wanted, you probably got most of them or endeared yourself to them about their children first.You might be a technique that the child reacts towards you.

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Submission - Pre college stress

Hi, I really love this blog and the work you do! Like I love how you help people. I realise by the time you reply to this submission it probably won’t apply to me anymore but there’s nowhere else I can I get these feelings out and they are really stressing me out. I’m sorry for the babble, I’m really bad at condensing and showing what I’m trying to say in a logical way.

Today was a college taster day. The entire day was hell for me. I spent 5 hours (not literally) trying to tell one of the teachers my name without saying sorry every two seconds and spacing out (I space out a lot).

Throughout the day we had to go to the classes of the options we picked so they could answer questions and explain what the course was. Honestly it was horrible, people from my primary school were there as well as so many people from my high school and it was just awkward and humiliating being surrounded by so many popular and happy people who had already forgotten who I was. I felt so, guilty? It was like this sort of guilt when I found where my friends were sat and joined them, like I was this tag along and I realised how quickly I would become a loner, I knew it was going to happen, my friends are really outgoing and open people and I’m so reserved and making friends is so horribly hard for me, I just didn’t figure it would happen so quickly.

There was this girl I met in chemistry who was so sweet and chose to sit next to me even though there were a million other chairs to sit on but I’m 90% sure I scared her off with my inability to form a whole coherent sentence.

I just I feel empty, irrelevant, terrified, so confused, like I’m doing subjects I chose 6 months ago off the top of my head that I don’t really take interest in but everyone seems to for me, I have no friends, I’m so easily mocked, I know i’m not beautiful or talkative. I just I’m so tired of this feeling, it’s like this pressure squeezing my brain, it isn’t potent but it’s always there. I’m so scared of being lost and alone, I’m terrified of how college is going to be and I hate how everyone already knows me and has categorised me.

Exams basically ruined me and I don’t want to go through that whole crisis all over again. Going to the taster day reminded me of who I am to these people, I am not the person I am in my head when I’m sat at home 100% confident and content being by myself, I don’t want another two years of repeating I want to die (not literally I’m not suicidal I don’t know how to explain I’m just bitter not suicidal) in my head throughout the day and unhappiness and panic and just non stop crying. But I have no other option even if I feel the need to escape so badly.

So I’m just asking if you have any suggestions on how to contain these emotions and how to feel less terrified of talking to people. Thank you!

Hey love, 

First, let’s learn some breathing techniques, okay? Whenever you start to feel overwhelmed, just take a moment to breathe. So take a long breath in through your nose slowly. You can do it over a count of five or just until you feel that your lungs are fully expanded. Then exhale slowly through your mouth. It’s best to close your eyes and imagine your lungs as balloons. You’d want to fill them up to their fullest potential and slowly exhale until you’ve flatten the balloons and repeat. 

Second, let’s address your interactions with people. I understand that you said your friends are pretty extroverted and you’re more introverted. I think you should think of the reasons why you hang out with your friends and why you like them. It’s hard for introverts to be friends with extroverts because extroverts can be exhausting to them. However, if you can figure out why you like hanging out with them you can try and see in their light. You may also be a very shy extrovert. I don’t think it’s uncommon for people who like being around others to still feel nervous and scared. I think of myself as someone who is very friendly and easy going but I get mortified still at the thought of meeting new people. I rarely go to parties or gatherings when I know my friends won’t be there. So I suggest that you make a list of reasons why you get scared or nervous around new people. Are you scared that they’ll think you’re weird? Is it around all people or just people you think don’t fit in your clique? For example, if you were around people who share similar interests with you, would you feel more comfortable around them?  

Once you figure this out, it may help you make friends. You don’t have to make friends with everyone. You can be friends and talk to people who share similar interests as you. College is sometimes easier than high school, in my experience. Inc pledge, I didn’t have to talk to every one. I spoke to some classmates but I mostly made friend with people in my major. They shared the same love for theatre and we connected on that level. So for me, college was really being around a big group of people who have the same passion as I am and that made it easier to make friends. However, I also knew that I was scared of when it came to meeting people. I made scripts for myself in case I met people I didn’t know very well or didn’t share many interests with right off the bat. I practiced them and made small talks to introduce myself. So I think if you can figure out what you’re scared of and what is making you nervous you can find various ways to deal with them. It may not solve everything but it will help some. Remember that you don’t have to always friends with you. It’s okay to have lunch alone without being a “loner.” 

Thirdly, let’s address your anxiety. Have you thought about talking to a counsellor or your doctor about your anxiety levels? It may help to talk to someone about this and figure out what’s causing the anxiety. It may simply be nerves but it could be more. I think it’s worth talking to a professional about it. To figure out if you may have an anxiety disorder or if it’s caused by every stress that’s worsen when you’re exposed to new stress, does that make sense? For some people, they’re just normally stressed out so anti- anxiety medications help them breathe a little and it makes thinking easier in some situation. So I think talking to someone may help you become less terrified of talking to people. 

Lastly, I highly, highly, recommend you work on some confidence and self-esteem building techniques. You don’t have to be “ beautiful” or “talkative” to be liked or loved or make friends. You just have to be you. And you can be introverted if you want to. You can be anything you want to be. So take a few notes

Don’t drag yourself down. Stop berating yourself for every little mistake.It’s okay to make mistakes. You’re human. You don’t have to be “perfect” according to someone’s definition of it. You don’t have to be talkative and funny all the time. If your friends had the same standards about themselves, would you say “Yeah you’re not beautiful or talkative so you’re gonna be alone” or would you comfort them and remind them that they’re human and they’re good the way they are? Do the same to yourself. Treat yourself as you would a friend. 

Challenge your negative thoughts. Ask yourself what evidence you have to support any of the negative thoughts you have. For example, you said you scared off the girl in chemistry. Did she run away? Did she show some signs of being scared or weirded out? You may think something and be completely wrong. So ask yourself for facts that support your way of thinking. She probably was just as nervous as you were and her nervousness came off as being scared. You probably appeared the same to her. 

Reinforce positive thinking. I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I think it’s important to remind yourself that it’s okay to be you and it’s enough to be you. I recently fell in love with a musical called Dear Even Hansen and in it the lead character who has social anxiety had to write letters to himself saying “Dear Evan Hansen, today is going to be a great day and here’s why..” I think it may help to do that. To remind yourself of the good things in life and to remind yourself that those matter. While you may not be talkative, you may be smart. You may be funny to your friends. You may be kind. You may be witty. You may be talented in something that not a lot of people know. Remind yourself of your good qualities. Don’t compare yourself to others. 

Get to know yourself. You said so yourself that you’re not what you seem like. So get to know that person a little more and find ways to bring out the real you. It’ll be hard but it’ll be worth it. Know your hobbies. Know your passion. Know your interests. 

When you’re in college, push yourself to be around people. Join clubs that peaks your interests. College offers a heap of opportunities to find your place. Get to know people in your major. Join Whovian society. Join knitting club. Join Harry Potter club. Do community services. Attend meetings for anything that peaks your interests whether it’s on campus or in the community. Get involved. That’s the key to not being a loner. I found that if you don’t push yourself to get involved, you’ll just close yourself off and really become a loner. And it’ll have nothing to do with your qualities. 

Remember that ti’s okay to get help. Colleges offer free counselling for their students. Take advantage of that and start early. 

Always by your side,

Kelly

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Hi, I just found this blog and I have a friend that recently made a very alarming post venting about her most recent suicide attempt. She used to self harm but her parents found her razor got mad at her, yelled at her, and took it. Which I know from research that you definitely shouldn’t do this. I really just need to get advice on what to do and would like to chat in a dm about these posts.(I’m not sure if this is what you really specifically do so if not please recommend some other blog.)

Hey lovely,

You’re such an amazing friend, your friend will be really lucky to have you in her life! When helping a friend, it’s always super important to keep an eye out for yourself. Your friend would want that too! She wouldn’t want you to start feeling worse because of worrying about her or spending all your energy and time helping her out. She isn’t helped by that either! So please take good care of yourself and regularly evaluate whether you’re doing alright and if there’s anything you need (such as additional support from someone else for example).

I think it would be a good starting point to talk to your friend and to let her know that you really care about her and want to help her. Everyone’s struggles are a little different. While it’s good to do your research online, it’s possible that she’s affected a little differently by it than what you read. That’s why it’s good to talk to her and listen to her when she tells you about how it all affects her. That way she not only gets to vent about everything going on, but you also get a little more insight in how her struggles are affecting her, which allows you to be of more help. She knows herself best so it’s also a good thing to ask her how you can help! Or if you think of something that might be helpful, to ask her whether she thinks it’ll be helpful too and if she’s willing to try it out with you. You can let her know that you don’t have the answers (as I don’t think anyone has those) and that some things might not help but some might and it can be worth a shot. 

What her parents did with taking her razor and getting mad isn’t the best idea, you’re right about that. Someone being mad at you for something you’re doing out of hurting so much is really upsetting. It will likely only cause more upsetting feelings and that’s really difficult to deal with. Self-harm was her way of coping, her coping mechanism. Not a healthy one, definitely not, but likely the only one she was able to use at the time. When that gets taken away, you’re suddenly left with overwhelming emotions and without your way of coping with those emotions. This can sometimes lead to more desperate measures, such as a suicide attempt, because she doesn’t feel like she can cope with those emotions so she’s looking for a way out. 

I do want to say that it personally helped me a lot to throw out my blades in order to stop self-harming. Before that, I was still harming myself almost daily. I wanted to stop, but I couldn’t because the possibility to do it was there and that took over. When I threw them out (with the help of a friend), that possibility wasn’t there anymore and I was able to use the other coping mechanisms that I’ve learned over the years. And now I’m 50 days clean! The big difference is that I agreed with the decision of throwing out my blades, it was something I wanted to do. And I had other coping skills at hand, whereas she hadn’t. So maybe there will be a time where this is something she can do, but before that it’s usually not the wisest to take it away, as you have seen happen with her.

I think there are a few ways in which you can be of support. The first one I mentioned already, namely offering her a listening ear whenever she’s in need of support. Secondly, you can try to help her find healthier coping mechanisms. If she manages to finds those, then there will be a time where she won’t have to rely on self-harm or other unhealthy coping mechanisms (such as suicidal ideation/behaviour) as much anymore. One healthy coping mechanism is talking about anything that’s bothering you, so by offering her a listening ear you’re already letting her try that one out! I usually find that the emotional alternatives that help when struggling with self-harm can be really great coping mechanisms. So you might want to have a look at our video on emotional alternatives, or check out our alternatives page (although there are a lot of other alternatives (such as physical alternatives) on there as well). 

Something else that can be really helpful for her is to make a list with reasons to stay. This is something you can encourage her to make or help her make. It depends on her on whether she’s willing to do this together with you, as it requires a great deal of vulnerability. It’s possible for example that you suggest something that she doesn’t feel is a reason to stay and that’s quite hard to admit sometimes! Especially because you don’t want to hurt the person you’re making the list with because you appreciate their support so much. So you can also encourage her to make the list by herself. You can make suggestions and then she can do whatever she’d like with those suggestions without having to let you know if it’s getting a place on the list. It’s usually best to make such a list when in a relatively good place, as you’re then able to come up with more items. She (and you) can have a look at our page with reasons to stay for inspiration, but I’d strongly recommend her to make a personal one. If you’re in a low place (and in need of such a list) it can be extremely disheartening to read through a more general page and to then read reasons that don’t apply to you. It’ll likely only encourage the idea that there are no reasons to stay, when there definitely are!

You can also encourage her to make a safety plan. This is a plan that lists a bunch of things to do whenever she’s in crisis (such as when suicidal ideation is getting intense and she’s feeling like she might attempt). The plan can include distractions, helplines, when to go to hospital or call for professional help, friends to reach out to for support, alternatives, etc. We have an outline for a safety plan on our printables page.

Is she currently getting any professional help for what she’s going through? From the way her parents responded, it doesn’t sound like they’re very understanding and recognise that she really needs professional help. Maybe this is something you can try talking to them about (if your friend is okay with that of course). Sometimes an outsider’s opinion can have more effect than the person struggling themselves (sadly). It sounds like her parents just have no clue and were really shocked by her harming herself. It’s not something they understand, they probably thought (or hoped) that by taking away her razor, she’d stop harming herself and not struggle so much. Parents usually hate to see their children struggling. This leads to them sometimes denying it happening or by responding in such extreme ways. They don’t understand self-harm because they haven’t struggled with it (luckily) so their way of thinking is that if there’s no blade, you can’t harm yourself. Unfortunately it doesn’t entirely work that way as there are still all those emotions left to deal with. If they were educated a bit more on the matter, they might understand it more and therefore respond in a better way as well. 

If this doesn’t seem to work out or your friend isn’t willing to risk talking to her parents about it in fear of a worse response (which would be understandable of your friend as well!) then you can maybe look in the possibility of getting her professional help without her parents knowing. Are the two of you currently in school? There usually is a school counsellor that she could talk to. A difficulty is that usually there are laws that if she’s under a certain age, counsellors/therapists/etc. can reach out to a family member if they believe she’s a danger to herself. Which, considering her history of a suicide attempt, might be the case. It might be a good idea to look up what the laws are where you live and to ask the counsellor you speak with before sharing anything, so that you’re sure where you stand! 

I hope this was at least a little bit helpful! If you want to chat more, you can always send in another ask. If you address it to me I’ll answer it as soon as I can so that you don’t have to deal with our entire waiting time again. You can also use our live chat service if one of our live chat admins is online. Take care!

Sometimes what seems impossible, is just hard.Love Pauline

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Congratulations Dan on the acceptance of your audition for Forrest (Nelson) Maxwell Please send us their blog within 24 hours! Forrest is the head of Media Studies and teaches Aftercare.

OOC INFORMATION:

Name/Alias: Dan Pronouns: He/him Age: 23 Timezone: GMT Activity Level (1-10): 9

IC INFORMATION:

Character Name: Forrest (Nelson) Maxwell Face claim: Jared Padalecki Age: 34 Gender Identity & Pronouns: He/him Mark: Sub

BIOGRAPHY:

Forrest always felt like he was a step or two behind his brother. It wasn’t something he blamed Jasper for anymore, but their childhood years were dominated by those feelings of resentment. Wherever Forrest wanted to be, it seemed Jasper was there and doing so much better than Forrest could hope to achieve. Forrest could never hope to the golden child, so he went in the other direction. If he couldn’t have a positive relationship with his parents, he was going to ensure it was negative. If he couldn’t shine on the football team like he wanted to, then he boycotted Jasper’s games to the fury of his parents and studied instead. He was dead set on being as different from his big brother as possible, but perhaps the biggest difference came when he turned eighteen, took the test and was told he was a submissive.

Forrest’s world came seemed to shatter. He couldn’t understand it. He was a tall guy, he was muscular, he wasn’t the stereotypical picture of a submissive at all. He’d been told ever since his growth spurt that he was going to be a dominant, and so he’d taken it as a foregone conclusion. Forrest started staying out late at night, drinking with friends, and sleeping around. He tried dominating some eager little subs, but the realisation that his heart wasn’t in it was enough to drive him to drink even more.

One night in Forrest’s last year of high school, he and some friends were once again drinking while underage. They were in a public park, when a few friends decided, drunkenly, that they would streak through the park. Forrest decided to head home instead, and would forever remain grateful that he’d made that decision. He learned the next day that his friends had been caught by the police and would likely be sentenced to slavery. That was a short, sharp shock to the system for Forrest and while his relationship with his parents and brother was going to take a lot of repair, Forrest was ready to buckle down and take life seriously.

He went to UBC Kelowna, a year after his brother had already graduated. While he was taking life more seriously, he hadn’t managed to figure out exactly what it was he wanted to do with his life. It was during this time that he met Gabriel, at one of the gyms on campus. Gabriel was asking for a spotter, and Forrest practically tripped over himself to offer his services. He denies to this day that he was that eager that fast, but he absolutely was. The pair were inseperable during their college lives together, and a month before graduation, Gabriel claimed Forrest.

Settling into the role of educator was something that Forrest loved. He wanted to help and guide as much as possible, and hopefully help people avoid slavery like he’d managed to do too. When a role in Jasper’s school came up, Forrest was hesitant. He didn’t want old feelings of resentment to resurface, but he knew this was the best chance to work in the career he loved and have a good relationship with his brother. After talking it through with Gabriel, they both agreed it was the best option for both of them.

1. Describe the moment you realized you wanted to be a teacher.

It was late into my first year of college, and I was really struggling. I didn’t know what I wanted to do or be, and it was starting to drag me down in other areas of my life too. My grades began to suffer, so did friendships. Even hook-ups started noticing my bad mood. So I finally talked to my guidance counsellor, and we went through option after option. It was around the seventh career possibility that I realised this guy was spending hours of his own time trying to help me and guide me, and it clicked. I wanted to help and teach, more than anything else.

2. What is your greatest professional achievement?

Helping someone like I was helped. This kid was so upset and we’d bonded a little in class, so he turned to me for help. Apparently I was the only adult he knew he was reasonably would help him. So I did. We met up a few times on campus, we talked through what he liked to do, what he might like to do in the future. And then a few years later, he contacted me to tell me he was starting an internship with NASA.

3. Describe the most difficult choice you’ve ever had to make. How did you make your decision? Do you regret it?

I don’t know that it counts as a choice, but I’m going for it. Deciding to give up on holding non-existant grudges against my family. They, or at least Jasper, did nothing to earn them and I’ve felt lighter and healthier ever since that day in high school. I’ve got better, if not great, relationships with my family now, and I could never regret a decision that led to that. I’m a better person for that decision, and a better relative.