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Blog entries by SpinachHands

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Coping and Waiting
Nobody's Coming
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This is what my partner would say in the earliest days of their "crash" last December. We were both waiting for the alarm bells to be sounded, and a doctor to come racing in to the rescue after hearing how severe their condition was, ready to help. But nobody was coming. I've been really...
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Coping and Waiting
I think it's over
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I don't really have anyone I think I can talk to about this in real life, but I can't keep it all inside me either. My partner has ended things, they don't love me anymore, and as soon as they're well enough for someone else to look after them, they want me to leave. I think I want to leave too...