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Last year a family member died overseas, and literally no one asked if they could help me cope with the loss.
I just went to a few counselling sessions but found it unhelpful, and my new job got in the way.
My new job was fast paced and I received no support and was fired.
I stayed in a house for a few months while a family member was overseas and started thinking about adult content creation as a means to earn money.
Immediately I was used for my money and bullied online for wanting to get involved.
Eventually I was used by an adult content creator for their own gain and afterwards they rejected me, as did all the others.
Desperate for work I started a stressful new job and quit after a week, my job agent offered no moral support.
Shortly afterwards I decided to try to get into escorting and it ruined my mental health.
Only in the last 2 weeks I have started to talk about it and a couple of my support workers have shown no genuine concern.
Even one of them gaslighting me, after they forced me to tell them everything.
My job agents have no concern for my wellbeing and offer me minimum wage jobs with the least shifts.
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Hey blackbubblegum,
Welcome to the Forums! Thank you for posting here. We are glad that you have found us. We can see that it has been an incredibly difficult time.
What you have been through in the past year is a lot for anyone to deal with. We are so sorry for the loss of your family member, and for the challenges that you have faced with work. Grief and job loss are incredibly challenging by themselves, let alone both happening within a short timeframe.
You have a lot on your plate. If you ever wanted to talk, please know that the Beyond Blue Support Service is here for you on 1300 22 4636. They can help you talk this through and will also be able to help you plan what's next so that you have that support in place. We'd also highly recommend talking to Griefline, on 1300 845 745 (6am to midnight AEST every day).
We hope that you find some comfort here from our wonderful community, and please feel free to keep us updated on how you're going too. This community is here for you, any time 💙
Kind regards,
Sophie M
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Thank you Sophie. I don’t feel a sense of community here, except for yourself not one person has reached out.