sorry about yesterday. I'm gonna email you something if thats ok.

Hi Carrie

sorry to hear your having such a hard time but like jerri said you can phone or e-mail if things are getting to much for you to cope with on your own.

It takes a lot of courage to stop abusers but you did it and that brilliant but the pain doesnt just go away,thats why its good to talk so your not trying to deal with it on your own . stay strong and know that there are people who care x

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Hey there, I'm keiran and I work with 18U as well.

You can email Karen anytime you like, or any of the workers on here, I just saw your posts and wanted to give a quick reply to your question about the confidentiality policy.

It's a little complicated so the best thing to do is call up or pop in and ask about it, I'm going to look at adding it to the website later this week as well but in the meantime a really basic explanation is that we are fully confidential unless there is serious concern for someone's safety, when you first call up or visit though you don't have to tell us your full name and address or anything like that so you will have a certain amount of anonymity which might make you feel more comfortable.

When people come to us for support they can talk about anything they like, we don't do counselling so we aren't going to ask you loads of questions or try to analyse you so you can say as much or as little as you want to.

Quite often young people just pop in for a chat about anything! (Justin Bieber and 1 Direction are banned though :P)

Unless you tell us that something very bad is about to happen to you or someone you know, we won't give any information about you or what you've said to anyone else.

Hope that helps

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Hey everyone im back :) ive been in hospital for awhile. I kinda did something stupid and tried to take my own life. Obversly it didn't work as im still here lol. I ended up in a coma for 3 weeks and had to stay in hospital for nearly 4 weeks after. I dont know wether im glad i woke up or not. I dont know. Anyway just wanted to say hi :)

Hi Carrie,

I hope you're well

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Grrrr i've had enough of this crazy place. Feel like screaming. im on my way :) hope someone is in when i get there

Hi Carrie
im in untill 5 if you want to come down hope your ok x

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sorry i didn't get to see you:( i left with out my mum knowing and cos of what i did last time she calledthe police and they took it seriously. When i was walking they saw me. I told them i was coming to see you guys and they knew who you were but said cos my mum was was worried and called them they had to take me home :( i hate it here. as soon i get chance im leaving this stupid place for good. :'( noone is listening to anything i say and its not fair

Hey Carrie, My name is Michael and i am a volunteer at 18 and Under, sorry you never made it in the other day but i am sure that the police and your family were just worried... even tho that wont help you i know sometimes you just need to escape and chill somewhere you can feel safe, even tho we are closed over the weekend you can still post on here if you need to vent out, and if you want to come down next week then give us a call or email and someone will get back to you and let you know who's in etc.... Plus maybe just letting someone know you are going out for a bit might be a good idea, i know you feel at times you just gotta leave and go but it shows some people in your life do care :) spk soon...

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what am i suppose to do? I can't handle anymore. i can't do it:'( im just going to say goodbye