Gibsonhasafluffybutt comments on Discussion Thread 🦕 Tuesday 8 July 2025

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I know how to describe what's happening.

My life feels neglected while I was taking suboxone. Now I'm awake and it's like "where is everything?".

It hurts a bit.

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[–] TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

deep thoughts for 7am which may or may not be relevant

Maybe what you're feeling is grief for the time spent on suboxone - grief for the wasted time. But taking it may well have been a higher priority at the time, and so should not be regretted in the overall scheme of things. Feel the grief, and move on. This takes courage, which you have in plenty.

EDIT: Like a broken leg: you go to hospital and a plaster cast is put on, then when the bone has healed the cast comes off and your leg is shrunken and muscle wasted, so you do physio to get back function in the leg. Then you can put away the crutches and walk forward freely. In this analogy, the cast was was suboxone, the grief is the physio. Eventually you'll walk forward freely. The physio is not wasted - it's a necessary step in healing.

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you ❤️

It makes sense and the analogy is accurate. There is a panic to make up for lost time as quickly as possible.

Which can't be done, which then turns into frustration and sadness.

You've given me a lot to think about, thank you :)

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