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Domestic abuse
A few years ago I was diagnosed with bi polar. My ex husband continuously told me I was sick and was physically abusive. I got help with my adult daughter and my diagnosis of bipolar was taken away and a new diagnosis of complex ptsd due to abuse was put in place, I'm now coming off of all meds. My 15 year old witnessed…
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Doctors Care coordinator
Hi all, can anyone help me . I've had a sudden text yesterday from my Doctors saying a Care Coordinator wants to come and visit me 'at Home'...I suffer with debilitating anxiety, don't deal at all well with Strangers, and ever since the text my minds doing cartwheels with worry. I'm 58yrs old, got various complex health…
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Why is NHS counselling helpful, but the other part has failed to help?
I have been getting NHS counselling for my anxiety but I got some tools that I can now use for now but for now the only issue that not NHS counseling has not helped me with is my mother's anxiety and keeps trying to help me when I'm overwhelmed. I have also been also on Sertline 50gm but it is only helping with my anger…
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Family trouble
I guess this belongs in this category as it pertains to my mental health problems but it's also a wider family problem. I got into a discussion with my kids online (half of them live elsewhere, half at home) and they complained that I was off my meds. This is because one of the kids at home saw me measuring out my prozac…
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Some days feel okay, and then suddenly everything feels heavy again
There are days where I feel like I’m finally getting a handle on things. My thoughts feel clearer, I’m more productive, and everything seems manageable. But then, without any clear reason, the next day feels completely different. The same tasks feel overwhelming, and there’s this heaviness that’s hard to explain. It’s…
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Change
Everyyhing in my life is changing i lost my darling fifi my neighbour of 23 yeara passed away at christmas my dad is ill i dont think he will last this year my psychtrist is leaving they are working on my neighbours house for new tenents god i cant cope with change everything is so overwelming i was really trusting my…
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HI
just want to pop on and say hi not been very well my mental health lost my sister that cared for me before xmass and nonstop chest infections that hospital havnt been clearing want me to take sterionds at home but live my own and have out of control sugars .so walked out docs and said put me in hospital to be watch when…
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The Day I Realised Healing Isn’t Loud”
I didn’t have a “breaking point” the way people describe it in films. No dramatic moment. No sudden collapse. Mine was quieter. It was waking up one morning and realising I was tired… not just physically, but deeply, mentally tired. The kind where even replying to a message feels like climbing a mountain. And the strange…
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is it just a rebound from servere depression? and any thoughts on diazpam?
Hello and good day, I guess im back with some questions if anyone else has depression with irritability creep up on them after a while and youre then suckered in, maybe 2 months before i felt it but i hid it well then it just absorbed me until i needed help but couldnt see it. I was able to function more today i did some…
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Hi, my name is itsstillme! Feel alone and targeted since moving house
Hello, I am new to this. I’m here because it’s a lonely world out there and I’m fed up of being alone. I moved house 4 years ago to something more suitable for me, unfortunately that move became the worst decision I could have possibly made. I have been treated differently and targeted relentlessly because I have certain…
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Soumitra - How do I cope with social isolation or loneliness?
Hi everyone, My name is Soumitra [Removed by moderator - personal information], an Oxford-based entrepreneur & photographer. I’m looking for ways to improve my workplace skills and boost my confidence at work. I’d love to hear from others who have experience in this area. Do you have any strategies, tips, or resources that…
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will for my dog
I want to have a will for my puppy if i die does anyone know how i can do that so he is taken care of?
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Autism and mental health are fake?
having had a later in life diagnosis of autism myself in 2021 (no help and support out there for autistic adults) I was looking for something else on Google and I started to find a lot of articles suggesting that not only autistic people are pretending to be autistic, faking their symptoms and that in others mental health…
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Hi, my name is chloelambert86! Thinking about starting CBT or DBT
Hello, I have just found this community through an online search for advice surrounding mental health and benefits. I was recently prescribed antibiotics depressants (sertraline) to help me through a difficult time. I have a past of using recreational drugs to help me get to a place of calm and handle life's stresses. I…
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How to deal with negative thoughts?
At night my mind keeps replaying negative thoughts and it makes it hard to sleep peacefully. It feels exhausting and makes the next day harder at work.
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streesed out
i,m so stressed with life, not coping very well
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Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change
trying to stay positive and have hope I had to leave work in November as my walking has got worse and now I am starting to run out of money by the end of this month I will be in arrears of rent and bills what can I do I can’t get any benefits as I have money tied up in investment locked in for another few years it brings…
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Too sensitive to live
I'm realising that I am too sensitive to live in this world. I can't have normal relationships/friendships without catastrophic over thinking that either drives me mad or drives the other person mad meaning I'll lose them anyway at some point when I drive them away. I am currently looking after a friends pets whilst…
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💙 Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Awareness Week 💙
BDP is very complex, and often misunderstood which is why this awareness week is so important. It is estimated that around 1-2% of the adult community live with BPD, that’s over 1 million people in the UK. Of which over 75% are women. But what's really concerning is that 85% of people with BPD will attempt suicide and 10%…
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Future welfare cuts
Alan Milburn going after the long term sick
