-
Disabilities Counselling with a Therapist who has the Same or Similar Disability
Disabilities Counselling with a Therapist who has the Same or Similar Disability We are the first and probably the only counselling service that supports adults with a varied range of disabilities with specialist counsellors who have Disabilities just like you. Most of our services are available for NHS-Funded Applications…
-
Is it me?
Okay so anytime I try to talk to people and they talk over me (which happens alot) after a while it's like I can't handle being cut off anymore and I just lose my s**t. I've tried to talk to people about how it makes me feel when they do that but they just continue to do it and then I end up being the bad one because I've…
-
Brain
Hi, I've been up since 3.30 again,,, it's driving me mad,,, I tried to stay up past 11pm so I can get back to a normal pattern. It doesn't work. I wake up and I am reliving things I don't want to talk about, it's like I'm back there, it's so surreal. I am on meds and doctor has said I can increase if I want to,, but I'm…
-
A week of ups and downs
I have passed through a week of ups and downs. It’s a joy to support people claiming Universal Credit and bringing peace in challenging situations. Civil Service Pensions were only 10 days awry in getting into payment (1st payment) and lump sum. Joy looking forward to my son and his fiancée’s wedding in January and able to…
-
Mental health mobility heart failure and lung problems
I'm trying to keep warm as I know that everyone else is struggling they say that you have to keep your heating on at 21deg and less and I fall all over I contacted my electric company and said that they have taken £1400 in 7 months and they take £199.00 a month direct debit payment they said that there is nothing they can…
-
Does depression have a face?
I was really saddened to hear a friend recently committed suicide but there was no obvious signs. I feel in myself there’s obvious signs that I’m depressed but even some have judged they haven’t seen it in me whereas others have. Can you tell if someone is suffering with depression?
-
C-ptsd recovery diary - many blessings 🙏🏻
What's important Eating - 3 meals a day pls Sleeping - at least 8 hours. Try get up at 7-8 9 at a push Drinking enough water - you need lots baby girl Fresh air every day - you need to go a 10 minute walk - try make it more and more each time. This is important. Outside isn't dangerous. You CAN handle yourself. I know you…
-
Easy target for scammers
Hi hope every one okay. Today has been awful was selling my phone for extra money for Christmas.guy came round 3.30 pm was arranged. He checked phone which was selling for £550 I said I would take £525 . Did a bank transfer from his metro bank to my NatWest.Keft before payment showed up. It didn't show up I feel so stupid…
-
In actual need of Psychiatrist.
I have been begging for a therapist for years but all of my problems get put down to autistic difficulties so nothing comes of it. I was once told I’ve not been through enough trauma by the crisis team… In the past 2 years I’ve been abandoned by my mother, been homeless, my friend and roommate committed suicide, me and my…
-
Help for employed home owners with mental health
Hi everyone. I'm new to the group, & this may not even be the right group for me, but I'm struggling to find the answers I need trawling through internet pages etc, so hoped that maybe someone here has faced the same predicaments as me & can share how they dealt with the issues. For some time now, I have been quietly…
-
Hi, my name is Denis, I'm here to learn.
I'm the partner of an amazing person who's life has changed due to a disability that might have had a potential surgical solution but sadly hasn't resulted in a an outcome that can return us close to or to where we were. Seeking support.
-
Who can diagnose MH conditions?
Something is puzzling me but who can actually diagnose mental health conditions? Is it the GP? Is it an IAPT service? Or should it be psychologist or psychiatrist?
-
EMDR experience?
Hi :) I was 8 sessions into a 14 session cbt counselling block when the counsellor (on discussion with her seniors) felt my PTSD was too complex for the type and length of therapy she could offer. She has referred me instead for EMDR which I’m really nervous about. I’m already devastated to have to try to rebuild another…
-
Effects of cancer meds driving me to distraction.
My mental health is going downhill due to the effects of cancer medication. It has affected my mobility and now its driving me crazy because my hair has thinned and is dropping out all the time. Every time a hair falls out it itches until I can comb it out, this happens all the time and I spend all day doing it. I have…
-
I need to rant, I'm fed up in my journey..
I'm going to keep this brief and stick everything in bullet point but I'm so fed up, today I've been in tears to the crisis line about the way the last few years have gone in terms of getting help and support. Anyway here goes * Always struggled with mental health since being a kid in terms of anxiety and avoidance and…
-
Would you be interested in a daytime zoom coffee & chat for disabled people?
Hi. Sadly I don't know of any ways of connecting with other disabled people in an easy and accessible way. Sadly I'm not able to be as active and since having to stop work & written off as unfit by OH I have felt I should try not to isolate so much but definitely easier said than done. I was thinking of zoom sessions as an…
-
A Drift [Content Warning: reference to sexual assault]
Yesterday was a really bad day for me, I had an argument with my mother ,arguing is something i hate doing as i find it pointless and annoying . I am 46 a single parent and was diagnosed with dyspraxia and dyslexia at the age of 44. its darkened my whole life it feels like i am living in the shadows . since i was diagnosed…
-
Managing mental health
Hi, as I work in mental health I wondered how you guys manage your mental wellbeing and would there be anything else you would find beneficial out there?
-
Hi, my name is sati! What help can I get with PTSD, Depression and Agoraphobia?
Hi I would like to know what help I can get help with I suffer from ptsd and depression and my doctor has told me I'm also suffering from agoraphobia, I find it hard to go outside on my own
-
Medicated aged 12 - Struggling to cope with my BPD
Hi, I was diagnosed with BPD around 5/6 years ago. Everything fits me to a T and I definitely have it. Since diagnosis, I’ve never received ANY support for my mental health, psychotherapy/counselling or anything of the sort, all that’s happened is my medication had continually been increased (to an amount now which I do…
