I got discharged from a mental hospital at lunchtime

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Am now home alone with my 6 year old. We are eating jacket potatoes in front of the tv and I feel dreadful about it; I am so zoned out and not present. I am not sure how I am going to make it through the next few days/weeks (I am a single parent). I want to be so much better than I am. I am still very much not well, and am not sure how to go about making myself better.

So sorry to hear you are feeling this way. Do you have a crisis team to speak to?

What are your next steps re help, meds, counselling etc?

Your 6yo is probably very happy eating a jacket potato in front of the tv! They are fed, entertained and have company - that's good

When are community mental health services next coming to see you?

Have you got any support coming in over the weekend from anyone? Professionals or family?

How long were you in hospital for?

Jacket potato in front of the TV sounds perfect.
Don't be so hard on yourself.

It's the sort of thing my dc, now grown up remember as a wonderful memory.

I understand how you feel. I’ve been sectioned several times and coming home is really strange. I always felt unsafe and am amazed how little support you get on discharge. It’s especially hard at weekends. All I can suggest is keep reaching out to talk. There’s SHOUT who are great by text but do get extremely busy then obviously the Samaritans too. Your crisis team should support but they can be a bit hit and miss. The resources are just not there it seems. I was in hospital overnight this week following an overdose and had one follow up call from my MH team and then nothing more. If you need to offload then feel free to DM me. Have you got family and friends who can support you this weekend?

Thank you all so much. TV has become too much of a fixture recently. Have only been in for a week, am very grateful to her Dad for being able to have her while I was in there, and am seeing the crisis team tomorrow, but tonight is feeling difficult. I just want to be well.