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I need some help I think:(

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OneBrightAzureBiscuit · 02/12/2024 18:30

hi all,
just thought I’d post on here to let things out and see if anyone can offer any advice:(

i dont know what to do. Recently I’ve had really good mental health and been happy up til like few weeks ago when I got abuse from my sister and just a few setbacks like bad thoughts. I thought I was getting better after a life of abuse and bad events but I wasn’t apparently it was all a facade.
I am sleeping all the time, when I wake up I am exhausted and just want to sleep all the time because I just feel so done with life. I want to run away in an ideal world or vanish for good but I can’t realistically. I sleep so much and sleep the time away because I feel so down and done with life. I know all about distraction and believe me I’ve tried but it doesn’t fill the hole.
I took 2mg of diazepam as the doctor called me for a welfare check and prescribed a week’s course. The diazepam worked and made me feel dazed and nice for about an hour or two then it wore off. Was told to call the surgery for a mental health review but the receptionist turned me away and told me that the doctor has instructed them not to put anyone else on the list for today so I had to hang up.
im not looking for sympathy or anything before the troll comments start, I just am looking for some advice I guess and just getting things off my chest. I feel so lonely even when surrounded by friends and family I constantly feel like an alien who doesn’t belong anywhere and is looking in at life. I disassociate 24/7 and haven’t felt normal for many many months maybe years cos I lose track of time and my memory is so bad I only remember day to day then when the next day rolls round I forget what I did yesterday. I don’t understand why because i used to disassociate as a child when I was abused sexually by my father but that stopped when I was 17. I do know life can be lovely and I have experienced that but most the time like now I just feel so down and stuck like a hamster running desperately on an infinite wheel. I am also not working at the moment and on benefits and I feel like the scum of the earth waste of space:( I don’t do it for free money like many people think, I do it because I’ve had jobs before but couldn’t physically turn up because my depression has been so bad. There must be a way out but I feel so helpless plus people haven’t been nice to me. I made a post on here and people assumed I was begging for money because I didn’t list ingredients I had to make a cheap meal out of. I wouldn’t ask anyone for anything I’d rather go without I’m not like that. I have a boyfriend and a best friend but that’s as far as it goes and I know I’m lucky. I shut myself off from other people and acquaintances because I feel they prefer other people and they don’t need me in their lives.
im sleeping all the time, not seeing a point anymore in life but I don’t even know if I’m depressed, like properly depressed. I’ve been diagnosed with trauma, complex PTSD etc in the past and I’ve been very suicidal and angry but the past months I just withdraw into myself and just feel life is pointless and i need to clock out. I don’t know what’s going on with me.
thanks for reading if you did xxx

OP posts:
Wellbeing24 · 02/12/2024 18:47

Dear OP, you are a survivor and an irreplaceable human being, please 🙏 hear that.....you've mentioned PTSD, can you reach out to your mental health team as you mention your GP has recently contacted you for a welfare check. If you are feeling very unsafe please call for help https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health/
Your local rape crisis centre can also provide support and access to counselling https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/want-to-talk/
Sending hugs 🫂💐 xx

nhs.uk

Where to get urgent help for mental health

You may need urgent help for mental health for many different reasons. Some people call it a crisis, an emergency or a breakdown. It's important to know that support is available, whatever you're going through.

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health

Keepingongoing · 02/12/2024 19:24

So sorry you’re having such a hard time, @OneBrightAzureBiscuit. Not seeing a point in life sounds like depression, and depression is very, very hard. I urge you to try again to get that mental health review with the GP. If you can’t see a GP, ring 111.

Also, be aware that benefits claimants, as a group, are convenient scapegoats - and governments exploit that rather than taking responsibility for their failures. Then the media follow on and that influences individuals who can be very harsh and judgmental. But anyone who’s lived with an illness or trauma knows how it is often impossible to work when the symptoms are intense; and we still have benefits in this country so that people don’t starve. You sound fully deserving of benefits at the moment. Please don’t beat yourself up about claiming them 💐 xx

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