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I'm drowning after finding out my son has mental health issues. I desperately need help and hope.

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freckles20 · 04/02/2021 16:49

I know anyone who has a child with poor mental health would struggle.

But I can't cope. I'm not handling this at all. I wish I was able to end my own life because I can't cope with how it's making me feel.

I know this is unbelievably selfish and awful, not normal and an overreaction.

I want to be able to exist, to cope because my wonderful boy needs me.

But right now I wish I was dead.

I've got some antidepressants from my GP but I'm afraid to take them in case they push me over the edge that I feel close to, and because I desperately want to be able to support DS when he needs me.

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EstherMumsnet · 04/02/2021 22:11

Hello OP, we are really sorry to hear you are feeling this way.

We hope you don't mind, but when these threads are flagged up to us we usually add a link to our Mental Health resources. You can also go to the Samaritans website or email them on [email protected]. Support from other Mumsnetters is great and we really hope you will be able to take some comfort from your fellow posters, but as other MNers will tell you, it's really a good idea to seek RL help and support as well.

We also like to remind everyone that, although we're awed daily by the astonishing support our members give each other through life's trickier twists and turns, we'd always caution anyone never to give more of themselves to another poster, emotionally or financially, than they can afford to spare.

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