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can't cope

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smudgedred · 06/09/2010 08:05

Really struggling again, all i want to do is walk out and not come back but then who would care for ds1 and 2? I love them to bits but can't handle it when ds2 is crying and ds1 wants me to play all the time. need a break but never seem to get it, and when i do i dont want the kide or dh to come back. i feel really guilty for even thinking that coz i love them all so much. got so much going on in my head i feel like im ready to explode. HV and my psych not in till tomorrow so feels like i got no one i can turn to. dh is disabled so it means i have to run around after him a lot (he helps when he can) as well as the kids. feels like i just wanna scream, cry, cut and take an overdose just so i can numb things out for a while. dont know what to do anymore. im on antidepressants but they dont seem to be helping much.

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sorrento56 · 09/09/2010 14:03

You really have to just take things a minute at a time. Maybe you can suggest to the people coming round that you all got for a walk together or you ring your partner and tell him you would like him to take over for half an hour when he gets in so you can go for a walk. My DH came home and did everything for me last night and will again tonight as I need him too.

Notquitegrownup · 09/09/2010 14:06

It sounds as if there may be a control thing going on for you. You want to go out but you can't, as people are coming round, which means that circumstances are out of your control, which is very frustrating for you, and makes you want to cry.

I hate things being out of my control too. Doing something helps - hoovering, or washing/drying up is a good one, (specially if I polish the draining board afterwards) as it makes me feel more as if I can make things happen in my life - even small things, and that's a nice feeling.

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Notquitegrownup · 09/09/2010 14:17

And/or you can have a 'good cry' too - specially if you are hurting inside. But Sorrento's suggestion of a walk altogether with your visitors sounds like a good compromise. Smile

Hope your afternoon goes well.

smudgedred · 09/09/2010 18:01

got an appointment with psyke on monday. in laws have gone now, took ds2 for a small walk earlier to get him to go to sleep and that helped a bit, feeling better again now.

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smudgedred · 10/09/2010 07:10

feeling really rubbish again today, had quite a bad night so that didnt help. gonna go and have ciggie in a min and hope that helps. going out later so that will keep me busy for a while. kids still asleep, but they had bad nights so i dont blame them.

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Notquitegrownup · 10/09/2010 10:33

Hope that your day gets better SR. Things always seem worse after a bad night.

Try to time it so that you get some donwtime when the baby sleeps. If your toddler doesn't sleep at the same time, can you put on a good dvd for him then, whilst you curl up on the settee with him, (under a duvet if necessary?)

smudgedred · 10/09/2010 17:13

ds2 not sleeping great at the moment, keeps waking up which means i cant relax. ds1 keeps screeching near him and it akes him up. so annoying. can barely keep my eyes open at the moment. got splitting headache coz im so tired. just want to forget my past so i can sleep tonight.

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Notquitegrownup · 10/09/2010 18:47

Oh Sweetheart, can you focus on your little ones, and try to think of them, until you can get some real help to deal with your past? It will take a while, I know.

(I sometimes take a sleeping bag into my little ones' room, if I can't sleep. I find looking at a sleeping toddler/listening to their breathing wonderfully relaxing, now and then - until they wake up of course!)

Thinking of you.

smudgedred · 10/09/2010 20:34

just wanna cut so bad at the moment, not sure how much longer i can stop myslef. at least the boys are asleep at the moment. hoping they dint wake up, just wantthem to have a good noght so i wont be so down tomorrow. smile, keep pretending i guess, as usual

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smudgedred · 11/09/2010 07:33

didnt get a lot of sleep last night, even though the boys went earlier than usual. thing is, ds2 woke earlier than usual this morning. feeling liek crap again (no change there then). going to meet my dad in town then got that party tonight so will be kept busy all day. yet all i want to do is rest and do nothing. just need to claw back some sanity before i go completly over the edge. why the f* do i feel like this. feel so angry at the moment with myslef.

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Notquitegrownup · 11/09/2010 13:46

Smudgered I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling grim again. I don't know anything about your past - do you want to tell us? But I would hazard a guess that you feel angry with yourself, because you haven't yet been able to deal with what happened to you. It may well be that that anger should rightly be directed at someone else, someone who has hurt you badly in the past. But at the moment, all of your feelings are tangled up inside you and you are not in a place to sort them out yourself.

It may not feel like it to you, but you are doing so well! You are living two lives at the moment - the one in which you care for and look after your two little boys (and your dh too) and the one where you are trying to look after yourself. Not surprisingly, you are struggling to do it all. That's why you need, and deserve, some help.

Enjoy that party tonight if you can. Sleep well if you can. Then there is just one more day until you can see your psyke on Monday.

smudgedred · 12/09/2010 08:05

dh keeps saying i should be angry at them not mtself as well but how can i not hate myself and be angry at myself when i didnt stop them? i know its my fault it happened, they told me enough times

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BubbaAndBump · 12/09/2010 08:52

I don't know/understand enough to give advice but don't want you to feel alone here on MN, so just letting you know you are being listened to.

Who does your DH think you should be angry with? I agree you shouldn't be angry with yourself (or your DCs) but I couldn't understand your last post.

Notquitegrownup · 12/09/2010 12:41

BubbaandBump, Smudgered is talking about people who have sexually abused her in the past.

Smudgered, I am no expert, but I know enough to know that people who sexually abuse vulnerable people do tell them that they contributed to it/invited it and that it is their fault. That is part of the evil 'grooming' process, which allows them to get away with what they do and allow them to continue getting away with it. You believed them, because if people tell you something often enough, no matter how wrong they are, we do come to believe them - particularly if you are a child at the time. That is why counselling/group support is an essential psrt of recovery, so that we can sort out our heads and sort out what is right and wrong, and go back in our minds and help the abused child to understand that she did nothing wrong, it was not her fault and although she was told that it was, that was part of the abuse.

If, heaven forbid, anyone tried to hurt your children and told them that it was their fault, you would not let them get away with it, would you? It's an evil lie. The adult/the one with the most power is always the one who must take responsibility for what happened. They started it. They could stop it, at any time.

When you have been told different things by different people, it's a good life rule to look at the life of the person who is telling you. Look at "their" lives, then look at your dh. Who has the best relationships with their own family/children? Who cares for other people? Who is the gentlest/happiest person - them or your dh?

You can learn not to hate yourself. You can learn that it was not your fault, with the help of others. There are people out there who have been through the same thing, and who understand how to help you. You can stop feeling like this and move on, so that you will be happy one day, and they won't steal your future from you, as they stole your childhood.

You can move on with your precious little ones, and be happy together.

Thinking of you.

Notquitegrownup · 12/09/2010 12:46

Sorry, that was long, but I'm really really Sad and Angry for you, that they have left you feeling like this.

It's good that you are still posting, Smudgered, and putting your feelings into words, and it is good too that you can talk to your dh about your feelings. I know that there are no easy answers for you, and that words can't make awful things go away, but they can start to help. Smile

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smudgedred · 12/09/2010 18:29

i was drugged and raped by 3 men at 13.

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BubbaAndBump · 12/09/2010 19:46

Shit. Very sorry :(

No wonder you have dark and sad thoughts occasionally. I don't know anybody who has sailed through the 2nd child's first few months without tears and feelings of frustration, and they are mums without difficult backgrounds. I assume you've contacted some organisation such as mind to discuss these things with professionally? AFAIK they're free (with a voluntary contribution if you can afford it).

smudgedred · 13/09/2010 06:39

there is a group in exeter my psyke has referred me to, got appointment for that on 20th so not long

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Notquitegrownup · 13/09/2010 11:05

Good morning Smudgered.

So Angry and Sad to hear about what happened to you.

Really hope that the group next week is helpful to you and that you find some good rl support.

smudgedred · 13/09/2010 12:55

thanks. saw psyke today and was able to talk a little, btu was so upsetting couldnt talk a lot. got another appointment with her next friday so hopefully will be able to talk more to her then. she gave me some info on sh so mabye that will help.

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smudgedred · 14/09/2010 07:57

hardly got any sleep last night and ds1 is running about shouting. just hoping he doesnt wake ds2 up. feel like shit again (no change thwere then). got all these thoughts and feeling running arund inside me and i cant make sense of them.

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Notquitegrownup · 14/09/2010 10:31

Sorry to hear that you had a bad night last night, Smudgered. Lack of sleep always makes emotional things so much harder to deal with.

Are you able to get ds1 outside this morning to wear him out? It's trying to rain here, but hasn't started yet. Any plans for later on?

It's not surprising that you have awful thoughts and feelings inside you, waiting to get out. But it will take time. In the meantime, you are doing an amazing job, caring for your two small boys, whilst you need and deserve someone to look after you too.

It probably seems a long time until your group meeting next Monday, doesn't it? Can you talk to your dh today? How is he doing? In the meantime, keep on posting on MN - and don't forget that you can always, always call the Samaritans on 08745 90 90 90. They can't change things but they will listen and be there for you, if you need someone, until Home start and the group meetings kick in.

Thinking of you.

smudgedred · 14/09/2010 14:53

just been sortiing through the boys bedroom, trying to make more room in there and need to get out bigger clothes for ds2. home start got in contact yesterday and they have a volunteer woh is going to come and see us at the end of the month so thats good. dh is being very good at the moment, he is in a lot of pain with his foot but is helping out with the boys a bit which is helping.

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smudgedred · 15/09/2010 08:08

had a majorly bad night, didnt get boys to sleep till late, then ds2 kept waking for his dummy till gone midnight. keep thinking they are going to come and hurt the kids now ive told, they warned me not to tell and said if i did they would hurt me even more, and now i told my psyke they are gonna get my boys arent they? why am i so stupid, putting my boys lives at risk just so i can get over this?! such a bad mum, my boys dont deserve me. hows the f*k could i endanger their lives like this? they will get my boys coz its the only thing that will hurt me, they did too much before and couldnt physicallly harm me more than they did, but my boys are innocent and dont deserve to be bought into this mess. why the f*k didnt i keep my big mouth shut? why do i always mess things up so worried now for my boys. what have i done to them by talking?

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Notquitegrownup · 15/09/2010 10:45

Oh Smudgered Sad Sad Do you still know these people? Are they still around? I know that they are very, very real to you, but unless they know you now, you have not put your little ones by talking about what happened to you. Your psyke has to keep it confidential and not to tell anyone. We don't know who you are, and cannot tell anyone.

By saying it outloud, you have made it more real again for yourself, and brought some of the hurt out into the open, but you have not announced it to the world. You have told a medical professional, who has to keep it confidential.

This was 13 years ago, and these evil men terrified you with threats to keep you quiet. They knew they were doing wrong and needed you to keep quiet. Sadly they may well have gone onto hurt many other people since and may not even remember each event/each person. Sad Sad

If you do still see these men, then you may need different advice . . .

Thinking of you