I'm falling apart faster

[snowmash]

I had my first psych appointment this week coming, but can't see patient transport getting through (or anyone, carers have been walking this weekend).

Unless we get a sudden thaw, no Christmas with DNs/DSis/family either: I will be housebound until it goes, they would have to cross high hills to get to me (and carers already cancelled).

I worked so hard to keep safe until this appointment, still am...but don't know what I will do (in a non DSH way) if I'm alone, no care, and no plan of help for the future (sleep, PTSD, depression, housing, health in general).

I hope everyone who posts here has a restful/type of Christmas they want/need.

Are you alone now? Have you called the Samaritans? Have they given you any heads up on what they can do if you can't make they appointment? Any friends and family you can go to, to be safe?

The weather is changing every day and with gritters etc you never know if they are going to get to you.

Take care and pick up that phone even if it's just to try and ease your immeidate anxiety for now.

snowmash hang in there. If they really can't get to you (and patient transport is blardy determined at times)make sure you tell someone on the phone how bad you are feeling. Possibly the psych you are going to see can talk to you on the phone.

Keep talking on here as well, remember you joined us on the insomnia thread? And don't let your head tell you that you can't disturb everybody else's cosy christmas with your '''moaning''' - we've all done that and we all know that mental health issues don't stop at christmas and sometimes get worse. My ptsd got worse the first year, I felt I was trying to get in to the light that everyone else was in but i was stuck behind glass.

Hey try not to panic. I know it's hard not to but just take one day at a time.

Could you ring your local crisis team? If you can talk to someone there it might help.

I know it's hard this time of year because everyone expects you to feel jolly, but there are a lot of us here me included that often find Christmas difficult.

Take care x

Thanks all...I've posted on the insomnia thread.