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imaging things in my head thats not real

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fee25 · 10/09/2013 20:42

i keep on imaging things in my head that is not real but wish it could. its like am actually acting it out in my head that i then believe its is actaully happening and then when a realise its not real i get upset

sorry if its confusing to understand but ive been like this since a teenager and i dont understand why and wish i could stop

i get things in my head that i feel like i need to do and right now i feel like taking loads of tablets

please help

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spanky2 · 10/09/2013 20:48

You need to go to the doctor if you have a strong impulse to take all the tablets . Put them in your outside bin. I have a vivid imagination but do you feel it is something more? I sometimes run situations through my head as I have a fear of confrontations .

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fee25 · 10/09/2013 20:52

i think its something more, i see my.concilour on thursday but dont know how to tell her, its really confusing. i get attached to people very easy and i imagine situations with them but there all completly made up and not realistic

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spanky2 · 10/09/2013 20:59

To get the most out of it just be honest . The counsellor is not there to judge . You won'tbe the first person . I found counselling really helpful . You have explained quite well already and your counsellor has been trained to know what these things mean.Smile

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fee25 · 11/09/2013 10:15

i mite write it down cuz i get very nervous talking and usually comes out wrong

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fee25 · 11/09/2013 12:10

ive just took 8 venlafaxine what should i do? i dont want to go to hosp or that

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janetaylia · 11/09/2013 13:12

8 venlafaxine won't be too dangerous, but you need to go to A&E regardless. ask to speak to the on-call psychiatrist or crisis team. tell them about your overdose and your intrusive thoughts. they WILL help you.

go now. don't put it off. you need immediate help.

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fee25 · 11/09/2013 13:33

i feel like i cant, ive done this before in feb alot worse than this time scared they will keep me in hosp this time i see my councillor tomorrow but dont think i will tell her

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janetaylia · 11/09/2013 13:39

if they hospitalise you it's for your own safety. don't be scared. you can go in as 'voluntary' ie not on a section. i did a month inpatient last year and it saved my life.

please, get the help you clearly need.

valiumredhead · 11/09/2013 13:41

GP asap, seriously x

Havea0 · 11/09/2013 13:45

From what I have read on here, nothing much happens in hospital. It doesnt seem to be very scary. A bit more like a place to give people time to help them sort things out.

janetaylia · 11/09/2013 13:58

it really is a safe place, where you can sort your head out. and when you get discharged, you will have a community support team in place. i still see my cpn etc almost a year later.

Faerieinatoadstool · 11/09/2013 14:09

You do need to see a doctor as the help you are getting doesn't seem right for you. I'm on venlafaxine too n that isn't a really dangerous dose but if it is more than your body is used to you will get side effects so you need to make sure you ( and your dcs) are safe. The imagining is probably a coping mechanism and the fact you know it isn't real is good but you do need to be honest about it so that you can get the right treatment. Let us know how you get on x

valiumredhead · 11/09/2013 14:21

It's a very good way to get proper support ime.

sisterofmercy · 11/09/2013 15:32

You could print this thread out and show your counsellor perhaps as I think you have described it pretty well and they will know what you mean. Don't be too afraid of the hospital - it's not as bad as in your nightmares and you might not go there anyway.

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fee25 · 11/09/2013 18:35

couldnt bring myself to go to hospital, i now starring to feel really sick, shaky and sore head

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valiumredhead · 11/09/2013 18:37

Seek help now, you have to what other choice is there? Go now x

spanky2 · 11/09/2013 18:42

Try not to feel afraid . If you had appendicitis you wouldn't say I'm not going to the hospital . Your medication doesn't sound like it is helping you much . You deserve the right treatment .

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fee25 · 11/09/2013 22:10

if i do tell my councillor tomorrow will she put me in hospital?

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Messupmum · 11/09/2013 22:16

I don't think you'll be admitted, due to personal experience of this kind of thing. But it might be different in different areas.

Havea0 · 11/09/2013 22:56

Which part of going to hospital are you afraid of?
Tell your councillor tomorrow.

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fee25 · 11/09/2013 22:59

getting kept in cuz then i will have to tell my partner etc and they cant find out

if my councillor told me to o to hospital i will prob walk out

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Havea0 · 11/09/2013 23:02

[hugs]
And you dont think that he would be supportive?

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fee25 · 11/09/2013 23:08

getting kept in cuz then i will have to tell my partner etc and they cant find out

if my councillor told me to o to hospital i will prob walk out

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fee25 · 11/09/2013 23:10

no last time he was angry with me and went all weird on me :( what would happen if i did walk out from the councillor appointment?

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Havea0 · 11/09/2013 23:15

I have no idea about the councillor appointment. Sorry. Someone else will have to say about that.

I am sorry about your partner. That must be very hard for you.
Maybe he is frightened, amd doesnt understand well.