"putting the SPRING back in our step - village support for depression and anxiety"

[LEMmingaround]

Heres the new thread guys. What is this, thread 9?

This is a thread that is situated in a virtual village of support for those suffering from mental health issues, or just those struggling with what life throws at them.

Please feel free to join in.

Oh no! What will you do? How reliant are you on it?

I use it everywhere. Just have to get through it.

Snowy, thats pants :( how do you manage around the house?

I live in a flat and have help. Hopefully they'll sort it next week.

How's everyone doing?

I hope they sort it too snowy - if its long term maybe try the redcross? sounds daft but they do mobility things for loan, you never know. How are you other than that?

I am doing ok, still struggling with this bastard lump, i am feeling that things were really good between me and DP and now this bloody health stuff again, he took the day off work today, it was nice - but i know my constant seeking reassurance is trying his patience :(

How are you feeling now beer? Can't believe how rude that woman was to you - what a nasty person. Don't give it another thought, we have all had the tantruming child in the shop and felt like we can't even go to the fecking toilet on our own. I had some woman help me manhandle my DD back into her pushchair when she was doing the whole back arch shreiking thing. I think if someone had a go at me i would have punched them :)

It's an electric chair. I'm soso, hoping to go out at the weekend.

(((( LEM ))))

It baffles me why there isn't a 'fall-back' service for this sort of thing. My grandmother was in the same position once for weeks while she waited on a wheelchair. Seems so obvious. Hope you get it sorted, Snowy.

Lem, it sounds to me like things ARE really good between you and your DP. Sounds like he loves you a lot. I understand that anxiety though. Sometimes I wonder how my other half puts up with me.

hope your chair gets sorted soon snowy

2 of my rats are poorly. my fave baby boy has a chest infection - i thought when i took him to the vet earlier i might not get him back but he is on antibiotics and im hoping he will pick up. i am stupidly attached to him. he was a rescue and for some reason we are very attached to each other....
then i found one of my girls in a mess - she seems to have a lump. ill take her to vet tomorrow.
i treated myself to some beauty treatments today - and a back massage. ive never done a massage before but i might book another after ds hearing next week.
im just not looking at my bank balance.

Not good at all today kept crying during dd getting ready for school. Imagining her being the little girl without a mummy. Im going back to the doctor I need to be referred.

Dr has referred me to breast clinic. At least I feel im doing something now. Have diazepam small mercies

Thanks vicar. I hope your rats get better soon I'm glad you've had a referral LEM, I hope it's nothing.

you shouldnt have to wait too long lem

i lost my beloved rat today. im sad. dh was lovely, i rushed him back to vets but despite them desperately trying to save him i got a call from the vet (who is also a friend) to say he needed to be pts. He had pneumonia. i went back to hold him until he went to sleep. i tried to be brave but im afraid i cried and have all afternoon. I love my animals.
i have no idea how old he was because he was a rescue. No one would touch him when i picked him up because he was supposed to be vicious - i took him home and he made himself at home down my top that evening - it was clearly love at first sight.

im so sad and i feel a bit silly - i kept saying "its just a rat" but dh said it didnt matter what he was because he was still my pet and i loved him. I have 8 more but he was my baby and i felt very protective of him. misfits together. He was beautiful with the sweetest face. i love my others but he was just special.

(((( vicar ))))

Oh vicar i am so sorry to hear about your ratty :( I know how much he meant to you and how he helped you heal yourself when things were bad. It is ok to be sad. Rats are very intelligent animals.

(((Vicar)))

thank you all so much for not thinking im being pathetic.
he knew it was me holding him. i know he did and i knew the exact second he wasnt there any more. i couldnt put him down though and kept rubbing his fur and rocking him.
i just felt an affinity with him. i keep wondering if id taken him earlier if it would have made any difference, or if they had given him IV antibiotics yesterday instead of me trying to get them into him orally....he just couldnt eat.
he was just such a vibrant little character and i am going to miss him so much.
i am torturing myself a bit wondering if i could have made a difference if id acted quicker.
im so gutted, i really loved that little man. i wish it hadnt been him. i have had such a shitty shitty week.

Vicar, it wouldn't have made any difference. Ratties are pretty resiliant creatures but once they get really sick they don't tend to do that well. He was very lucky that you found each other - you gave him love and affection in his life that he wasn't getting, even though only for a relatively short time (in human years) that would have been the life he was living at the end. Thats a very special thing you did for him. I lost a rescue dog after only having him a few years, i took great comfort from knowing that he had a chance with us and got to be a family dog and loved, he had some serious issues and was pretty much on death row at battersea having been there for 5 months he was struggling with the environment. We were so lucky to find him, he taught me so much.

Struggling again. The sad thing about this is that it has made me realise I don't have anyone in rl to confide in. Going on bike ride so cant take valium. Fuck this shit

(((( LEM )))) (((( Vicar ))))

Just discovered this thread. Amazed and relieved it's here as really struggling right now, hope it's okay to join

Welcome Appletini

I did ok, but my family could see I was tired I'm feeling really low today, not surprised.

hi all
welcome appletini the village is here for anyone and everyone.
lem are you feeling any better for the bike ride? i struggled to get up again today.
i have however got dressed and gone shopping and for a dog walk with dh. feel a bit better for fresh air and dd has agreed to try running with me so ill have a bit of company and hopefully motivation. im struggling to get motivated with anything at the minute.

snowy - have you had some company today then? any news on your chair?

Appletini everyone is welcome here. If you like you can tell us what it is you are struggling with. No judging, just support xx

snowy family visits can be hard work. I am sorry you feel low. Have they fixed your wheels yet?

Ive had an ok day. Bike ride with dp and dd. Still worrying but a bit more resigned no diazepam -yet!!

How is everyobe else?

X posts vicar - id like to run but it hurts my hip. Maybe if I lose some more weight.