Still Autumn days in the village with lots of support for all kinds of MH problems - depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis etc thread 2

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It's all just so insulting

Oh I agree 100%. The lady I got when I called the Samaritans, feeling suicidal last year, was not good. She huffed a lot and seemed annoyed but like she was biting her tongue...and she could only let me talk or ask very vague questions. No advice can be given etc so it felt pointless and I felt even more hopeless...so I hate that everyone's going on about TS's like they're a magic soloution

I was better off ranting to myself than I was to a huffy stranger on the phone

Yep ranting to ourselves is way better, I've just stopped doing it in public now

I got told (by CPN) to hold my phone to my ear if I was talking to the voices out loud...

Good tip

When I called the Samaritans, I said I couldn't explain my feelings because they hadn't been caused by a specific problem. The response?

"Well if there's nothing wrong you'll need to get over it"

Cheers pal

That is a really good solution snowy I'll have to remember that the next time I'm being insane on the streets of London

I'm a housework ranter...

So I'll angrily wash up and be ranting away. I find it gives me extra elbow grease! Had to stop posting on the other threads as they were making me want to angrily wash up my entire kitchen. Some people are just coooooold.

Vix Wow, thought it was just me who got a bum call.

I spoke to this lady once. Told her my situation, she knew I had DS and I'd told her I sure I would off myself sooner or later as I was too ill to function at the time, and she said "well you couldn't do that to your DS could you" and was mostly quiet, which just made me feel even guiltier and even more alone. So it's annoying seeing lots of people suggest that calling them is the best option. They're no crisis team etc

OMG victrix that's truly but not surprising tbh. I'm sure the responses I got at the time were quite similar.

Yes, he was a delightful man.

Only phoned once

Oh and I'm watching American Horror Story. I love halloween

DS is half american (his dad is from the US, we're not together but it's become a big event/tradition now) so it's a bigger thing for DS than most brits

Evening all, I hope everyone has had an ok day.

I've resisted reading 'the threads' as I thought they would be bad for my blood pressure. The profound lack of understanding of mental illness never ceases to amaze and sadden me.

I cheerier news I've bought a ginormous pumpkin for Halloween. Can't wait to do some carving

I had two fillings this morning. Apart from that it was an ok day , relaxed in the afternoon.

Sounds good orchard enjoy

MP wow a pumpkin

Sorry about the fillings snowy, that's never fun. My DP is a dentist and bores me to tears talking about her work.

Ouch snowy gald ur afternoon has been relaxing

They do try to make it as painless as possible, they put stuff on your gum to numb it before the injection, and wait for the injection to take hold before starting work - I'm fortunate that I am seen by the salaried dental service on the NHS, so I don't have the cost issue on top of the work.

Ooo mp can you ask her a question for me? If someone is having a filling, is there a maximum number of times you can inject them with the numbing stuff? And a picture of your pumpkin creation please!

Sorry to hear about your fillings snowy. Hope it wasn't too bad.

Oh and also a bad (?), unhelpful experience with the Samaritans here. Because I was at university at the time he was adamant it must be stress because I had so much work on. didn't want to listen to anything I had to say, just said I'm sure it's not that, it must be stress because the exams are coming up When in actual fact, that was the least of my concerns.

Glad it's not just me with the odd S'Ms experience

Sorry about the fillings. I hate the dentist. Need a root canal doing under sedation because she injected me 4 times overall and I could still feel it, and ended up totally embarassed, in floods of tears and hyperventiliating... Get a gold cap though

pyrragena yes, apparently there is a maximum number of times you can be injected but she says she never normally gets to that point except in cases where there's an abscess.

I'll also be sure to post a picture of my pumpkin creation. Hopefully the neighbourhood kids will appreciate my efforts.

What's the number? Was given 7 last time, and felt beyond awful after. Took me three years to go for another check up. We're a couple of other things that happened. Just wanted to know how normal it is, or if I'm overreacting.

Gosh root canal's were like an every month occurrence for me at one point orchard and they are bloody painful. I've got a gold cap though at the back of my teeth so no one notices thankfully. I've have had four teeth removed under sedation too quite surprised I have any teeth actually

Oh yes would love to see a pic of the pumpkin MP and I'm sure the kids will love it

Lots of fireworks going off around our place so no chance of an early night I think it's Diwali today.

I'm likely to have to have a filling replaced soon and I want to say if I need more than 3/4 injections stop and try another day. Would that be weird?

I made a pumpkin creation earlier today- soup

There was also a butternut squash involved