Can I just make it clear that I didn't report any posts on this thread.
I kind of wish post was still here though so you could see I'm not overreacting, it was really bullying and nasty. As was keemas post on the other thread - she was picking on someone who's traumatised and belittling their experiences, that is really horrible. I hope she doesn't do it to anyone else whos vulnerable.
You are being very judgemental nana - am I not allowed to be hurt and devastated if someone dismisses my trauma as lies? Takes the piss out of me? You assume I must be overrecting, not that some posters have been malicious and cruel. Stop making assumptions about me. Why am I judged, why am I not accpeted as being in pain and strugging?
Nana - I haven't refused to have DBT. However, from the way they do it round it it strikes me as completely unhelpful for me. Focussing on reducing self harm, impulsiveness etc, whereas what I am disabled by is emotional pain, confusion/dissociating, and intrusive memories/nightmares.
I don't want to be 'rescued'
(assumptions made cos of BPD label again?) I just feel very alone with it all and it helps when someone cares, or at least I dont have to put a face on and pretend to be ok. And others who understand helps too.
I'm not sure who else you think I should be reaching out to? I thought an anonymous forum was the right thing so I don't bother anyone I know.
. I don't know what I'm supposed to do to get it right, I have to hide how I feel from everyone, the NHS won't/can't help, I've learnt to keep it quiet from friends so they don't get annoyed or distant. I thought I was doing the right thing to not bother anyone. I thought I was doing really well to hide it from people. This is what they expect and what the NHS expect.
danger To be honest I think that sometimes what the NHS does offer via crisis team etc- dealing with the immediate problem of how you are feeling right now is actually quite helpful for the majority of the time.
Really? I find I am now excellent at distraction but this doesn't help real life at all. And the slow grinding exhausted depression doesn't seem to lift either. It's just a case of forcing myself on everyday, and it seems to get harder. Distraction is no good for getting stuff done or going to work, where you have to concentrate and can't lose yourslef in something.
What am I supposed to choose to do about the intrusive memories and nightmares? I try to ignore them but end up curled up sobbing, re-living the original event. I can only block it out by dissociating. I can't concentrate when its like this. I dont know what I m supposed to do. Is there a menthod of making them go away or something? I thought therapy was the only thing. Others knowing whats happened to me and understnding and believeing me makes a difference but is very rare, especially as I know Im likely to be disbelieved so generally dont share.
Maybe it's time to draw a line under expecting help from the NHS and looking instead at the things you can do to make your life better.
Ive already written in my above post that I am doing all the things to try to make my life better but its not getting any better. I dont seem to be getting any more capable, im still dragging myself through the days. Adding more stuff 'to do' just means something else doesnt get done.
I also wrote in my above post that I'd given up getting NHS help, but the problem is if i seek support here or in rl people just push me towards services and accuse me if I try to explain why thats not a good idea.
Also I haven't 'isolated myself' as such. Friends have moved away, social situations have changed, as I mentioned in the OP I've not really had proper friends for years, not close ones I can open up to. I've always had to make an effort, always on the fringes of groups.
Im really confused why posters are writing things that ignore what i've written in my posts. Can you see that Im happy to give up on NHS help but its others who keep pushing me to 'seek help'? I end up having to keep explaining the same stuff again and again, like I am here. Cant I just have some support? If its wrong to need support, what am I supposed to do instead? I just feel like everything I do is wrong from someones point of view, someone will always tell me to seek help whilst another says not to, I dont know what im supposed to do! Ive posted here in desperation and people seem to act like im a just a bit low. Everyone wants me to go somewhere else, I thought I'd be safe in this forum but it seems another place I dont fit in. I am desperate. I have nowhere to turn.