Help! Breakdown, homelessness teen daughter.

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I am experiencing another breakdown. I have called crisis team and they are seeing me tomorrow can't see me earlier.

I'm scared. I may be going into hospital which I haven't before. I don't know what this entails.

My daughter has nowhere to go she is 16. We are a tight unit and have been let down by almost everyone else. Her father hasn't seen her in 5 years. But I suspect that's what everyone will tell us to do. He lives hundreds of miles away so it would mean her leaving school and friends and all she knows and me and I am scared he will turn her against me and I'll never see her again, never have the relationship with her I have now which frankly is the only good thing in my life.

She is an amazing person and doesn't deserve to have to deal with any of this.

I can't stop crying, shaking, can barely breathe.

Can anyone tell me what hospital is like (for mh reasons) what would I be allowed to take in/not allowed as I cannot be without my phone as I cannot be out of touch with my girl.

Can anyone please advise or help? I'm drowning here

Brilliant. That's a start already!

Take a photo for yourself before you start and then you can see how much progress you can make in just a few hours! I bet that will spur you on as well. X

Progress feels very slow

Crispbutty have a good day at work

Again I can't thank you all enough for your support

Taken photos not just for today but to remind me where I NEVER want to be again

"She is too old for childrens social care and not old enough for local authority homeless duty."

A16 year old is not too old for children's services.

Hard to breathe

Andnow can I ask how you know?

Still waiting to hear from mh person but they said it might not be till later

My dsis is a sw op , temporary foster care is very commonly used for situations such as this even at age 16 and also for vulnerable 17 year olds.
Is your dd is year 11 or 12.

Could you put the tv on to distract you? Peter Kay carshare is on catch up and funny.

Old tv no catchup plus my hearing is not the best and need to listen for phone calls.

Even when phone on loudest if there's other sounds I won't hear it necessarily.

If it weren't for everything else going on I'd have been for a hearing test

Andnow would it be ok if I pm you?

It's going to be ok, you've done the hardest bit asking for help. Chuck what you can in boxes and bin rubbish. If the weather's dry you could even bag up stuff and put out the back temporarily if you have outside space. I always find a strategicly draped duvet cover over clutter does wonders. The repairs once done will make life easier, and odds on it'll be workmen and not necessarily the LL and they won't care a toss. Hang on in there. X

Workmen are worse

Yes you can pm .

Major issue with foxes and cats here at the rubbish. Most of it now boxed/bagged up in starting to shake so having a sit and a drink

Pm sent

MH services are just underfunded, I've worked in different sections of it for years. I ended up leaving the support side as I just didn't have enough hours in the day and I felt like I was letting people down.

Packing should take your mind of things a bit, I find music helpful. There is some OTC stuff that can help with anxiety but I'm always wary of recommending it despite being "safe" as I'm not trained medically.

Yea I'm not sure what I can take with my meds anyway

But I appreciate the thought.

I get that services are underfunded and short staffed and all that but then a part of me feels 'that's not my fault I still need help'

And I do sympathise with staff at the sharp end. It's not their fault either.

Stuck can't think what to do next. Everything for storage (apart from wifi stuff) and everything coming with us tonight is packed.

Tried calling shelter But closed

Nurse phoned calling again later

When I've been bad before I've read the classics on here, some funny some sad but it's a canny distraction.