To think that you find out who your friends are

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I am a lone parent and have little support at the moment. I'm struggling and have been self harming and crying daily. I've withdrawn from social media and am clearly not my usual self. My mum lives 5 minutes away and has not called or texted at all. She doesn't offer to help with the dc ever. Most of my friends are not interested either. I have maybe 3 good friends who do ask how I am. When I was feeling really low last week it made it worse that my own mum isn't interested and that people I really thought were friends evidently are not.

See this is it, OP. The help is there but you must tell people that you need it. Email them if you don't feel able to phone. But just like friends and family, the doctors need to be told that you're struggling.

I am sure that if you'd been as frank with people in real life as you have been on here, you'd have got a similar response.

Hi OP,

We’re so sorry to hear that you’re feeling like this. We wanted to share Mind's information with you – it has practical tips on what you can do when you feel like this and where to get urgent help, should you need it. Maybe take a look and see if there’s anything which might be helpful right now.

Please do think about exploring some of the options in the link above. Samaritans are there for you too, 24/7, by emailing [email protected] or calling 116 123. You can also see the resources in our Mental Health webguide.

We're going to move this thread over to our Mental Health topic.

I haven't managed to ring the gp. The engine light came on in my car this morning and I was panicking and have had to get an appointment at the garage. Hope it isn't anything too bad. I also have a lesson observation. I have, however, got a repeat prescription for the anti depressants I was on and I have a referral through from healthy minds so I can get an assessment. So I seem to have bypassed the gp.

I don't need the Samaritans. I really don't see the point. I rang once and didn't find them at all helpful. Made me feel more alone that I had to get sympathy from a volunteer and not friends.