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Is anyone around to talk?

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LittleMissPetty · 22/04/2018 23:49

Please help I need talking down. I'm feeling so lonely. When I was younger and feeling like this I'd self harm or go for a walk - night walks were the best. I can do neither now but feeling horrible and getting to the hysterical stage. I want to cry my eyes out but that feels worse but can't stop them. Please tell me a story or your day or anything.

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LittleMissPetty · 23/04/2018 00:20

TheSecretMole are you ok? Thank you for everything tonight I really appreciate it. I hope you're ok though. It's shit isn't it

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LeslieKnopefan · 23/04/2018 00:23

Hello. Here to chat too, after long dark depression I’ve started seeing some light the last 2 weeks and it is worth fighting for.

It seems you might need to be back on meds long term, I am and now I accept I need them and will take a lot for me to ever come off them.

TheSecretMole · 23/04/2018 00:23

Get 13 reasons off! There’s lots of comedy on there - anything you like? Something silly like the In Betweeners or Little Britain, or Friends?

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LittleMissPetty · 23/04/2018 00:24

My DD is amazing, seriously she saved my life the day she was born and has done every day of her life so far. She'll be 13 next week and she is so smart and mature and witty. I always joke that she must have been swapped at the hospital because there's no way someone as wonderful as her could be related to me. I get so worried about her though as there are signs of not good stuff and I don't know how to help her.

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TheSecretMole · 23/04/2018 00:25

I’m a lot better now thanks, but earlier I really couldn’t see a way through it. There are lots of us on here who have felt the same and who have come out the other side. I’m still on Sertraline and am a whole lot better than I used to be.

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LittleMissPetty · 23/04/2018 00:27

So glad to hear it secret mole. I know I'll get through it as I always do .... But you can't see it at the time

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TheSecretMole · 23/04/2018 00:28

Your DD sounds lovely. 13 is a very difficult age. What sort of problems is she having? Whatever it is - she is lucky to have a loving and caring Mum who is up worrying about her past midnight.

ew1990 · 23/04/2018 00:28

It sounds like you've done a brilliant job,

I have no advice in regards to how your feeling but just wanted you to know your not alone.

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LittleMissPetty · 23/04/2018 00:28

13 reasons why is off. I've just found French and Saunders is on there; haven't watched that since it was on tv

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Bexter801 · 23/04/2018 00:30

Your dd is sleeping you said,how old is she?

ew1990 · 23/04/2018 00:31

Ahh - I like to read through some old mumsnet classic threads, always make me laugh

ResurrectedGoldfish · 23/04/2018 00:31

I get that too, sometimes. When things get really bad it’s almost like being in a dream, or like you’re outside, watching reality through a tv. It used to terrify me, but I now know it’s called disassociation and is a recognised symptom of many many mental health issues. It’s a horrible feeling though, but it’s a treatable thing xxxxx

Today I have been writing an essay on the impact the Curriculum for Excellence has had on attainment levels in children with additional support needs. Gripping stuff. Though my 3 yr old told me this afternoon that he’d turned into a dinosaur 🦖 and refused to speak in anything other than roars for the rest of the day, so that was entertaining... xxxx

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LittleMissPetty · 23/04/2018 00:31

I will carry on talking but can I just say now before I forget that you are all wonderful people and I appreciate you taking the time to talk to me; I'm still shaking and crying but no longer feeling panicky and hysterical. Thank you all so so much.

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Bexter801 · 23/04/2018 00:32

Oh my bad,just seen she's 13....

TheSecretMole · 23/04/2018 00:32

Good idea re classics threads! I usually don’t laugh out loud but can’t help it with some of those

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LittleMissPetty · 23/04/2018 00:33

Talking in roars sounds great - I may try that at work tomorrow (obviously not - I don't want to add unemployment to everything)

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TheSecretMole · 23/04/2018 00:34

That’s ok Flowers You’ll get through it, and hopefully tomorrow morning you will be able to think more clearly

Bexter801 · 23/04/2018 00:35

I have 2 kids,wooo they keep me busy....1 day I'm loving life,the next a trip to the shop takes all my effort. Try remember that op,no two days ars the same Smile

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LittleMissPetty · 23/04/2018 00:36

Your essay sounds like it would actually be interesting to read - I would imagine the result for children with special educational needs is not good (speaking as someone with no clue about such things)

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ResurrectedGoldfish · 23/04/2018 00:36

Good call on French and Saunders! I was going to suggest The Vicar of Dibley. I’d marry Dawn French if we weren’t both straight and already married to other people.

ew1990 · 23/04/2018 00:37

Secret I like the one of the man who just found out he's going to be a grandad, he comes back once a month with an update - always makes me smile.

I think it's called to clap my hands and skip around in an elephantine manner

TheSecretMole · 23/04/2018 00:38

Vicar of Dibley is great - I love her Star

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LittleMissPetty · 23/04/2018 00:39

How old are your kids Bexter? I struggle coping with just one so I have a lot of admiration for anyone with more than one child.

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ResurrectedGoldfish · 23/04/2018 00:40

Re the dinosaur thing, in truth if I could get away with it I probably would. The essay is pretty interesting but you’re right, it’s not particularly optimistic about outcomes. Like everything, it comes down to funding. Curriculum for excellence: some great ideas in principle, but with virtually no resources or research to implement it, so the most vulnerable kids fall through the cracks. It makes me very cross, so I’ll stop ranting! 🤣

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LittleMissPetty · 23/04/2018 00:41

Vicar of dibley is so funny. Poor Emma Chambers though. The jokes at the end were always terrible but funny to watch Gerry try to explain them

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