But what about when there’s no one to talk to?

[Littlepond]

“Talk to someone”
“Reach out”
It’s all about telling someone how you are feeling, talking about it. But what if there is no one to talk to?
My husband doesn’t care. I had an injury at work today - text him and told him about it, sent him a picture. Nothing. When I got home from work, he didn’t ask me about it. Didn’t even ask how my day was. He doesn’t give a shit that I’m injured.

I can’t talk to my mum. She has always told me she doesn’t tolerate negative people. And guess what, feeling sad, desperate, awful - all comes under being a negative person. So she won’t tolerate listening to me.

I don’t have any friends I can talk to.

My absolute hope and joy are my kids but they need me to be happy strong mum, I can’t tell them how I feel.

When how I feel is awful. All the time. I’m so unhappy, I have a knot in my stomach all the time, I’m overwhelmed and stressed and so very sad.

Talk! Tell someone how you feel!

But who? No one cares, not really 🤷🏼‍♀️

Have you tried any of the Helpline's?

I use them sometimes.

I'm not really a fan of Samaritans but some like them.

But there's also Saneline, mind, anxiety Uk, rethink, family lives

Here

www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/

Always people on mn too.

I'm sorry you hurt yourself today what happened?

I'm sorry the people around you are so invalidating. All humans need comfort, support, caring from others sometimes. It's not about being negative, it's natural to have those feelings and needs. "I don't tolerate negative people" is an abomination - has she always been like that when you needed her?

How would you feel about approaching your GP and/or looking at a referral for therapy like CBT?

You deserve to feel happy, not just pretend to be happy.

How are you today op?

Hi OP,

How are you feeling today? Have you done something nice with the kids?

I get what you mean. Thankfully I am strong minded but I do see these and think to myself who the hell are you meant to speak to. Would feel stupid talking to a random stranger on the phone and I am sure no-one else would want to listen to me.

Thanks for the replies. The injury at work was daft but I banged my head and was self conscious of the bump / bruise. Guess I’m a little needy but a “how is your head” would be appreciated.

I went for a walk today. Then took the kids to Pizza Express.

Thank you for the replies i appreciate them. It’s so easy for people to say on social media “I’m here for my friends talk to me” or when something happens for people to say “if only they’d talked to me” but how easy is it to actually say to someone “I feel so low” without being able to really explain why?

Miserable people are hard work lol no one actually wants them to talk 😂

My daughter looked after me today, she cheers me up.

One day at a time.

Thank you

So glad to see a positive update but please post again if you're down.

It's hard I know I'm the same I don't want to bother people or bring them down too.

But I'm more than happy to listen and commiserate/chat/laugh with others if it helps