I just need to talk

[Strugglingalone]

I’m not coping, I can’t speak on the phone, I have no friends, I just need to talk to someone

Hi - what would you like to talk about? X

I don’t know, just struggling, I’m sorry

Don't be sorry! Can you tell me more? I'm listening

Nothing to be sorry about. It's good that you've reached out for help.

What's happening in your life?

Asking for help and admitting you need it is the hardest step and you've already done that.
Well done

I can’t explain, the post will just get removed again

Not in a good place, just need to not be on my own

Would you try the Samaritans if you can't talk about things in here ?

Probed shared is a problem halved.

Please reach out

When I was at my lowest I used to text shout

giveusashout.org/

Sometimes it's easier to type things out. I struggled with the Samaritans because quite often I couldn't even get myself to speak. And usually had a tiny baby next to me who I couldn't wake up

@girafferafferaffe

Sometimes it's easier to type things out. I struggled with the Samaritans because quite often I couldn't even get myself to speak. And usually had a tiny baby next to me who I couldn't wake up

Good point !

Just looked at the link above that's looks brilliant !

Shout isn’t great I’m afraid 😢

I can’t speak on a phone, just trapped like this, im sorry I shouldn’t have posted

@Strangevipers they were great. Just typing things out made me feel a lot better. They responded really well and it was nice to have the option to text

Please don't be sorry. I often reached out to people on forums, hoping that someone would come back to me with any kind of response. Would you like to talk about something specific?

[quote girafferafferaffe]@Strangevipers they were great. Just typing things out made me feel a lot better. They responded really well and it was nice to have the option to text [/quote]
@Strugglingalone

You can contact them via text and speak that way. It might be helpful I guess you don't k ow until you try

Why do you feel trapped. We're here and listening

Op my dd has just woken up so I'll be back when I can. I've not left the thread

I have tried shout, just told me they couldn’t help and to contact emergency services which I can’t do
I’m not in a good place, the thoughts just won’t stop

@Strugglingalone

I have tried shout, just told me they couldn’t help and to contact emergency services which I can’t do I’m not in a good place, the thoughts just won’t stop

Why can't you contact emergency services?

Because I can’t speak on the telephone, I get too anxious

Are you in danger ? Or are you possibly suffering from any mental health struggles or is the way you are feeling been triggered by a life event ?

www.northyorkshire.police.uk/contact/emergency-sms-text-service/

I believe you can text 999 in an emergency. Could you try this if you have been advised to contact the emergency services?

It’s mh related

111 option 2

That’s a phone call

sorry, I just need to talk

I have mixed feelings about Samaritans, I have phoned them 5 times in my life and twice I had an argument with one of their volunteers, I said I had a baby at 21 and that it was too young and she started arguing with me and said it wasn’t! I felt like I had hit a nerve, and I was stating that 21 was too young for me to have had a baby, not everyone else!

Proper qualified and paid counsellors are far more sympathetic and don’t argue with you because they disagree with you, Samaritans aren’t paid and they have limited training.

One Samaritan also told me my mother was a narcissist, and then argued when I said she wasn’t, she wasn’t qualified to give such a diagnosis based on the little info I gave her.

The last time I called them was May this year, I was only on the call for 11 minutes talking about my mother, again, and this Samaritan said “well yes you’ve spoken about that subject quite enough now, is there anything else you would like to say” I put in a complaint about her.