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Feeling detached, like life is pointless

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ElsaMars · 30/07/2022 16:24

Struggling to hide how I'm feeling apart from the horrendous guilt of feeling like a bad mum because all I want to do is escape into a film or book, on my own upstairs.

Thank goodness I have a great DH, not said anything to him but it's hard hiding how spacey and not really with it I feel.
I need strategies to help me 'come back' - I'm not feeling present and life feels so meh and pointless.

I slowly reduced ADS and was fine but I had a harmful thought at home, alone earlier, so any advice would be great, thanks.

LivMumsnet · 30/07/2022 16:43

Hello OP, we are really sorry to hear you are feeling this way. We hope you don't mind, but when these threads are flagged up to us we usually add a link to our Mental Health resources. You can also go to the Samaritans website or email them on [email protected]. Support from other Mumsnetters is great and we really hope you will be able to take some comfort from your fellow posters, but as other MNers will tell you, it's really a good idea to seek real-life help and support as well.

We also like to remind everyone that, although we're awed daily by the astonishing support our members give each other through life's trickier twists and turns, we'd always caution anyone never to give more of themselves to another poster, emotionally or financially, than they can afford to spare.

Some further support links:

NHS: Where to get urgent help for mental health
NHS: Looking after your mental health
MIND: www.mind.org.uk/information-support/

CALM: The Campaign Against Living Miserably
NHS: Help for suicidal thoughts

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