General support thread - come on in

[Kielyflower]

I couldn’t see a recent one of these so thought I’d start one.

I just feel I need to do something positive so will hopefully share some more thoughts later that I hope will help - others as well as myself.

In the meantime, feel free to check in as, if nothing else, it helps to feel less alone.

So sorry that you are going through such a stressful time, @hk1993x. Sending a handhold 🫂

Do you have a MH advocate in place? Might be reassuring:

www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/advocacy/finding-an-advocate/

Hi all. How is everyone? I'm really struggling today. Feel angry, sad and like I don't want to be here anymore.

@Pigwidgeon99 I identify with everything you say. I am struggling with friendships. I have a handful of very close friends who I can trust wholeheartedly. I started going to groups some years ago, and like you, I find myself too much or not enough. I look at others and constantly compare myself, it eats away at me, I must be desperately unhappy.

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Sending 🫂 Hope today is a little better.

Hope u are having a better day today @JamSandle 🙏

I woke up in my usual state of panic but I am up, showered and dressed so if that’s the only thing I achieve today then so be it! Still surviving at the moment, just hoping for a glimmer of better days 🥺hand holding @hk1993x and thinking of u x

@Whycantgiraffesdance I'm feeling particularly anxious today. Sometimes wonder if this is as good as it gets.
@hk1993x sending a hug, you must be feeling terrified. There's that quote that goes 'courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to persist in spite of it'.
Therefore this thread is full of courageous women!! 😁

I know the feeling, I can’t imagine being free from the daily anxiety, I used to get a bit of respite from it towards the evenings but it is just relentless now 🙈x

Hi everyone, sorry I've been absent. We went away for the weekend so I tried to concentrate on family time and not have my head stuck in my phone! Hope you're all ok? I cried a couple of times while away and my anxiety was through the roof.

@Ilovedogs1 @Whycantgiraffesdance I think it does become a new normal which is really shit to have to accept. Offering you both a handhold.

@JamSandle I've got your hand! Hope you're feeling better today? If you can work out how to pm on your phone feel free x

@hk1993x sorry to hear this. When do you go in? I really hope it helps x

@Ilovedogs1 I've just been under my car with a torch to check I'd not ran a cat over! Eventhough I was 99 percent sure it was the curb I felt.... hate this x

@Jk24 been there done that many times. The doubt is so hard isn't it. No matter how many times you've checked things and they've always been ok there is always that 'what if' lurking in the back of your mind. X

Did u manage to enjoy the weekend at all @Jk24? I know the feeling when you just want to have a nice time without the constant background noise of anxiety! X

Just seen this which describes my life perfectly at the moment!! 😳

@Ilovedogs1 I'm sick of it. Its every day! Ds banged his nose yesterday and I was adamant it must be broken eventhough he didn't even cry! I'm fed up with it constantly there. Hope you're ok today x

@Whycantgiraffesdance I did have a lovely time for the most part thank you. Just anxiety there 24/7. Hope you're ok and that quote is so true! X

@Jk24 Hey thank you for checking in and sorry I've been away. I have reduced contact so things are a bit better.

I feel you with OCD, even though you know logically/intellectually that things are okay, it's still this unsettling, isn't it xxx

@snowfoxglove hey! Not spoke in a while. I'm glad you managed to reduce contact. Its so hard with family. I've recently had to make a decision to practically go no contact with one of my elder family members. Its shit but you've got to do what's right for you. Where have you been away? Xx

@Jk24 Hey it's good to see you around! Yes absolutely it's hard with family members but as you say you got to think of yourself.

I didn't come on MN, and I was just trying to clean my room, go out for walks, eat better.

It's good to read you went away a bit with your loved ones, I hope you had a nice time.

@snowfoxglove did your time away help? I did thank you x

Hi ladies. How are you all today? Got a horrible feeling of doom today. Just burst into tears while out walking the dogs. Hoping this gets better at some point because it's pretty relentless atm. Xx

@Ilovedogs1 my boy would have been 7 today 😥I'm feeling sad and deflated. The first time in 7 years I've not wrapped birthday presents up for him. Here to hold your hand today as I need it too x

I'm at the end of my tether 😥ds has just got back to sleep from 2am. I'm up in 2 hours for work. I'm exhausted and feel so down x

Morning @Jk24 I’m awake after a triggering dream. Anxiety comes rushing in but I do feel better able to ride the wave of it.

I hope you’ve managed to fall back to sleep. Do work know what you’re often dealing with at home? I wonder if adjustments can be made for you re work?

I was only thinking yesterday that taking time off (odd days here and there like you would if you had a physical illness that flared up) for mental health should be more acceptable.

For me I am accepting of this being a chronic condition that I must learn to live with. I don’t believe that’s true for everyone else, I think plenty of people make full recoveries and their issues are a one off. I know people in that category.

I hope today is a better day for you @Ilovedogs1

Sending strength and positive vibes to all here x

Hey everyone, still here just hiding in the shadows.

It's my birthday today so got all emotional when the kids came running into my room today for hugs 🥹

I have an appointment at 9.30 with the community psychiatrist then the one from the hospital is calling to confirm me going in for ECT but I just wanted to spend my birthday with the kids and DH. 🩷

I hope you all are doing okay and I will be forever grateful for this thread and I hope one day that we will finally be free from mental health 🥹🩷

@Kielyflower I got another hour or so. Sorry youre struggling with sleep too. It makes everything so much worse doesn't it.

Work are aware and I had an appointment with occupational therapy the other week and I got a meeting with my manager about it next week.

I think mine is here to stay, I really do. Very upset today.

@hk1993x happy birthday!!!! How did your appointments go? X

Ah happy birthday @hk1993x, probably not the best one you’ve had but I hope you can enjoy ur day a little bit with everything that’s going on!

wishing u all the best with the ECT, massively scary but if it changes your life for the better hopefully it will be worth it ❤️

just wish I could wake up for one day without the panic and despair first thing in the morning, it really knocks me down 🤯x