Do you know, it can actually take bloody ages to get enough help. I am the first to admit that I am bloody crap at actually talking to people face to face. Which I know hasn't helped but it is the way I am.
And the system can be really really slow.
You can admit to feeling suicidal on a regular basis and say you keep coming close to driving into a wall and say that you feel unsafe and be open about the fact that you might easily OD and still not actually be taken as seriously as you need to be.
I am worried that people who are feeling similarly shite and reading some of the posts on this thread - and I KNOW you do all mean well and really appreciate you - will feel that actually they shouldn't start a thread about themselves but actually, it is a good thing to do for many reasons.
Sometimes it is an important first step in realising that there is a problem.
Just being responded to by kind, caring people makes helluva difference. Makes it easier to keep breathing, y'know?
And the distraction can be life-saving.
And yes, I know that ideally we should all park our children with our supportive partner or locally-living relatives and dive off and get whatever help is needed instantly, but it ain't always that simple.
If my "partner" and consequently my mother had to knowwhat was going on, that really would drive me right over the edge. People's lives and situations are so complex.
Giraffesand Ducks, I do have another name. This ismy crisis name.
PurpleOne {{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}} I really wish you had better support.
Thank you again to everybody who has posted on this thread. You are all fab.