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slighlyoverit · 12/03/2026 15:21

If you feel like your mental health is not great to the point you want to hurt yourself or react in a way you don’t want to.
would you consider renting to get some space from DH as being in the same space is not doing no one any good.
or am I being a baby and need to put on my big girl boots

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Nosdacariad · 12/03/2026 15:45

Please get some support asap - Samaritans if it's urgent, GP if it's less urgent.

You would not be unreasonable and you don't have to justify it further x

ThePerfectWeekender · 12/03/2026 18:11

Please contact your GP. They will have contact numbers for a local crisis team or can direct you towards help. I don't know if getting away from DH is what you need.
I'm sure others will have better advice, but keep talking on here. You are not alone. x

DameOfThrones · 12/03/2026 18:14

I'm not sure it's a good idea for anyone to live alone if they're thinking about hurting themselves.

Have you had any professional help?

FatCatPyjamas · 12/03/2026 19:59

Can't say without more context. What's causing you to feel like you want to hurt yourself? Is close proximity to your DH causing you distress because you're craving solitude?

I don't want to project my own experiences, but I ask about solitude because I personally need a lot of alone time in order to regulate. I found that living with partners in the past made me very ill because I had no space or quiet time where I could be completely alone. This may not be the case for you, and whatever the reason for feeling like this you need to see an HCP for support.

slighlyoverit · 12/03/2026 21:55

ThePerfectWeekender · 12/03/2026 18:11

Please contact your GP. They will have contact numbers for a local crisis team or can direct you towards help. I don't know if getting away from DH is what you need.
I'm sure others will have better advice, but keep talking on here. You are not alone. x

By hurting my self I don’t mean like cutting etc but I’ve got to the poly where I can’t express how I feel because I feel like I’m going in circles talking about the same things and then the same thing triggers
I end up wanting to pull my own hair out

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slighlyoverit · 12/03/2026 21:57

DameOfThrones · 12/03/2026 18:14

I'm not sure it's a good idea for anyone to live alone if they're thinking about hurting themselves.

Have you had any professional help?

I am having councelling but it’s more so I feel misunderstood probably depression too but DH keeps giving mixed messages and says he feels like he’s not enough as we are struggling at the minute
but he doesn’t understand my mental
health

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slighlyoverit · 12/03/2026 21:58

FatCatPyjamas · 12/03/2026 19:59

Can't say without more context. What's causing you to feel like you want to hurt yourself? Is close proximity to your DH causing you distress because you're craving solitude?

I don't want to project my own experiences, but I ask about solitude because I personally need a lot of alone time in order to regulate. I found that living with partners in the past made me very ill because I had no space or quiet time where I could be completely alone. This may not be the case for you, and whatever the reason for feeling like this you need to see an HCP for support.

It’s mostly that being around him is making me feel on edge and a bit suffocated as he is giving mixed signals so one minute he is saying something else and then the other it’s something else. He says he doesn’t understand why I am being like this or if I dislike him so much. It’s more that I feel on edge now because I’ve treated myself so many times I now feel like I’m a nuisance.

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slighlyoverit · 13/03/2026 14:07

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