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I left a few weeks ago but it's been building for a while. He has anger issues and is verbally abusive. I've just had enough. I have psych support but it's the fact that I've lost everything else that hard. I can't afford to stay in the area so will have to move 40km away from social support

I'm not doing too great. I was hospitalized the other day because for the first time in a long time I decided to drink alcohol and CV stupidly mixed it with pills and had a bath. My daughter found me. I wasnt actively suicidal by I didnt are if I died.It's been shit. I ve left my partner of 11...

Thank you. I've been accepted to the partners in recovery program and a bit nervous as i don't know much about what they do. I have done the intake and met my worker but nervous about the whole thing.

I am just wondering if anybody has had experience with this service as I have been referred there.

Thank you. I'm struggling with the news that my t is resigning so really needed a little boost. ?

Well summoned up the courage to tell t about it and why I've never said anything before. She was so supportive and reassuring. Been seeing her for years so that's why at the end of I feel like I've been kicked in the guts. She's resigning. I hav 2 more sessions. Shaking as I type this.

I'm not opposed to the anti depressants Eve but I'm tired of being told what my primary concerns are when I say the opposite

Yup. I'm terrified of even speaking so I wish they understood it's taken years of therapy just for me to open up. To be shot down for doing so is devastating

I see a counsellor once a fortnight and she suggested I talk to Dr and psyc for a review of meds as I suffer more with panic. Well I was dismissed by both and even worse they seem to think they know whats wrong with me even when I try telling them the opposite. Im more depressed they told me...

Working on it

I 've been on 200 mg per night and 25mg as required for 5 years. It has worked well until this year and now that amount doesn't do much except causes muscle spasm which cause insomnia to add to my already long list of sleep issues that come with this disorder . Was reviewed by the psych last...

Not sure really. My daughter and I have had a deep talk tonight and yup she's seen me hurt myself and it scares her. Processing the shame I feel.

No I have never even thought of it as self harm until this last week. I have been on a severe downward spiral for the last couple of months myself so haven't self harmed like this in years until recently. I hope she hasn't seen me because when I'm overwhelmed I retreat.

My daughter wasn't there. She wanted to get a full developmental history and was asking If there was a history of self harm and depression etc. in the family. I just never thought of head hitting/ punching/ hair pulling as self harm just cutting.

My daughter is 16 and was diagnosed with severe depression at the start of the year. She was and still is self harming by way of cutting. While working with her T this year we have gone through the family history of mental illness and have been asked if I have self harmed and I've answered no as...

That what definitely an article I needed to read today. I don’t feel so alone in my struggle with this issue. Thank you.

For as long as i can remember my parents have been really close. A good thing? No frankly. My mum had mental health issues. My dad did everything he could to protect her from the triggers of daily life. But heres the thing. We were the ones who she needsd protection from. We were her triggers...

Unfortunately my mum wasnt around much when i was growing up so I didnt really have a roll model for how to be one to my own children, an issue that still troubles me to this day. Her self destructive behaviour over the years has caused a lot of pain for my sister and i which still needs to be...

Heart breaking to see children involved. I know that area so well as I worked there for years. Such a peaceful family friendly area. Prayers to the families.

I was very vulnerable @The Albatross before I met him so yes I think something in my already traumatized brain made me a target for a guy like him.

Yes, I definitely think so @Junebug

This is going to be hard to explain but bare with me. When I was in my late teens early 20s I developed a bad habit of binge drinking. This became such a problem that I was hospitalized on more than one occasion and need help to stop. Through shear willpower and a little help from the Lord...

@Ronin yes, that's what I have been doing. I am lucky to be in a position to do that if I need to. @Mice I am feeling supported thank you. It is the reason I love coming back to this forum. I also hope you are doing ok and this new therapist works out.

I'm so sorry that you are experiencing these symptoms. While i can't relate specifically to what you're describing I wanted to thank you for finding the courage to share. :hug:

@Ronin to answer your first question, nope. No idea what I need, perhaps that's the unsettling part of this whole thing. Second answer is the only safe self soothing thing I know that works for me is retreating to a moment in childhood with a blanket, couch and teddy bear. I still do this at...