@Maddy-RO Beach! Hm.. Having the power to breathe underwater and swim like a fish OR the power to run as fast as 100km/hr without getting hurt :) ... View more

@musicfan_xo  :( It was difficult, but my counsellor reminded me of all the progress I'd made working with them so that made me feel a bit better. I used to be so closed off and I'm much more trusting of people now! Yeah psychology is really interesting, there are lots of career paths with it, you don't have to become a psychologist (I'm certainly not planning on that!). If you want to become a nurse, you ought to try! Otherwise you'd never know! Anxiety can make us think we'll never be able to do something, but if we listen to it, we'd never learn anything!   @musicfan_xo wrote: @Lost_Space_Explorer5 I completely agree with @MB95 , and I love that photo, so sweet  Awh you guys are very sweet   @MB95Thank you for the kind message and virtual hug 😢                 ... View more

Hey @MB95, yep I've said goodbye to my counsellor now 😢 Thanks for thinking of me ... View more

@musicfan_xo Oh no, I'm sorry to hear school was not a good experience for you! 🙁 If it helps, there are many people in your position so no it does not make you a failure! No one is really a failure, people do their best in the conditions they are put through. It sounds like you're a fighter, seeing you have had to fight to get the help you deserve! It's cool you're on a search for a job, I've never had a job either hehe (and I'm the same age as you!). Studying definitely isn't for everyone, and sometimes people decide to study at later points in their life when they know what they want to do. Maybe thinking about what you're interested in or what you value could put you on the path towards pursuing something you'll enjoy! Or you could talk to a career support person or something? I'm not sure ... View more

@musicfan_xo Ooh, sounds like this GP is a good one! I might have to find a new phone counsellor, but they're usually all pretty lovely. Yeah, I'm good, overwhelmed by study, but getting by. That's so weird your old GP didn't prescribe your meds?! ... View more

Sorry I'm so slow at replying!   Hey @musicfan_xo, thanks for checking in, I'm doing okay! How are you? I hope your new GP appointment goes well! I am actually terrified of going to see GPs for some reason so I can sympathise! Just GPs, no other medical practitioners. So strange.   Hey @MB95, I hope exam prep is going well! I'm studying psychology, what about you? And I totally agree, sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do to get by! And yup, helping others is totally some sort of coping mechanism. I always try to fix my family instead of myself 😅   @TOM-ROYep they are very considerate! It's a bit easier to say goodbye to my treating team because I can come say hi after they've discharged me, but I'll never hear from my counsellor again. I'm saying goodbye to my counsellor tonight and I don't know what to say 😞 ... View more

Hey @Janine-RO, Thanks for checking in, I'm doing okay! How are you? :) ... View more

Hey @MB95 sorry for my slow response, I was trying to avoid thinking about things 😅 I'm sorry to hear you had another rough day 😢 I hope you'll start feeling better soon. Thanks for being supportive, I hope you are being supported too! It's weirdly easier to help others even when you can't help yourself, so I hope you are okay! (Re: feeling abandoned) I think just talking it through and coming to terms with it all has helped. My treating team aren't planning on discharging me until after I get through uni exams etc. so that's a comfort. I'm not feeling as sad but more grateful about the time I had to talk to my counsellor. I tried to cope yesterday by getting control of other parts of my life in a not so healthy way but I'm okay now. ... View more

Hey @MB95, Awesome to hear you took a day off too! 😄 I hope you're feeling better today? It's sad you couldn't find the link, but thanks for putting in so much effort (you didn't need to!!). I'm feeling a bit better today after talking to my treating team. ... View more

Hey @MB95, I don't think we have- nice to meet you! 🙂 Thanks for your lovely response! I would love to read that article if you can find it again (no pressure). I took the day off uni work to feel sad and distract myself with TV shows so I'm feeling a bit better now! It was kind of funny when my counsellor broke the news to me because I had just been saying I haven't been able to feel warmth/emotions towards people I knew I cared about. Then when they said they were leaving I was a total mess! So I guess I do care about people! I'll tell my treating team next week and they might be able to talk it through with me.   Hey @katurian, Yeah my counsellor was super delicate about it, it was just a shock because there wasn't much notice. I'm gonna talk to them one last time next week and I sent them a thank you/goodbye email to feel some closure. Thanks for the advice!   Hey @TOM-RO, Thanks for your kind words. Everyone has been really validating so I don't feel as frustrated at myself for feeling sad. I'd been talking to this counsellor longer than my treating team- I think almost two years! And to have it suddenly come to an end really upset me but I knew it was going to happen one day 😢 Everything has to come to an end but it's worth it given how much progress we made. And I'm happy for my counsellor because they're moving on to better things and are gonna help others! ... View more

@musicfan_xoYou don't sound too sure about that You guess? Just kidding, I think I get you. There's "okay" and there's "under the current circumstances okay"     ... View more

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Hi @Jess1-RO,   That's really nice of you to check in I'm going okay, I hope you are too? I reached quite a dark place over the last couple weeks where I shut everyone out completely, wrote a goodbye note, including who I wanted to have my stuff, and was set on going through with it. But my family had been watching me closely so I didn't get an opportunity. Eventually I ended up telling my case manager what was going on so I have to take more medication, but now my thoughts aren't as bad. It's a bit of a weird experience to just be back to getting on with things  (still a bit of a struggle) but yeah.   Hi,@musicfan_xo  Thanks for checking in- I'm going okay now. How are you doing? ... View more

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Hey @Taylor-RO,   I've been okay thanks for checking in. Unfortunately contacting my supports yesterday led to me being sent back to hospital but yeah-hopefully it won't be for too long.   And my cats definitely have their rare moments of affection too  The young one needs to learn boundaries and he wouldn't be attacked so much hehe ... View more

Hey @Ronan-RO,   Awhh it's disappointing when your pets who you'd hoped would be like loving siblings don't get along! The poor little one has lost a whisker or two because he upset the older one. He's not innocent though  ... View more

Hey @Ronan-RO,   Thanks. Awh two dogs! Do they get along?   I don't want to say my cats names for privacy reasons (I get a bit paranoid about this stuff), but I'll give a description of them   The younger boy is black and white and the older girl is a tortoise shell. They have a mutual disliking for each other   ... View more

Hi @Taylor-RO and @Bre-RO,   This morning I was feeling worse but I told my supports I wasn't doing well so I am safe now-although my family is a bit frustrated with me. I have 2 cats ... View more

Hi @Taylor-RO, Thanks for your reply. I guess I could bring it up with my supports when I next talk to them It's really hard to challenge negative thoughts sometimes, but I should try and be objective. And I don't know how to take care of myself, nothing I try has been working (eg. listening to music, watching a movie, taking medication). I feel like I don't have a choice and don't have time left because I made up my mind that I'm done yesterday. But I'm having second thoughts so now I'm stuck in limbo, if that makes sense?   I don't want to leave my cats Hahaha sorry if that's a bit silly but at least it's a reason to stay! ... View more

I keep pushing away and avoiding my supports. This makes them frustrated and they stop asking how I am when I need help the most. Then I think they must hate me and that I deserve to die because I'm such a bad person. And I feel guilty because if I died it would inconvenience my friend and family. It could impact my friend's uni work and her future. And it could put more strain on my family.   I keep crying because I feel so alone and scared. I'm so behind on my uni work because of feeling sad and being unmotivated to even get out of bed.   What do you do when you've pushed everyone away? ... View more

ewww I will try with my toes lol!   xXLLexi_Loiu122Xx   @xXLexi_Lou122Xx   Um my mum walked in to find me typing on my laptop with my toes. She didn't even question it... Oh dear  ... View more

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