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Well done for still brushing your hair and making yourself some food even though you weren’t feeling great, it can be so hard to push through and take care of yourself when things are hard, you should be really proud of yourself for doing this!
I really love this thread as it can be hard to focus on the positives when struggling with mental health and recognise when we are making progress and doing something positive and this thread clearly shows all the positives things your doing:) keep going eylah, you got this<3

@eylah , sending you the biggest hug. I'm so pleased to hear that you went to the kebab shop even though it felt scary, and that today you're caring for yourself and cooking yummy food too. It takes immense energy to do these things and show up for ourselves when we're hurting, and I just think this positive recovery thread is such a beautiful record of self-compassion, even when recovery isn't linear. You're wonderful, Eylah

I'm sorry that was your experience @eylah - it sounds really deflating to have the courage to reach out to a helpline and open up but to then be left with no help. Have you tried any other helpline?

You would think that people who work on a helpline, especially that one, would understand that people are reaching out because they've experienced something traumatic. It sounds really unpleasant that the person on the other end wasn't friendly and seemed quite moody with you. Your feelings here are completely valid and I can understand why you found it useless. I just really wish this wasn't the case for you

I also wanted to check if you'd heard back from that woman about giving evidence? I know you've unfortunately been waiting a while and you were feeling a bit uncertain about what to do. It sounds like there's so much on your mind at the minute Eylah and it's a lot for one person to hold in their head. How are you feeling today about it? Giving evidence sounds like a really tricky decision to make that comes with all kinds of emotions. Only you can make that choice

Sorry to hear you were struggling yesterday, remember in recovery there will ups and downs but you are doing so well and making good progress from what I can see from this thread. Try not to beat yourself up too much for this relapse and focus your energy into using your distractions again next time the thoughts creep in. You got this eylah and we will be here to listen and support you throughout

Well done for going to the kebab shop too that’s really positive step! You should be really proud of yourself, it’s normal to struggle with something like that but you stuck with it and kept going which is great:)

Ahh I love the lion king film!! I might have to add the musical to my list of want to sees! I’m glad you had a good time

Hey @Rose113 -

Just wanted to say i'm so proud of you for not only sharing this part of your story with us, but also giving a bit of insight into what it's like to experience age regressions. i think it's a really brave thing to share and i think you being able to speak about it on here gives it the awareness that i think a lot of people may not have (myself included as i'd heard of it but didn't know a great deal about it). but i can imagine it's super challenging especially if it affects your speech or memory.

and i'm sorry to hear you often feel alone in these experiences - likely due to the lack of available support specifically on it and the under-education of such challenges within services etc.
whilst us on here may not be super educated on the depths of age regressions - we are all here if you need a space to rant or vent or support you in any way we can.

sending you lots of hugs and hope you're doing okay
keep going you've got this!!!
Sinead