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feeling quite low. Did go to group therapy was okay. I just think i am stupid for life lol. But there is other sites other than doIt.org and gunna look more for volutering places as couldnt see anything and the social worker said she can come with me to the voluterring centre which didn’t even know existed. But im thinking maybe I could email care homes near me asking if they are taking on voluters?
and in therapy we had a speaker speak to us about “greenback yard” that’s in the centre and way to socialise and is free and can do creative stuff or something still kinda confused on what is tbh but sounded interesting and we are all gunna go as a group on a day.
atm feel physical ill aswell and I know probably need to book in for more blood tests but my gp is suspose to give me appiontmnent for blood tests sometime in the new year anyway to see if my levels have increased since I am suppose to be taking pills/supplements of iron and folic acid. But I haven’t been taking any of them. I just took it for a few days and that was it. Yet I spent over £20 on them 😒just forget and hate pills
I am disappointed aswell
I cant leave my bed this morning I feel too low and heavy. How will I ever be able to have a life :’(
Am I annoying? Please tell me if I am annoying. I won’t be offended- it will help and I will shut up
Just found the answer to this. Nevermind. Sorry I am annoying &
I will shut up now.
So sorry
you know i care and don’t find you annoying
I’m sorry I can’t offer more than a Hug 🤗
stay strong buddy you’ve gotten through this before so I know you can do it again 😘
Sending hugs xo anything you want to talk about we're all ears
But now have 2 week break from group therapy cause Christmas and new year. But idek what week I am in group therapy and kinda don’t wanna know cause don’t want it to be the end soon cause I’m so lonely
I dont have any great advice but I know what its like to feel let down by mental health services, and you deserve so much more. I know how hard it is for you to look at things like volunteering so I am really proud of you for taking that step, you're so brave shaunie! Also just wanted to remind you that I care about you a lot and I think ur a super special person. Sending all the love and hugs your way
xxx
So sorry I have only just picked up these messages, I only log in once a week but I'm really sorry you didn't get replies straight away as it sounds like you were hurting I can assure you that you are not annoying in the slightest, you give everyone lovely advice and you sharing here will also be helping other people altho you don't know it.
On the pills - I have to take some every day too and I set myself an alarm on my phone so I remember. I know it's a habit and it's hard to re-start when you have stopped but do you think it might help you to do the same? As you said you had spent 20 quid on them I thought it was worth the suggestion
This sounds brilliant! Do you have any idea when they will be in contact? I'm so pleased they are going to help with your volunteering, I think it will be really good for you. Looking forward to hearing the updates!!
How are you feeling today? Sending hugs as always
- Lucy
I see the OT Thursday. but don’t see the point in any of t anymore. Even if I do voluterr and have the confidence too (which not very likely anyway as i am stupid) then I’d still be in a job I hate and I can’t stand it anymore. If it’s not the weekend where I am hating it - it’s week days where I am dreading it just thinking about it makes me want to die. But there isn’t a way out. I can’t quit cause then I’d have no money at all and I can’t find a new job cause I’d also hate it as I’ve looked and all sound like I’d hate it and don’t want to work in retail or basic job dead end. All I have is GCSE’s, though they are actually quite good GCSE’s, suprisingly as I am stupid but where are GCSEs going to get me. I’ve basically done nothing since school
ive clearly messed up my life and no one way out but to die
I see ur also up in the middle of the night lol - just want to send you lots of hugs. Also, it is never too late to change ur career. I did a degree then completely changed my mind on what I wanted to do and went back to college to do an access course. I know you mentioned wanting to help people - have you looked at possible ideas for careers around that? You could look into doing an access course or similar if you dont feel you have enough qualifications theres even things like open university where you can do modules individually so its not too much pressure.
Anyway, I understand if you dont want to do any of that stuff its just a bit of food for thought!!
thinking of you xxx
Ah yeah I used to think about finding something but I went online and dunno if I was looking at the right place but it seemed like you need to be really clever and to have got A levels and I think I’m too stupid for a actual job in health and social care. And I used to study health & social care level 3 for two years & found it interesting but like I failed that at the end and I have literally no money to do anything but i don’t know if need a lot of money or they can help with that or. And I also wanted to gained more confidence in doing volutering first to see if I’m actually confident enough to speak and help people. Lol. But now I think about it, could probably study something along side voluterring but have no money anyways.
And I did mention this to my CC and she randomly said “at your age I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life either”. But when I did I ever say I didn’t know what I wanted to do / I know I want to help people in some form but she probably thinks it’s cause I’m too stupid & not confident aswell.
It's wonderful to hear about your ambitions to support others, just being on the boards and in chat is amazing experience (I've even used it in interviews before I became a volunteer here!). @Jellyelephant had some great suggestions too, I don't have any experience of social care courses, but I've done all sorts of free things online related to my job!
Volunteering sounds like an amazing way to build your confidence, I'm not sure if you volunteer anywhere already but Do It is a great place to look for opportunities near you. Also the Young Women's Trust support young women (of course!) into work and volunteering.
Hope today is going okay for you
Caroline
had appointment with the OT this morning & I thought was just gunna look at volunteering but she was asking me all sorts of questions & was quite long. Now I am confused as I felt like she was talking about going back into education. We spoke a lot about past education & I was just like I am stupid and she was saying getting B’s and C’s for all your GCSEs isn’t stupid & that she sees me lot differently than how I see myself & i don’t know I guess she was thinking about long term and for a job and spoke a lot about education stuff & then did look at do.it.org & found something that’s with older people so will be emailing them at some point as we made a draft email & will be meeting up with her again to speak about stuff more
As a sidenote, Bs and Cs are very respectable grades to get at GCSE level. You're certainly not stupid, and as @Past User mentioned, being here is great experience and you probably have more emotional intelligence than most.
Keep us posted on how you're feeling and how this progresses. Lots of respect for you being open to this stuff - not an easy thing to explore when feeling super low.
. I would like to get back into health and social care stuff as find the general thing interesting but idk in what way //
I can’t even find the voluterning thing I was looking at with the OT on her phone - to send an email yet. Like can’t tell if it’s been taken down or I’m not looking properly but need to send the email otherwise don’t want her to feel she’s wasting her time and also cause sounds interesting too
Work/volunteering is always a great way to take your mind off things and it's great news to hear that you are interested in getting back into health and social care .
Would be looking into doing something different to what you were doing previously or would you like to continue with what you were doing before?
As @Mike said in the previous comment your GSCE grades are highly respectable and B's/C's are a great achievement!
I hope your search goes well and that you're okay
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Adam