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I think I need counselling or something. I don't know but I seem to be falling apart.
In the last week I've been slashing at my arms after I'd stopped for SO long, I've not eaten properly for a week or so and when I do eat I throw it up on purpose, all I do is sleep and cry because I hate being awake to think, and because of this I've quit one of my jobs because I can't manage to drag myself out of bed to go there just because I can't stand the thought of being there all day and having all this shit in my head.
It's pathetic that the onset for all of this is all because of a man and if things hadn't changed I'd be incredibly happy but they have and I'm kinda fucked in the head because of everything that's happened with him.
I hardly think a broken relationship puts me at the front of the queue for counselling (if there is one? :S) but I thought it might be a good idea, just because I'm tired of hating myself and having all this crap resurface.
So I was wondering how to get it? Do you have to pay? I've never actually been before. I was offered it when I was depressed a couple of years ago but I never went for it. Now I think I want it.
Thanks for any help. x
In the last week I've been slashing at my arms after I'd stopped for SO long, I've not eaten properly for a week or so and when I do eat I throw it up on purpose, all I do is sleep and cry because I hate being awake to think, and because of this I've quit one of my jobs because I can't manage to drag myself out of bed to go there just because I can't stand the thought of being there all day and having all this shit in my head.
It's pathetic that the onset for all of this is all because of a man and if things hadn't changed I'd be incredibly happy but they have and I'm kinda fucked in the head because of everything that's happened with him.
I hardly think a broken relationship puts me at the front of the queue for counselling (if there is one? :S) but I thought it might be a good idea, just because I'm tired of hating myself and having all this crap resurface.
So I was wondering how to get it? Do you have to pay? I've never actually been before. I was offered it when I was depressed a couple of years ago but I never went for it. Now I think I want it.
Thanks for any help. x
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Are you at uni? Most unis have a counselling service, here you just drop in and make an appointment. Or school? Schools have counsellors too most of the time.
Failing that, go to the doctors. They can refer you to a counsellor on the NHS, although waiting lists are long. You can find private counsellors in the yellow pages, but be prepared to pay £30-£50 for a private session.
Good luck mate, and remember you can always call the Samaritans...they'll listen if you drop in, they were really helpful when I went once.
Take care
If you get referred to an NHS counsellor you don't get on with, don't be afraid to try and see someone else. You won't get anywhere if you don't trust your counsellor.
Take care!
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Same here, i got put to the front of the queue here & that was only because i was pregnant.