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@River sorry, but might not be the best idea. You'll go emotionally numb after a long time, and it's hard to undo emotional numbness friend. And thank you for your kind words earlier River in the support chat.
@River i thought that for a long time, but it gets to you. It's no way to live. It stops any emotional development, improving and advancing, it juts stops. It's just existing.
@River but it's about hope of things improving too. Plus developing emotionally. It's all stopped with emotional numbness if it's severe enough. I know you have never really lived, but that doesn't mean you won't ever be able to. But emotional numbness creates an additional barrier, if that makes sense, that needs to be overcome for that to happen.
sending you so many hugs 🫂
always 🫂
I have zero money for a hotel, I'm a young healthy 23 year old man, so I'm not priority for emergency housing from my local authority, and legally, there isn't a lot i can do i don't think. Plus the shelter helpline is shut on sunday's. I don't mind sleeping in my car for a bit, i've got it all planned out. Just a little humiliating is all. But thank you so much for your concern @River . It means the world to me. How are you right now?
It's just for me, the biggest challenge is that i've never been able to develop any form of independence over my life, because it's been committed to being a carer. Childhood onwards. So, i stopped developing emotionally. I still have a teddy bear as a friend 😂. So independence, being able to socialise, self confidence, that sort of stuff is completely non existent for me. So it's a bit like being dropped at the deep end. I'm not being kicked out just yet, she let me stay if i begged a bit, which was humiliating, but it's just the threat of her having another tantrum you know and going through with it.
Thank you so much your your kind words and support, and i'm glad your also getting help. How are you feeling today about everything else? Sorry i wasn't much help in the support chat.
Are you nervous about it @River ?
hey you were helpful on the thread!! pls don’t think that you weren’t much help because you were, and i’m sure everyone will agree with me over you on that hehehe
i’m feeling ok ish, just today being probably the worst day of the year & my mum having a go at me for 10 billion different reasons isn’t ideal but hey ho i’ll survive, no other choice i guess?
@River it's normal to feel scared and nervous, but trust me, these things tend to work out
@shannon_164 thanks. You really are a saint still being as kind as you are on today of all days shannon. I have a few, but my main one is a turtle named turtle (10/10 marks for creativity) which i keep with me in my backpack at all times. Had him since i was 5 when i picked him out of a charity shop. 😂
I know that today is really tough on you shannon, and your mum having a go only makes it far worse. I'm here to talk to if you want some more about it all. Proud of you for surviving today friend.