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@River same. My mum missed all my vaccines. Every single one, and when i turned 18, it became routine for me to ignore getting them. I've got to get that sorted myself actually, catching up on my vaccines. It might be a good idea for you to as well. And can i just say, i'm really proud of you for still fighting on.
Gonna have to start collecting them like infinity stones
@River they have 8 legs octopus do, that's still 2 in each arm and and additional 1 in half of the arms on top
for example, tracey, i had a number of awful chats with her (one literally was the final straw and sent me into crisis as i was already struggling a lot prior to talking to her) but after a wee while, i then talked to her about it and how what she said made me feel etc, we actually had such a productive chat and she apologised and took accountability, she realised she was wrong and since then, i honestly don’t have a bad thing to say about her (it’s been 6 ish months since we talked it through and ive talked to her several times since).
i also had a similar experience with alex, i felt that she was wrong for an action she wanted to take. for a while after, if she joined chat i said that i didn’t want to talk to her so left chat. it took me several weeks but i then finally did speak to her, we talked it out and now? i love alex, she is honestly so so helpful.
if you feel able to, pls just talk to any workers that you’ve had a negative experience with as they are open to it i have always found - since you mentioned anthony specifically, i had a really good experience with him the first few times id talked to him, unfortunately that then stopped happening and he wasn’t helpful at all, in fact, he was just dismissive. i once again just talked to him about it, i told him how he was making me feel when being dismissive etc and similarly to tracey & alex, since we talked it out, there hasn’t been any issues for me with him!
the only one i cannot say i’ve had a positive experience with has been charlie, my first chat with him was awful and he genuinely seems so unbothered about anything you share. i was really struggling and needed to talk to someone, i then ended up with charlie again so i explained i was struggling enough as it was and didn’t need him adding to it so im sorry but i will not be chatting with him and was about to end the chat, he then basically made me out to be the issue and took absolutely no accountability at all. he just kept saying how he is there and it’s me refusing help etc, when i respectfully explained why i didn’t want to chat to him. in the end, beth ended up taking the chat with me and she apologised to me on his behalf as some of the messages he sent were rather rude to say the least.
i know it’s hard, i know it can be scary but pls if you feel comfy doing so, talk it through with them - they are open to hearing how they’ve made you feel etc! you deserve support