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First time posting - struggling

Bluebird77 — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 22:33:58 GMT

Hi all,

I'm 21 and have been struggling with depression and anxiety since I was 14. I've had it under control the past 2 years working through things with my doctors and family but these past two weeks I have been struggling. I don't know what to do anymore. Normally I can pull myself out of the ruts I get into but this time is different, I can't seem to do it.

I feel like I am such a disappointment to my family but I know that they just want the best for me. I have a full time job and earning my way but some days it's so hard for me to get myself out of bed and do daily things. I get to the door and have major anxiety attacks just at the thought of leaving the house. I've never been this bad.

Im just wanting some suggestion or guiadance on what to do to help or what helps everyone else in these situations.

Thanks all for listening.

First time posting - struggling

james1 — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:57:01 GMT

hello bluebird,

Welcome to the forums and i'm so sorry to hear you feel really rubbish right now. Can I just give you a little congratulations though on being able to, as your photo says, keep on keeping on? 7 years of mental health struggles sounds exhausting, and having a full time job is no easy feat either.

I don't really have much in the way of suggestions or guidance, but do you mind if I ask whether you've worked on any strategies with your doctors? Do they have any suggestions for how to handle times like this where things just seem immensely difficult/impossible?

James

First time posting - struggling

Bluebird77 — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 02:29:24 GMT

Hey there,

I've been on medication for about 5 years now and it helps so much but lately it's just not working. I'm coming up with a plan with my doctor to probably start seeing a psychologist to talk to regularly when this stuff happens.

It was quite hard for me to join this forum as I'm not usually one to talk about things but I think this will also help.

First time posting - struggling

startingnew — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 05:23:48 GMT

hello and welcome BB

id like to join James in supporting you. im 21 and suffer from anxiety, dperession, ptsd and borderline personality disorder (bpd)

I think speaking to your gp about seeing a psychologist will defiently help you so good luck with that and i hope it all works out for you.

when you get anxious there are quite a few coping strategies to try, i wont write them all here but if you type in the BB search bar 'COPING STRATEGIES' a thread started by myself that has heaps of idea there that you could try and well.

and id also like to congratulate you on still functioning and having a job even when things get hard, so well done