First time in ages...

[Balvason2]

Hi All, 

Firstly, couldn't remember what email address I signed up with last time so had to start this shiney new account. 

This is the first time in ages that I have felt like this. But I recognise it. Tight twisted stomach. Thinking everyone is talking about you behind your back. Feeling like I'm stuffing up the smallest things... 

Support at home is ok for a bit, but even though I'm supposed to allow her ages to get over stuff I have to snap too. 

I hate this. 

I'm a Project Manager for a company that works in Defence space. It can be a little stressful but I have taken so many steps to ensure it wouldn't be like last time. 

But now it's starting to manifest its ugly self in different ways. I'm starting to forget so much. Work things, family things. I even forgot to walk down and pick up my 7 year old son today. And with everyone in the house by 5pm I have the shortest fuse.

Has anyone had success either talking to a professional? I've never tried. Friends, wish I had even one of those. 

Sorry for blurting, I don't even know what's going on or understand... 

Thanks 

C

[geoff]

Hello Balvason, sometimes friends don't want to understand, or they may for a short time, but because you may not be able to improve by what they suggest, they then decide to vanish and give up on trying to help you, this is what happens with MI.

We always recommend people seek counselling from a professional, but this can only happen if you are able to freely talk with them, allow yourself to open up those secrets that could have been hidden for a long time, because these are paramount to the problems you are suffering from.

If you aren't able to open up, then therapy will be of no assistance, that's why it's important to feel comfortable sitting in a session with the counsellor/psych and let them try and discover why you are feeling like this.

Geoff.

Life Member.

[Petal22]

Hi Balvason2,

Im sorry you are feeling this way I understand it’s hard.

I have a lived experience of severe anxiety OCD and if I didn’t have the help of health professionals I really don’t know where I would be today they really are remarkable people and what they can us can be life changing.

You could go and see your gp and explain how you are feeling and how it’s effecting your life they will understand.

I also saw a clinical psychologist a psychiatrist and I also went to a specialised clinic for what I was dealing with….. after all of the help I received and the hard work I put in Im now recovered, it took time.

I understand our conditions may be different but seeing a health professional was the best thing I ever did because it put me on my journey to recovery.

You don’t have to go through this alone a health professional can help.

I understand the forgetfulness I also went through a bit of that I believe it was because I had so much going on inside my mind due to my anxiety that I was more forgetful.

I didn’t understand at the time what I was experiencing either.

You have friends here in this community.

Please feel free to come back to us anytime.