Depressed

[Spd]

I don't have family or friends to speak to, so I thought I'd give this a go.

[ecomama]

Dear Spd

Yes, the whole covid shut down didn't make much difference to us that were already socially isolated.
Many people have said that now others in society will understand what it's like for us.

But they don't.

It's really up to us to take steps for ourselves.

I'm sorry you've come to specific realisations about your family. My family stopped speaking to me decades ago.
I lost 39 people in one fell swoop by calling the police on my mother - finally. She was jailed by Police.
It took me AGES to work out that my family hated me.
Years.
I was heavily depressed during those years. Depression can be a very difficult thing to lift off of you.

Hold on because you can overcome depression!
IMO if we believe some people's actions have contributed to our depression, I ask how good they could be for our MH anyway?

There are so many wonderful Community groups out there to foster friendships between people and assist them making connections with each other. I'm not saying ALL of the people who attend these groups have pure intentions lol, but you're probably alert to red flags anyway.

There are:
* Community Gardens that you can go to and they usually have working bees and interesting talks,
* Men's Sheds
* Church Food Pantries that you could help out with and they foster WONDERFUL friendships IME.
* Community Soup Kitchens
* Disability service centres who run Op shops are usually always looking for Volunteers.
* Gardening groups and Permaculture groups.

These are just the groups I've been involved with in the past and I've kept around 1 good friend per group lol.

I even found a group that assists with driving children to jail to see their incarcerated parent(s).
You would probably need a Working With Children's Check to help with some groups but these are free for Volunteers.

Sometimes we just need to feel needed and you may feel the right things if you can get yourself out there.

Has your interest been piqued at all?

EM

[Spd]

I've just found out that my complaints have not been going to were they should have.my complaints to the police never got there because it's the police who are doing the harrassment.if you can't trust them and it's them who are doing this,then we're do l turn.ive put three complaints into ibac with no reply.the police will be interfering with that for sure.l read on the net that the ombudsman does not investigate police.does that sound right to you.l can't find anything out that would help me,and it's eroded my mental health totally.theres no point trying to join a group or meet people because the police interfered with it,and l can never find out what is said about me.they tell me I'm not under investigation for anything,but they have been all over me since 2017 .my family is behind it.they have hated me for as long as l can remember.this has been going on for a very long time,but l never realised until 2017.l always blamed myself.they always made out everything was my fault,and l believed that to.l came to realise that my family,friends and police have been involved in spiking my drinks when l went out.l just thought l drank to much,and didn't know any better.l haven't had a drink for a long time.l remember mentioning this to a mates wife once,and all of them changed towards me.anyway thanks for your messages,they are a big help.l don't get any other replies,so thanks for listening.

[ecomama]

Dear Spd

Have you made detailed notes with dates and hopefully names of people you believe are trying to harm you?

If I were you I would go the Local MP. Lodge a complaint there. Ask questions about who to report to etc.

I did contact an Ombudsman for Police years ago and got an incredible response. Courts where I could not lodge complaints were suddenly opened up to me. But I went out of my local area to lodge in Court, then they transferred me to a local Court.

I engaged my own lawyer because I didn't trust the police at all then. The Judge ruled in my favour and the offenders tried to attack me before I had even left the Court house. Police pounced on them and handcuffed and charged them immediately.

I never heard from them again.

Strangely enough, within a year our whole local police were investigated and many were sacked for corruption. There was a whole clean out here. I'm sure it wasn't just my complaint that made that happen.

I hope you can get somewhere safe.

EM

[Spd]

I can name all the people who have tried to harm me,but have no proof.l can't name any police but they have been all over me since 2017.l think one of my brother's will be heaverlly involved.he knows about computers and will be the one hacking into my phone.l don't have the energy to do any more about it.its just stopped some were,so why bother.lve never used social media,so I'm safe from that rubbish.l have sent a lot of abusive and threatening messages,but not for a while.not sure what the future holds.cant go interstate at the moment.this covid looks like it's coming back.its early to bed,then a struggle through the day.the depression and anxiety is relentless but l don't think l know any better or different .that's life.