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Chris D
Community Member
I need to talk to someone. I need encouragement. Please help me.
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Hi Chris, I had to go to work but I just got back and checked to see if you'd posted so it's good to read your message. You don't need to say anything just say hi, we're all pleased to hear from you. 

Hang in there, keep at it, you're doing an amazing job and we all know how freaking hard it is, it is the most horrible thing for anyone to go through and people who haven't been through it cannot even begin to imagine how hard it is. Be patient, stay safe, and keep posting like you say it is worse than going to hell and back and trust me we have been there too. 

You have all of our hearts caring about you right now xxxxxx 

geoff
Champion Alumni
Champion Alumni

dear Chris, I'm back now and it's 1.30am, and as an OCD sufferer right on schedule.

How far away are you from a larger town, or alternatively ring 000 or get your friend to ring this number.

All calls made to 000 HAVE to attended to either by police or ambulance people, and   those who are in danger of harming themselves have to go to hospital.

Again not sure whether you are up yet. Geoff.

Chris D
Community Member

Went and saw friend last nite and she told me how i was affecting her with my problems. After hearing how i made her feel and telling her my life story and what happened to myself when i was a young boy in school, we both felt better with eachother. She has bipolar so she understand what i'm going through.

I don't know what else to do or say anymore.

Chris D
Community Member

I FEEL LOST, SCARED and VERY UPSET. My mind is racing i can't concentrate barely able to type this post. I have the 2 biggest waterfalls i hav ever seen running down my face at this moment.

I can't stay on this roller coaster this up and down ride is making me feel very sick in the stomach. I hav an empty hole in my stomach bigger than a mine pit i feel.

Have got a support group meeting at 6 not even sure if i want to go to that cause not in the mood for talking feel like i will just sit there in silence for 2hrs.

Chris D
Community Member

I feel alone. Feel like i'm back at square one again, why am i going in circles. I need someone or something i don't know anymore.

I need people to reply to me. I know they have their own issues that is why i'm not sure if i should have said that. I'm confussed if i should be on here or not, cause i feel like i make people feel worse plus they have their own problems. I feel i should just b the one that focuses on me no one else.

Hi Chris, I just read your post above and I hope you're feeling better. It sounds similar to a panic attack to me, you poor thing. Feeling like this is the pits. 

Its great that you had a good talk to your friend last night. 

Did you go to the support group at 6? 

Hope you are ok, it's very normal to have these panic feelings, it's part of the depression. But they are the scariest thing I know. xxx

geoff
Champion Alumni
Champion Alumni

dear Chris, I know that the time to go to this meeting has well and truly passed.

I go off line at about 12.00pm until about 1.00 am, as I have heaps of medication which puts me to sleep early, unfortunately I am the lucky one as many have trouble sleeping, and I feel so sorry for you all, because too much sleep is just as bad as no sleep at all.

As much as you don't want to go please remember that I'm sure that most of these other people would feel the same as you do, scared, frightened and apprehensive.

Geoff.

Chris D
Community Member

I have no confidence, faith or trust in any of my health proefssionals anymore. They tell i can see them and talk to them and when i do they say i can't talk to them. I went to my local hospital emergengy department about a month ago on a weekend cause i needed help and got told that the department is for emergencies only even when i told the mental health nurse how i was feeling, so i left feeling worse than when i entered.

I have tried to get in to see my gp and mental health nurse as well and i can even when i explain to the receptionist how i'm feeling they say they will call me haven't this was a month ago, i have made numerous phone calls to them and went in person on different days and times and still nothing.

I don't know where else to turn too anymore.

Stephen123
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member

Hi chris, I,m sorry I don,t know what to say to you but I feel a strong need to try and say something to you. I feel like this is an emergency situation chris and you are screaming out for help but nobody is saying the right words that will make you feel better. The thing is people on this forum have been in some very dark places in their lifetime, we can somewhat empathise with what you are going through but only up to a certain point. We feel your pain and we can recognise the symptoms, we are all hoping that you get through this difficult time in your life chris. I hear that you have been to a point beyond hell, I hear that you have been able to confide your darkest moments to your friend with bipolar, I hear that you have had enough of the mental health professionals,( half of them are more crazy than we are anyway) I would like to submit to you chris that you have achieved more than you realise. You have opened up to your friend about what is at the crux of the problem, you have come onto this amazing forum where people will support you no matter what even if we can,t be there in person. I promise you chris if you keep on posting and keep going back to your friend and keep talking the pain will lessen. If you can take a pen and paper and write down your deepest darkest experiences. When your done burn it if you want or if you can give it to your friend to read and then burn it. Repeat this process if you can. Maybe one day you,ll come across a mental health professional that you respond to. That will be the day you turn a huge corner chris, that will be the day when you,ll start to feel better. It,s all about communication chris. You have been able to communicate your pain to your friend with bi polar. I,m sorry but now you must find someone that can reflect and give you the tools to cope. The communication will have to be a two way street. I,m sorry if this has sounded like a lecture but I,ve just tried to respond from my heart. Please keep replying to us chris we feel for you.

Chris D
Community Member

Hi Stephen,

Thankyou for your response really appreciate it. You are correct in saying that i have been to a point beyond hell and i still am. There are no words that do it justice. I wish i could find words to explain how i'm feeling but thare are just absolutely no words that are even in the same universe to describe how i'm feeling. I'm not even in the same universe. I approached and went through hell it days ago. I don't even know where i am anymore. Still falling with every passing second.

I am going into town this afternoon to meet up with a person from a support group that i go to for coffee and a chat.

I still have this massive hole in my stomach which is bigger than a mine pit.