Hi MuM-of-Boys,
We’re really glad you could come to the forum to share this with our online community tonight. We know it isn’t always easy to share something like this, but we think it’s a powerful step you've taken, and we really appreciate your openness and bravery in sharing.
We’ve sent an email to you privately to make sure you’re ok. If you want to reach out (at any time) to talk with one of our trained counsellors, please call us on 1300 22 4636 - you could also reach us for an online chat
here. We also recommend our friends over at the
Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467, or even
Lifeline on 13 11 14 (all available 24/7) if at any time if you need to connect and/or get immediate support.
We want to kindly and warmly encourage you to hang in there... the reality is that sickness and/or being physically unwell is often a trigger for mental health episodes - lowering our resilience and general coping mechanisms with feelings of being vulnerable and unable to manage our emotions as well as we'd like (especially where there are already existing mental health conditions), not to mention the added stress of all being in temporary isolation together - hopefully this current period of stress is not going to last much longer for you all...
We’d also really like to recommend that you have a look at our Beyond Blue safety planning app. You can read about how it works and where to download it
here. You can even call Lifeline and compete it with one of their counsellors over the phone if you'd like.
Wishing you all a speedy recovery and hope to hear from you again soon.
Kind regards,
Sophie M
