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[Rosine]

Hi there.

Im not sure what i need to say. Ive stopped therapy and have been having alot of trouble reaching out to friends. I have high anxiety and also depression. Im almost 28 and i have 2 beautiful boys ages 2 and 3! Im in a long term relationship to their father, its almost been 10 years. Im just going to leave it there. Thanks.

[white knight]

Hi Rosine, welcome

Having young children alone is stressful let alone ither problems you might tell us about when and if ready.

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Some of us have resorted to partial withdrawal from siciety for protection reasons as we get hurt easily

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Some friends wont understand. So be prepared.

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But what is very important is to get things in perspective

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Welcome hete, I hope we can help.

Tony WK

[MsPurple]

Hi Rosine and welcome to the forums 🙂

We are a peer based forums who show help and support to everyone. We have lots of forum users who are also parents and deal with anxiety and struggle to reach out. I myself am not a parent so can not completely understand what you are going through. I myself know how hard it is to deal with anxiety without kids. I find therapy helpful for me to help make sure I am staying well. I know some people it may not be for them. How do you feel you are going without therapy? Did you find it wasn't helpful for you and is that why you stopped?

I find meditation quite useful for helping me reduce my anxiety. I use the iphone app called 'calm' and 'headspace'

Welcome to the BB forums. And hope to see you around more. I'll come back and check in on this thread time to time

MP

[Rosine]

Thanks for the reply to both of you,, it was nice to wake up to. This last fortnight i have gone to reach out to friends alot but never end up sending my message and always delete it as i truly think my friends dont get it. I hold back because i dont want to cone across as im a victim or feel sorry for me.

The biggest thing i am struggling with atm is ny relationship with my partner. He is in treatment also. I went to one appointment with him and his dr said he might have border line and/or bipolar. Its been a rocky hard painful road.

I loved therapy but can no longer afford it, i have 1 left on medicare that im saving for when i really need it. In the meantime i have been reading a book called "release your inner superhero, super you! By Emily Gordon. It is a nice reminder of what ive already learnt.

[geoff]

hello Rosine, anxiety and depression come together, they are always there so when one of these is there then so is the other.
There is so much we could read into your comment, however it's probably not appropriate to mention these, simply because we could be wrong, and if this is the situation then you may take on board the comments we have made, that's not your fault by the way.
All I will say is that it seems as though you maybe having marriage problems, and you're no exception because I certainly did as well.
With your counselling you could ask your doctor if you can get an extension or alternatively ask your counsellor/psych if they can bulk bill you as you don't have any money to pay them, but definitely the help they have been giving you.
Some will oblige while others won't, but it seems as though you need to keep this going. Geoff.

[white knight]

Hi Rosine

Geoff is very correct, a proper duagnosis is crutial.

As you like reading the book "walking in egg shells " is a must. Extracts can be found by googling "queen waif hermit witch"

Cheers

Tony WK