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beyondblue’s clinically-trained moderators often work offline (invisible to you) on issues relating to suicide or self-harm. At the same time, general supportive comments from the community are encouraged. If you have concerns around suicide or self-harm, please phone our support service on 1300 22 4636.
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Hi Love
One other quick suggestion for you – if you’re really nervous about making the call – is that largely due to your doctor being the family doctor??
Would it potentially be easier to choose a different doctor? If so, on this site, Beyond Blue have a list of doctors available and they can be searched to hopefully locate one or more in your local area. The thing with these doctors is that they are all fully qualified on dealing with mental health issues – and as a result of that, they are then able to determine the best future course of action for you.
Back to your own doctor though – I know this sounds so easy to read and it’s easy for me to say this, but please, yes you’re nervous (that’s only showing that you’re human, which is a good thing) 🙂 but Love, doctors are professionals and they’ve signed contracts and the like that announces that they can’t break patient confidentiality and they do not judge people/their patients.
I know this can’t happen, but how I wish that one of us from this site could make that phone call for you – to help you out and to get this ball rolling for you. Doctors see hundreds and hundreds of patients and as a result, see people with all kinds of illnesses. They no doubt will have seen people before with your illness that you are experiencing – which is great, because then they’ll know exactly what to do and how to provide appropriate assistance for you.
Please Love, hang in there and try for that phone call – and please let us know how you get on?
Kind regards
Neil
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dear Love, maybe you can call the 'web chat' line at the hours of 3pm to 12 am or during that time when no one is home or perhaps a friends phone but just make sure that you are alone, otherwise it will restrict you to be able to talk freely.
It's truly so important that you can get some help, or alternatively you can email Beyond Blue where you will be able to get their assistance and guidance.
Hope to hear from you soon. Geoff. x
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Hi Love
Lovely to hear back from you - but whoa, what do you mean by saying that was the most stressful experience of your life?
Was this something that you tried to do through Beyond Blue?
I would love to hear back from you on this?
Kind regards
Neil
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Well, it ended badly. And they told me I had to go to hospital. But it was just the phone line cutting out. I had an anxiety attack cause my parents were home.
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Hi Love
Thank you for coming back to us - I'm guessing that phone call to the Doctors is what ended badly, yes??
Did you actually get to speak to a Dr?
I don't want to press you for information, but if possible, it would be great to hear a little bit more about what happened and where you're at, at the moment? I'm not the only one here is concerned about you - so it'll help others to be able to read what events have happened to you just recently? But again Love, I'm not wishing to push at all - I'm just concerned for you.
Kind regards
Neil
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Dear Love
I'm so sorry to hear of the awful loss of your cousin. I can't imagine how you'd be feeling now - and I'm guessing that you don't have too many options for support at this time either, do you????
Phoning up crisis lines seems to be like an almost "all" or "nothing" approach or response - where a lot of callers (so I've heard on this site) have said that they send a team around and will get the caller into hospital, when I believe all they wanted was someone to vent too.
Because of your hospital admission, were your parents aware of this - how is your mum with this? You were worried sometime ago about if she was aware of how you are, you were worried that it might affect your relationship? I hope that this isn't the case for you - I so hope that she is going to be a great support for you?
Please write back whenever and as often as you feel like it.
Kind regards
Neil
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