Hello ad Lisa, a wwarm welcome to the site and having any 'autoimmune condition' can affect anybody in all different ways and nobody who posts a comment here is a 'whinger, hypochondriac or an annoying person, you do so for a reason whether it's specific or not, but feeling as though all you need is support.
At first we are able to mask our feelings so we think no one knows about how we are feeling, but after a while even that becomes too difficult to try and hold until eventually, we just give in and don't worry what people are thinking.
It's likely all you want to do is be by yourself as our 'friends' slowly disappear.
Sometimes in desperation we ring Lifeline, which do a fantastic job, however, each time you ring to speak to another person, whereas on this site your thread or comment is kept, so people can reply to it at any stage with ideas, suggestions and/or advice.
To speak to someone trained with mental help you will have to get a referral from your doctor and I'm sure most are trained in dealing with PTSD, then you can organise a Telehealth appointment, although they may need to visually see you, to now who they are talking to.
Don't forget your doctor can arrange a 'mental health plan' which entitles you to 10 Medicare paid sessions, even sessions by phone.
I hope you can get back to us so we can help you.
Geoff. x
