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My mental breakdown

ArizonaSenior Contributor07 Sept 2021, 3:39 am AEST

My mental breakdown

I spoke with my therapist tonight and I'm feeling much better. My anxiety went away, though it is starting to come back now.

I told her that I think I'm having a mental breakdown. I said I think I should be in a private psychiatric hospital (I don't have the money to do that and my therapist knows that). She agreed with me.

It felt good to admit that I'm having a mental breakdown. It felt good to say that I'm not okay.

I tried to tell my last GP for a long time that I wasn't okay but he didn't listen to me. He completely invalidated my experience and I felt unsupported and alone.

So how do you heal a mental breakdown (and a life of trauma and mental illness) when you can't afford to go to a private psychiatric hospital? This is the question I'm asking myself now.

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ArizonaSenior Contributor07 Sept 2021, 1:27 pm AEST

Re: My mental breakdown

Sorry, I forgot to say...

I went through a stage where I meditated without any guidance, but I find that too hard at the moment because my negative thoughts are too strong.

@Powderfinger

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pinklollipop15Senior Contributor15 Sept 2021, 9:51 pm AEST

Re: My mental breakdown

For me it was moment by moment, day by day, one step at a time. Go easy on yourself @Arizona

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