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Not Coping

Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor08 Nov 2022, 6:51 pm AEDT

Not Coping

Hey everyone how are you all?

@RiverSeal @Shaz51 @NatureLover @tyme @Former-Member @Eve7 @Former-Member @amber22 @Jynx @FloatingFeather

I'm not doing great at all today. I'm feeling down. I also keep beating myself up for everything and feel like I'm just failing. I need a break from everything. It's getting so hard that I don't know how to keep going anymore especially since I can't talk to anyone around me as they are leaving me or don't understand.

Hope you don’t mind me reaching out I just really need a chat and though I could come on here and vent and talk for a bit.

Thank you

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor29 Jan 2023, 4:40 pm AEDT

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Yeah KHL and sane are some much better anyway. I am very disappointed she just kept talking about her self a lot and said how the sky is blue and how do I know it’s blue and how my emotions and how I think are the same. She didn’t even ask anything to do with how I was feeling or SH or SI at all. She is also a senior clinician there so I’m not sure they just do thing very differently then other services I guess @creative_writer.

I literally used sane every day last week and that’s a good week because I was working tomorrow and the rest of the week will be terrible as I’ll be home how will I cope then.

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creative_writerSenior Contributor29 Jan 2023, 4:49 pm AEDT

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@Birdofparadise8 I found KHL so much more useful than Lifeline too. I guess you get to develop rapport with your chosen counsellor too, I used them until I was too old. Lifeline and SCBS have been a hit or miss for me. I wish I knew about SANE earlier, only really found out about them last year. I feel like it’s a hit or miss with many mental health professionals. I’ve had useful and not so useful calls with mental health triage. I’ve seen multiple therapists too, and not all worked for me. I would suggest being proactive about supports before reaching Melbourne and seeing what services you may potentially be eligible for.

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor29 Jan 2023, 5:01 pm AEDT

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Yeah it is good I get to talk to the same lady each time which is nice.

Very hit and miss it can be.

Yes I’m on a waitlist for a couple places @creative_writer

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creative_writerSenior Contributor29 Jan 2023, 5:07 pm AEDT

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@Birdofparadise8, I hope you do get into somewhere. You can also give the local Melbourne mental health triage a ring once you get there as they may know other services too, but try to be as honest and open to them as you can. I was only able to get more support after explaining how suicidal and low I had been feeling.

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor29 Jan 2023, 5:35 pm AEDT

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Yeah I will do that thank you @creative_writer

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Eve7Senior Contributor29 Jan 2023, 5:35 pm AEDT

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Sorry to hear that @Birdofparadise8 It’s good you have other supports.

Sane would never say that to you 💙

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor29 Jan 2023, 5:37 pm AEDT

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Thank you @Eve7

Well I’ve been talking to them every day and no one has said anything I’m really struggling at the moment so I don’t see why these services wouldn’t want to help.

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tymeModerator29 Jan 2023, 5:49 pm AEDT