Looking for support

Hey @Hopeandlove , great you could swing by. Lovely to see you 🙂

@Hopeandlove , just a quick note: In line with community guidelines around recovery-focused posting, I've edited your post so that part of it sits in a spoiler so members have a choice whether they want to read it or not.

I'm mindful that you feel you have not hope, yet at the same time, you've reached out and connected to the community here, posting "Looking for support".

I feel there is a little flame of hope burning within you - you just gotta let it happen.

It takes a lot of courage to reach out to an unknown community, yet you have done just that.

Keep hanging in there my friend. When you lose hope, let us do the hoping for you.

Hugs

Hey @MJG017 , that post above from @Hopeandlove was for you 🙂

Thanks.

Sorry and thanks for the advice. I'll remember that for next time.

I'm in that process of looking for hope, sometimes there's moments when I feel ok and I think that just maybe I'll make it through. But then there is also moments of darkness when the pain takes over and things don't feel ok.

Thanks i will keep trying to find that hope.

@Hopeandlove , that's why we need one another. When you feel you just can't any more, someone will lift you up.

We all have our own stories - our own failings and our own triumphs. We are not better than anyone else.

Yet in all these, we can stand together and support one another.

Hope is there. Seize it. Don't let go my dear.

Hope is powerful.

@Hopeandlove

I don't know how I would have gotten through the past couple of years with my health issues without my partner. I have a couple of people who are supportive in my life who i can speak to. But I have a similar feeling of not wanted to be a burden so I probable don't share as much as I should about how I'm feeling. It seems unfair that with only a couple of people that they get to be the only two I can dump stuff on when i'm struggling so I do... i'm not sure 'hide' is the right term, but I do try to maintain as much positivity as I can when talking to them.

At the darkest, most difficult point in my life, If found this forum as well. It was about 8 months ago and it's helped me a lot. It's so important to keep that hope alive. It maybe wont feel like it's there all the time, and that's okay. As long as you can feel it sometimes. That can be enough to keep you looking and to keep reaching out. Like you've done here, which takes a lot of courage and strength, so don't underestimate yourself. Those qualities will keep you going and get you through those darker moments.

Thanks. Sometimes things do become too much for one person to manage alone and I'm hoping that by being here and sharing experiences that I won't feel so alone.

Hope is powerful yes and something we need to have in order to get through moments that challenge us whether that be physically or mentally.

I'm digging through the darkness trying to find some hope to just keep going.

Hi @Hopeandlove

You are definitely not the only person on this forum who feels isolated.

It’s great that you have reached out, that a great step.

As @tyme says, I have found people here to be friendly and supportive.

I hope you are able to work some things through on here and pick up some helpful ideas that others may give and also pick up tips and feel less isolated reading other people’s stories.

Many people on here have more than one MH diagnosis and many also have other health problems, so you’re not alone there either

I'm sure those couple of people that you have understand what you are going through and would support you as much as they could. I guess it's all about balance and whilst positivity is great it's also ok to let that guard down and allow yourself to get things out so you don't sit with everything alone.

It's so good that you found the forums and that it's been helpful. I'm hopeful that it will help me through the dark moments that come around all too often.

Hello.

It's nice to know I'm not alone with how I'm feeling and having so many different mental health issues and other health issues. I'm hopeful that I'll find some good tips and different ideas on how to manage things.

Thanks for taking the time to read my post and offering support.

@Hopeandlove Im so glad youve found this online place. Apparently theres 47,500+ of us signed up here👏👏. We can do this. Am wondering ifyou have ever been prescribed an antipsychotic med...for out of the ordinary thoughts youre having that cause you the anxiety you mentioned🤔