LowieCasual Contributor
Support options for adult daughter
Hi, I have been away from SANE for a few years but my adult daughter's mental health is declining and she and I are unable to afford a private psychiatrist. I support her as much as I can (we live in different states) with positive reinforcement of her feelings and financially when I can.
It breaks my heart to see her at nearly 30, struggling to live a 'normal' life - personal care reduction, self-loathing and self-harm, unemployed and feeling unemployable, trying her best to 'fit in' and often failing.
She has struggled since childhood, starting in Grade 2 with not fitting in with the cool kids. This was then exacerbated by being teased unmercifully due to her red hair when she commenced high school.
She has suffered trauma due to the deaths of quite a few of her friends, a 24 yr old cousin, family members, a 7 week old baby living with us at the time and the murder of her brother-in-law. All in all a traumatic period in her teens and twenties.
Getting affordable help is the main problem. She was receiving counselling as a young teenager but aged out and then received adult counselling for some time but the service she was using changed it's focus to sexual assault and she was no longer eligible under their umbrella of services.
She has a degree in psychology which in itself can be an obstacle due to self-diagnosis. She really needs to see a psychiatrist to have a correct diagnosis of her mental health issues and to receive the support she needs.
She lives in [edited by moderator] Brisbane and does not drive so feels isolated from getting support somewhere she can get to easily.
Hopefully someone on here will have some suggestions on where she can get this support as I am at a loss.
