Eden1919Senior Contributor
Safety
What do you do when you arent feeling safe but you dont want to go to the hospital and helplines arent working? Also what do you do when distractions and all of that stuff isnt working either?
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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@Former-Member Yes, it's an ongoing issue for many of us. I knew today was going to be like this, and I'm trying just about every DBT skill I know. I've called my crisis team to let them that I'm struggling to big time & going to go there in a bit to get some prn meds to help (hopefully).
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Unknown userMember
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Yeah @Sans911 😞 I am a really bad SH-er, and when I get in low spaces like how I feel now - I often find myself ending up in hospital. Which isn't fun as my family aren't supporting and don't believe in mental health. Then I usually get punished for it in the aftermath & a lot of anger. After my OD I was also taken off my meds cold turkey- and that really messed me up.
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Eden1919Senior Contributor
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@Sans911 @Former-Member i am sorry you are both feeling awful too. as for hospital i just cant go there and yes i have been before and it was a horrible experience. also i know i have "done it before" but things are so much more intense now and at this level i am not sure i can. but i am really anxious because if the crisis team do take me to hospital tomorrow then i will miss my last 2 DBT sessions which i have been trying so hard to stay alive for. idk i am a huge mess right now. i dont even know what is left to do. i feel totally defeated.
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Unknown userMember
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I understand @Eden1919 😔 Hospital sucks!
You can DO this and get through it. Tell the crisis team that you want to complete your last 2 DBT sessions - and they might give you some space to complete that goal and hopefully will check back on you. Xx
You can DO this and get through it. Tell the crisis team that you want to complete your last 2 DBT sessions - and they might give you some space to complete that goal and hopefully will check back on you. Xx
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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@Eden1919 I know you are probably out of your mind with what the crisis team will do/say when they come. And if they see how anxious/overwhelmed you are, then they'll be really concerned. And they're not with you yet right? How soon until they come? Because you can't do anything about them yet, so let's focus on right now. This very minute. How you eaten today? Taken a shower? What is your goal when the crisis team comes? I know you're desperate to stay out of hospital. So in order to do that you need to get your emotions under control. Do you have any ice cubes in your freezer? If so, can you put one in each hand. Hold them tight, so they are melting in you warm hands.
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Eden1919Senior Contributor
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i can maybe tell them that but i cant tell the other beings i am dealing with to back off. i have already tried and i got introuble and that is what landed me in this huge mess because now they are mad at me and want me to move things along faster plus to be honest if it isnt now then it is just going to be in 2 weeks anyway they wont let me stop i have asked and asked but they refuse and they are going to hurt me if i dont do what they say and i cant they i cant explain it but they wont leave me alone and that is all my fault
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Eden1919Senior Contributor
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@Sans911 i know i need to get myself under control but i cant seem to i have eaten and had a shower so that is all good but i cant even when i speak it all commes out a mess they are coming tomorrow but i am just nervous because i dont know what to do there are 2 main beings (S and G) S wants me to tell the crisis team what is going on but only so that is ruins G's plans but S is making me tell or they will hurt me and G is making me do things for them or they will hurt me and S and G hate each other and they both want the same thing which is something that is stuck inside me which is why they will never leave me alone only they both now want me to hurry up because of something they wont tell me and everyone keeps saying just to ignore them but i literally cant when i ignore them they hurt me and other people too. i dont feel like i have a choice anymore which is why i am worried about what the crisis team will do if S makes me tell which they will because they wnat to ruin things for G and i just cant deal with all of this.
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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@Former-Member Same here to your post. After a horrid 3 months and lots of issues with professionals, thankfully we are all on the same page as to what is best for me. I'm really sorry to hear your family unsupportiv; that makes it really difficult. And stressful. I have one really good support person, who checks up on me frequently every day. She doesn't know every little thing that's going on, but I'm beginning to trust her to say that I'm struggling and she understands that at least. And sometimes I tell I'm fine like today, when I'm clearly not. But it's more to protect her from too much worry. This forum is helpful because if I can be there for others, that helps me too
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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@Eden1919 can you write out what S and G want right now. No one has to see it, but getting it out might help you focus a little. And perhaps can you try to answer each of their concerns. A little bit like pros and cons of responding to their needs and demands.
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Eden1919Senior Contributor
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@Sans911 well weirdly they both want the same thing which kind of invloves me hurting myself as i said there is some things stuck inside me and well ok there are 2 souls stuck inside me and both no one belongs to G and one belongs to S and they both want their souls back back i can only give it back too them by doing one thing the problem is that both G and S want BOTH souls which would be disasterous if either one had both because they both posses different abilities and anyway it is like a game to them but if either of them hurt me the way they want me to hurt me then neither of them get either of the souls which is why i have to do it but it is really compilcated.
