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14th year house bound

14th year house bound

Hi Everyone,

I am new hear, after being removed from other mental health forums for my depressive thoughts i thought i would give this forum a try, this is my story.

I am 33 live with my mother, i am almost compeatly housebound, i leave my house once in the morning for a walk at 6am and maybe once during the week, both times i leave the house fill me with great anxiety, i have no friends, (the last friend i had was in 2001), i have never had a job, never had a girlfriend and never been able to leave my parents side, my father died in 2001 and i have always suffered seperation anxiety the last time i had a night away from home was 1994 for one night (parents had to pick me up at midnight because i was so frantic).

I have spent most of the past 14 years in my room, or the shed, never much out of the yard, no one in my town knows me, people stare and ask each other behind my back if any one knows who i am.

I have only had an income for the past year and spend the previous 7 with no income at all, mum had to use all of her life savings to allow me to live with her and she now has nothing.

I only want to live long enough to care for her in her old age and then i plan to take my own life, i knew from an early age my life would turn out like this, but had no idea how horrible it would be, every day is the same, i often wonder why i keep going, i have very little contact with family (maybe once a year) and i am really struggling to keep going.

Please don't feel distressed about what i am saying, and i am so sorry if i have offended anyone, it is just how i feel.

Their is so much more, but i will leave it at that for the moment, i am shaking and the anxiety is kicking in so thankyou for reading and i will add more later.

Jacques

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sorry Jacques I shouldn't have asked, it is my decision. Shaking so much anxiety awful

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They are going to let me know if they will make me involuntary

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Oh Karen, i am sorry you are like this, you may need to try to distract, listen to music, go for a walk, do something with the girls.

Karen it will be a tough night, please don;t watch the show tonight, it will just make things worse for you, i am worried already, please promise me you will not watch it.

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If they don't have a bed they will send me to the emergency department until there is a bed, that could be days.

My private health insurance won't cover me, pre existing condition

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Karen this is so unfair, you have private health cover, what is the point of it if you can't use it when you need it. it makes me so angry, they are making huge profits, aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

Karen i wish their where something i could do, you have been doing so well lately, not great, but better, i don't understand. i wish their where someone who would be abledto help you get better, once and for all.

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The mental health unit is the same one as I have been in. They have told me that being there causes me to deteriorate because of the abusive and violent men. I was attacked twice by a patient there. I also passed out because I couldn't make the communal eating.

All they do is sedate you, that's not a solution.

Sorry Jacques I know this isn't your problem.

Are you going to watch the show tonite?

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The private health insurance cost me nearly three thousand dollars, and it's no use to me.

No win win I can't do anything right

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I can't do this again!

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Karen the private health cover is not your fault, it is just another example of insurance companies stealing money off people to give to share holders.

Karen if your treatment was that bad their, and they want you to go back to the same facility, if i had the choice and it would make me worse i would not go.

Karen please don't worry about talking to me about this, you can't keep all this bottled up inside you, i am here for you to talk to and vent, any time unconditionally.

Yes i am going to watch the show tonight, if you end up watching it and you get triggered, please speak to me, i am better prepared this time, last night caught me off guard. the man my age who was house bound last night, it was almost my exact situation, it scared the crap out of me.

Karen please if you need emergency help please call lifeline.

I am online here till late tonight, anytime you want to talk i will be here. sorry for the delay just now, i had a shower and a shave.

Karen i am here to support you, i can't make your decisions but i wil lend a gentle shoulder to lean on.

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I guessed you must have been in the shower I hope it was hot....it's good to have a safe place.

That's the problem Jacques, not having the choice on where I go.

I greatly appreciate the support sincerely thank you j

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