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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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Oh no Karen, that is aweful. i hope the poor little thing feels better soon.

sounds like you have a really busy day, i will be here when you want to talk, or if you just want some quiet friendly company.

Take care my angel, i know how stress can make things worse, my thoughts are with you.

Jacques

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Hi Jacques I hope your day has gone well.

What did you get up to today?

Your probably cooking dinner, hope your mum lets you use the oven:-)

Thinking of you j

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hi My angel, we'll I had a lazy day today, I slept the whole day, I had no energy at all. it is becoming worrying.

tonight I made a speaker box to put out the back of the shed, so I can listen to music while on my sunlounge.

tonight was sausages with cabbage and mash potatoe's.

How did you go today, I felt so sorry for you, all that running around. I do hope you are getting some rest tonight.

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Oh my angel, I really missed you too, I was waiting all afternoon to see how you are.

I can totally understand you are exhausted with all the running about, I would be too.

Oh Karen that will be fantastic, is it an animal sanctuary? I hope you enjoy the day, you are such a good mum doing all these things for your girls, it must be such a help to the teachers too.

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Yes it's an animal sanctuary. It's her first time on a bus so she's really excited. It's only 20 minutes from her school so not too far.

It will also be her first night away from home. I'm really nervous for her.

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Oh wow that will be exciting for her, I know how much she loves animals from what you have told me, it is good it is so close, so not so much driving for you, I know you will struggle with so many people, but hang in their.

Oh wow, first night away from home, I hope she handles it better than me, mum and dad had to pick me up at 11pm when I went on my first and only excersion.

I do hope tomorrow and tomorrow night go well for her, and we'll for you too, I know you will worry about her, I am sure the teachers will look after her.

How are you doing tonight? I can imagine you are struggling with being so busy and what not.

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Exhausted it's so hard to battle the dark stuff when I'm so busy, overwhelmed and physically and emotionally spent.

Don't be too hard on yourself j if your body is telling you to rest you must need it.

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I know is must be so difficult, you never seem to get a break, I hope talking to me helps with all the dark stuff, it does help to get it out.

Yes you may be right, I don't know what is wrong with me but month after month I am getting less and less energy, I don't exercise at all anymore, and struggle just to get up of a morning.

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I'm the same j I drag myself out of bed if it wasn't for the girls I wouldn't bother. I watch my fitness diminish my muscles and joints ache. Even just walking now seems such an effort.

I don't know what's happening to me. I used to walk 10 km a day. Now just standing is an effort.

It's awful feeling this way and no one can answer what is going on. It's so frustrating.

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OMG Karen, I thought I was just getting lazy, I wonder if it could be the medication we are on, mum thought it might be the medication, she said she has seen my health decline since being on it.

yes I get the aching joints too, moving is such an effort.

Karen I understand I am going through the same thing. mum is going to buy a treadmill for me so I can exercise when I want, I find it too hard to leave the house after 6am.

Karen, try not to be so tough on yourself sometimes it is out of our hands, if the side effects are so much we can't blame oursleves.

I do hope I can get back to being fit again.

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