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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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OMG KAren i am listening to the Bee Gee's, my god they had some great songs. so unique, his voice.

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Jacques you know me too well

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They are really impressive

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Karen, i know you can do it, how about keepingthem in your room, but up high enough so you can't reach them?

I know they make you feel safe, give you a way out, some comfort. But Karen, it only takes one silly thought, you need to remove the temptation, or at least make it hard to get.

Can you at least promise me you will stay safe tonight?

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sorry Karen i am just trying to distract you, i think you are not in the mood for distractions, how about you keep talking to me, how about telling me what you are afraid of tomorrow.

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I will but them in the cupboard I need to have them with me. I hope you understand Jacques.

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Good girl, i do understand, it is sort of like a safety net, like a compultion, i do underastand, i am just struggling to explain, i do it too Karen, so i know the power it has over you like it does me.

Thank you My angel, for at least putting them out of sight. do you still have teddy with you? please give him a hug for me, and a big virtual hug for you my angel.

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I'm afraid of telling the truth about how bad the dark stuff has become. That it is becoming exhausting trying to fight the barrage of thoughts.

Being judged the guilt and shame involved with such dark thoughts.

I feel that I'm going crazy.

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Jacques how do you know my inner secrets when I haven told you

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Karen i wish i could carry some of the burden for you, to give you a break, i understand how bad things are, it is always exhausting fighting the mind, but Karen, if you don't speak to someone about these thoughts, how can you get the help you need, i do the same i hide the things that scare me, and no progress will ever be made unless we are honest with ourselves and with our treating team.

Karen, if someone judges, they have never experianced mental Illness, that is the way i look at it, i feel sorry for them, they can never understand.

Karen you are not going crazy, you have the same struggles as a lot of us, remember 1 in 4 people will experiance MI, so you are not alone, i have the same thoughts too Karen, they are hard to deal with but we fight on.

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