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Need someone to talk to, struggling with loneliness, depression, etc.

Unknown userMember05 May 2020, 4:55 pm AEST

Need someone to talk to, struggling with loneliness, depression, etc.

Hi everyone. Mods, feel free to move this if it's not in the right thread.

I'd just like someone to talk to, about anything I guess. I feel so alone, not just because of the virus (although that obviously doesn't help), but just in general. My psychiatrist is the only person who has helped me, professional wise, and the only professional I have. I'm thankful for him. Hopefully i can keep seeing him every 2-3 weeks as he agreed to (because he knows I have no other professional support online and in person).

Every other support I've had has been bad and has treated me horribly, especially lately, online and face to face. I won't go into too much detail because that's just triggering for me.

Please, if anyone is around, please say hi. I'd like to talk to someone, someone new or some people I've already engaged with on here. Anyone is fine.

Thanks, I hope someone sees this. The loneliness, depression, etc. is just too much for me to handle and just seems to be getting worse.

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outlanderSenior Contributor05 May 2020, 10:22 pm AEST

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that sounds lovely @Former-Member sounds like a nice place to be for treatment. hopefully they'll be able to start doing face to face appointments soon though as I know how hard it is on the phone or other telehealth services.

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Unknown userMember05 May 2020, 10:28 pm AEST

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Hopefully. I love your profile picture by the way @outlander .

Yeah I miss the face to face sessions, for me I just feel more comfortable with it. I guess through Skype is sort of the same thing but it's also not. I see my psychiatrist on a Telehealth company through an app, I don't think I can say the company's name because of rules. I wish I could meet him in person somehow, but he's in Sydney and I'm in Victoria.

I'd just be wasting my time seeing my GP since she just says speak to my Psychiatrist. Speaking of him, I've noticed he hasn't done my GP letters much lately, I'll ask him. I think it may be because he appears to be working from home (I can tell by the different wall, his office wall is white with a nice background, the other one that appears to be his house is this ugly dark purple colour lol). So that could be why, I'll ask.

Lol at the GP though, she said she'd prescribe me what my psychiatrist recommended when she gets the letter from him. My Psychiatrist just sends me the scripts in the mail or faxes them to my local chemist, so I'd already been on the meds for 2 weeks before the GP and clinic called me to let me know she'd done a script for me. Lol talk about silly and unreliable huh?

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Unknown userMember05 May 2020, 10:38 pm AEST

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Sorry just saw your comment about Rob & MB20. Fair enough. Rob's my hero, not just his music, but yeah. @Bezak482

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BlepSenior Contributor05 May 2020, 11:10 pm AEST

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Hey @Former-Member. Just wanted to say that I like your taste in music. A nice mix! Did you go and see Elton John when he was here at all?

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Unknown userMember05 May 2020, 11:21 pm AEST

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Hi @Blep , thank you. Love your profile picture. No I didn't see him because the tickets were too pricey unfortunately, I've grown up with his music. How about you?

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BlepSenior Contributor05 May 2020, 11:32 pm AEST

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Thank you @Former-Member! That's a shame that you couldn't go but you are correct about the pricey statement.

My husband and I did go because since it is his laat tour when are we going to be able to see him again.

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Unknown userMember06 May 2020, 10:51 am AEST

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Interesting! @Blep

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BlepSenior Contributor06 May 2020, 11:14 am AEST

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My husband and I were going to go to SO many gigs this year but of course most have been cancelled. I was fortunate to have seen Michael Buble and queen before the lockdown @Former-Member

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Unknown userMember06 May 2020, 11:48 am AEST

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Oh cool, he's not my type of music but thats good that you went @Blep

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FogContributor06 May 2020, 2:18 pm AEST

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@Former-Member It is really hard with this virus. It's quite isolating. I'm not one to reach out but I needed to today and I can only do Chat as talking makes my mental health worse all crisis lines are busy and can't get though..... makes it even more lonely and difficult when you need someone just to connect with. Hope you are feeling a little bit of support form on here.

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