I've spent years, in fact my whole adult life, asking for help but have got nowhere. It seems to me that unless I am suicidal or a danger to others, I'm not really important as far as mental health services go. I know they are stretched and about all the funding cuts etc. and I'm not saying people who are suicidal shouldn't be prioritised obviously. My problems do affect me everyday and seriously reduce the quality of my life though. If it were a physical illness, I'm sure somebody would have helped me by now, even if it was something I wasn't about to immediately drop down dead from. So why should I be expected to just carry on with no help, or worse be expected to cure myself?
Recently I have even considered lying to say I am suicidal, just so that someone might actually listen and do something for once. The problem with that would be because I know they already think my DC must be neglected/unhappy/in danger (so completely untrue) and would jump at the chance to send the SS in to our lives. They wouldn't even stop to think that it would do nothing to help solve my problems and quite likely would just make them worse.
So basically I am stuck in this position. I hate my life but have no way of changing it and no one to turn to for help. Does anyone else think like this or is it just my crazy brain thinking nonsense again?
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Scruffalo · 05/02/2013 02:15
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