Mental Health Support Society XVIII

Hi and welcome to the thread and TSR I have OCD too, if you ever need to talk I'm here as are the rest of us! All the best with everything and take care

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got so much to sort out and i dont understand any of it enough. im so not adult enough to do this on my own, and im really not coping

Sorry to hear that you are struggling. Do you have a support system (parents, psychologist / psychiatrist) that you could maybe notify that you are not coping and that you may need a help at the moment? If not, you could always set up an appointment.

If being overwhelmed is the problem, I have found that it helps to break things into little pieces and aiming to do just one piece at a time. It may seem "impractical" but at the end of the day you get more done rather than stressing so much about everything that you struggle to get anything done. That's what has helped me sometimes, You could try it if you want to. One step at a time. 🌸

dont have a close network in the sense they are physically around me, but i have a mentally close network of support on the phone, facebook, facetime and stuff.

going through a tough breakup and got so much to do i dont even really know where to start first or what needs doing other than sorting out the flat, money and packing...

I'm very sorry to hear that, I hope it gets better. Just rely on those people and try to have self-empathy and handle things little by little. Hope you feel better soon!

managed to write a list of everything i think needs doing including who to inform, bills to stop, what needs the address changing on them. never done this before

managed to write a list of everything i think needs doing including who to inform, bills to stop, what needs the address changing on them. never done this before

I really hate myself right now and have been hit with massive anxiety and don't know what to do, I ruined it with the counsellor and cannot go back but my boyfriend says I really need help and just I have no idea what to do I've ruined everything

****ing feel like ****. So ****ing done. I hate this.

What's you mean you ruined it with the counsellor?

The counsellor I had was lovely and she taught me some good techniques with automatic negative thoughts and relaxing etc. But I knew that there were some things I hadn't talked about with her- either because I forgot them, or I didn't realise that they were important, etc. And I tried to explain how I am when I'm at my very worst but I don't think I explained very well. So I decided that I need to say that I would like to continue with the sessions and explain that I felt like there was more I needed to talk about, and I prepared what I was going to say and everything, and then when my last session came no mention was made of further sessions and she seemed so pleased with my progress and I didn't have the nerve to say what I was intending to say. And I just can't go back now and tell her that actually I've not made as much progress and that I didn't tell her everything, it will let her down, and I can't go to another counsellor with this charity in case she finds out, because I really liked her, and I don't want her to think I didn't like her.

Then yesterday I had a really bad evening, I had loads of anxiety which eventually made me get annoyed at myself and I felt absolutely awful, and I know that I ought to go and see a counsellor or someone again, but I just don't really want to? Like I'm really scared I will do the same thing and not be able to open up with the next counsellor and I just want to concentrate on my exams and then get more counselling at uni. My boyfriend has said that if I don't set up counselling or something by Sunday he will need to tell my family as it's that bad and I really don't want him to tell them. I'm hoping I can find online counselling or something...

Oops, I'm sorry this is quite long

The counsellor I had was lovely and she taught me some good techniques with automatic negative thoughts and relaxing etc. But I knew that there were some things I hadn't talked about with her- either because I forgot them, or I didn't realise that they were important, etc. And I tried to explain how I am when I'm at my very worst but I don't think I explained very well. So I decided that I need to say that I would like to continue with the sessions and explain that I felt like there was more I needed to talk about, and I prepared what I was going to say and everything, and then when my last session came no mention was made of further sessions and she seemed so pleased with my progress and I didn't have the nerve to say what I was intending to say. And I just can't go back now and tell her that actually I've not made as much progress and that I didn't tell her everything, it will let her down, and I can't go to another counsellor with this charity in case she finds out, because I really liked her, and I don't want her to think I didn't like her.

Then yesterday I had a really bad evening, I had loads of anxiety which eventually made me get annoyed at myself and I felt absolutely awful, and I know that I ought to go and see a counsellor or someone again, but I just don't really want to? Like I'm really scared I will do the same thing and not be able to open up with the next counsellor and I just want to concentrate on my exams and then get more counselling at uni. My boyfriend has said that if I don't set up counselling or something by Sunday he will need to tell my family as it's that bad and I really don't want him to tell them. I'm hoping I can find online counselling or something...

Oops, I'm sorry this is quite long