Mental Health Support Society Mk XIV

to all of you


I've always been terrible, but I swear recently it's got even worse! How's uni going?


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Does this help anyone? I know I tend to get the two together but I don't know if that's true for anyone else There's some good advice on there anyway! http://www.asthma.org.uk/knowledge-bank-living-with-asthma-emotional-health-stress-and-anxiety


See above possibly Hope you're ok

Hi everyone

Hi

How is everyone?

Not great. Yourself?

I think it disappeared somewhere- my memory is awful, I took the washing outside earlier and just left it on the grass, completely forgot I hadn't actually put it out until mum came home and told me off! is it isn't the first time I've done that either Cool! Even though it'd terrify me Yeahhh, that could be a good idea What course are you doing, is it something education related or am I making that up?

I'm alrightish, had a pretty crap couple of weeks with various things and today's been awful, but seem to be a bit better/kind of hyper tonight which is always fun Got a funeral tomorrow though which I'm not looking forward too, plus because of where it is will be out of the house from 9-8ish and I don't actually think I can manage that at the minute but don't want to let everyone down

Alright for once, I managed to more or less get on top of my hwk so my anxiety has died down a bit

Alright for once, I managed to more or less get on top of my hwk so my anxiety has died down a bit

YAY! I love that feeling!

I have been better... but also a lot worse

Thanks so much for the info... that's really interesting actually. Am going to favourite it How are you?

Hahaaaaaa bless you! I have put the washing outside and it rained and I forgot that there was washing out and elf tit there a few times I haven't spoken to loads, but a fair amount! It was mostly due to having to talk rather voluntarily Yeah I'm doing education so you're not making it up

Awww nooo, I hope you're all right now Being hyper can be a load of fun at times I doubt you'd let people down I haven't been to a few funerals because I'd get too emotional and no one complained at me

My my it's busy in here today :v



You may of already been told this, but CBT requires a lot of input and effort from your side, effectively they will give you the tools to help yourself, but you still need to use those tools, or you won't see any progress.

I've been through CBT with various therapists before, each with their own take on it. Something i'd recommend doing is putting into practice what you have learnt while you are feeling in a good mood, if you practice things when you feel good, it will be much easier to do when you're feeling really down. I say this because i know it can be very difficult to apply CBT stuff when you're feeling really low.

It isn't for everyone, but i do believe everyone can take something away from CBT, be it coping strategies or exercises that help you to cope. It also gives you a lot of knowledge into the whys and hows of depression, and when we understand something better it's never quite as scary. Best of luck to you with it!



I have days where i feel really disconnected, even moreso than normal :| Easier said than done but try not to think too much about it I would write down pretty much everything, people in that line of work are generally nice people and won't care for how little or much much you want to disclose to them. Besides, even if some things aren't in their field of expertise, they may be able to sort something out for you, or give some sort of advice.



It's a shame that it has to be done, but pestering people and chasing them up gets things done from my experience. Have you emailed them again or given them a phonecall?



Keeping yourself busy is always healthy imo If nothing else you should sleep easily when night time comes around



I'm certain other people will not be bothered as much as you are about it, we are all attractive in some ways; a nice bum, legs, eyes, personality, body shape, voice, eyes. There's a long list or things trust me Most of us have things we dislike about our appearance, i have quite a few myself focus on improving what's good about you, instead of the things you don't like

They quite often put things like that on their facebook page, can be quite interesting! I'm variable but ok at the minute (and hyper as I just said to IDukem ) which is good You?


Yeah, do that too, I never notice Did you really mean elf tit though? Well done! Yeah but you still did it Any particular education or just general?

It can be, it's also realllly bad the next day though if I've been too hyper the day before I would though, I didn't know the person that well but the whole extended family are there except my cousins and sister and we're doing other stuff while we're in the area too, they're talking about going to the pub afterwards now too which will make it even more awkward and long My dad said that if I'm too ill (physical, they don't know about mental ) I don't have to go but everyone will be annoyed/upset if I don't and be asking me about it for months so I kind of have to

Sorry, bit of a rant there

head is falling apart so so badly

Thanks glad you are ok. im not really good. seem to be getting worse by the minute too, which always happens

Hello everyone!

Hope everyone is doing well!

I feel like I have social anxiety as I really dread social situations where there are many people around and always feel like people are looking at me for whatever reason. This has been a problem for a while but I am only seeing it properly now as I started university and never feel like going to the canteen to eat due to these reasons. My mum, in particular, always tells me to go to the shops on my own or do stuff on my own but I can't do it when there are loads of people around, I just feel odd and terrible.

What is the best thing for me to do regarding this issue? Is this even social anxiety or am I making a big deal out of nothing? Should I go to my GP? I still don't think my mum will understand that this is what it is and it isn't always down to laziness as to why I don't like going out on my own.

Thank you.

Hey there,

How are you doing in lectures? I guess if this thing is stopping you from going to the canteen it sounds like it might be quite a big problem. You need to eat, and avoiding it because of a fear of people sounds a lot like social anxiety. The good news is that there are therapies (such as CBT) and medication (such as SSRIs) that can help you stop it having such a large impact on your life. Your first stop should be to talk to your GP who can refer you to talk therapy (although given it's the NHS there are significant waiting lists). You could check out your university's counseling service, you could talk to someone there or they might have group therapy/workshops on dealing with this kind of anxiety. In the meantime, there's an online CBT course called Moodgym which you could try.

Hope this helps. Good luck man.