Mental Health Support Society XIX

Would it be worth going to my GP about sleep problems?

Not your typical sleep problem; it's the fact that I constantly feel the need to sleep. An example is yesterday where I had a solid 10 hours of sleep overnight and then I slept for 6 more hours in the day because I felt like I had to sleep. I have been getting a good amount of sleep every night for a while now, so I'm confused. I feel like I somehow feel the need to sleep even when I'm not tired, if that makes any sense. Maybe I am actually tired all of the time though? I don't know

Now this is an issue because I have a job and A Levels to study for, and I just cannot find the energy to study at all. I could force myself to do it, but I would be so fixated on going to sleep that it would be utterly half-arsed and pointless. There are even times when I tell myself in my head "Right we need to do this now you cannot go to sleep" yet I still go and lie in bed anyway, even though I really don't have the time to do it and I don't actually want to.

Edit: If it's relevant, I'm still taking 20mg fluoxetine, yet not symptomatic at all with regards to depression. Possibly a side effect of the medication?
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But besides this, I'm doing really well. Huge hugs to all and my PMs are always open!

Hi, I am 17 and only recently coming to terms with my experience of sexual assault/child molestation and even though majority of the time it doesn't bother me and I don't remember everything vividly I sometimes have episodes where I fall into deep thoughts and feel scared and alone because of my past and self destruct for like a week.

I know this sounds weird but for the longest time I've never ever considered myself a victim of rape or any sexual assault. I've always heard about it happening to other people but never associated it with myself and still don't.

I'm hoping to start seeing my college counselor because I really do need someone to talk to about this as well as other experiences of things.

I haven't read the previous posts of this thread yet I just wanted to post something on here. It's a good idea for a thread

Think I've hit rock bottom, not sure how much longer I can go on feeling like this

Would it be worth going to my GP about sleep problems?

Not your typical sleep problem; it's the fact that I constantly feel the need to sleep. An example is yesterday where I had a solid 10 hours of sleep overnight and then I slept for 6 more hours in the day because I felt like I had to sleep. I have been getting a good amount of sleep every night for a while now, so I'm confused. I feel like I somehow feel the need to sleep even when I'm not tired, if that makes any sense. Maybe I am actually tired all of the time though? I don't know

Now this is an issue because I have a job and A Levels to study for, and I just cannot find the energy to study at all. I could force myself to do it, but I would be so fixated on going to sleep that it would be utterly half-arsed and pointless. There are even times when I tell myself in my head "Right we need to do this now you cannot go to sleep" yet I still go and lie in bed anyway, even though I really don't have the time to do it and I don't actually want to.

Edit: If it's relevant, I'm still taking 20mg fluoxetine, yet not symptomatic at all with regards to depression. Possibly a side effect of the medication?
...

But besides this, I'm doing really well. Huge hugs to all and my PMs are always open!

lonely as usually, stupid really because when im with people i need a break from them and then when im on my own i hate that as well. ... Even at school after 7 years of knowing people conversation still felt like small talk to me
dont feel wanted either by myself or anyone...

is anyone around?

is anyone around?

Hi guys,

Would really appreciate the help of anyone who reads this who has taken anti depressants. Firstly how bad has your depression got on a scale of 1-10, 10 being worst and unable to live a normal life at all i.e. unable to concentrate, no energy, just totally nothing going on (I feel I'm at this stage, even though I work two days a week, the work is easy and I need to go for my family even if I feel nothing but anxiety and depression all day long....I have admittedly had a better few weeks lately though and feel like I wish to cry sometimes which is better than before as I'm actually feeling something!)? I appreciate depression is an extremely personal thing and therefore one person's idea of the worst kind of depression can differ extremely from someone else's...I'd even go as far as to say that when it comes to major depression, it's tailour made to fit our individual personality and that's why it can sometimes so subtly blend into our own personality before we realise it is even there. And the second point is, how much of an impact have antidepressants had on you from 1-10, but this time with 1 being very little or zero impact, and 10 being they totally lifted you out of a hole and allowed you to put in place what you needed to turn your life around or at least muddle through and get yourself going again? I'm put off taking any medication for literally years and it's just wasted my life away. I'm still hesitate but at this point, and especially considering how many people nowadays have to take them for depression anxiety or both, I'm thinking surely the only way is up? (Well no surely about it, anything is better than where I am generally now...)

Thanks all.

SA TW

Think I've hit rock bottom, not sure how much longer I can go on feeling like this

One of my abusive siblings (the oldest) is having a child. I secretly hoped that neither of my abusive siblings would have children with the **** that I went through. I'm 19 and it took me moving to another continent may that I finally got away from him. I decided today (this morning) that I was going to cut contact with him and cut him out of my life like I did with the other sibling. I'm the youngest of three.

Obviously I wish I wouldn't have to but I got dealt some *****y cards in life so this is what I have to do. My mum did congratulate him but when I told her that it's wrong him having a child she said "What has him having a child got to do with me" You could say that, had I grown up well adjusted but I'm not. All because of what he did though it wasn't physical it was still enough to **** me up. Other things were said like how I had to remind her how both of my siblings are bad and what if the other sibling had a kid?

TW sexual abuse:


I guess am I wrong for being triggered? Am I over reacting? His girlfriend they've barely been together doesn't know what type of person he truly is. I'm waiting for his abusve tendancies to rear it's ugly head he's good at being nice for a little while but long term.... yikes! He's already showing signs but they're tiny signs but I still recognize them I can see from her perspective how harmless they are but with him I know how quickly it can get bad.

I had typed out a long post but it got deleted I think this one is better

Yeah, I can relate to this stuff. I used to duck out of social situations at school whenever possible, but I'd usually feel miserable whilst doing so. And I still sometimes feel ill at ease just hanging out with the one person I'm still in contact with from school, and I've known them for... 9 years or so?

I'm probably not the best person to talk to, but if you do want to at any point, Anon, then my inbox is open.

is anyone around?

feel like im slipping down into a bad spiral. not sure why but can just feel it