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- 2y ago
Should I go to the hospital
I’m feeling so low. It’s making think of bad things. Would going to the hospital be helpful? I’m in the UK and not sure what to do
I’m feeling so low. It’s making think of bad things. Would going to the hospital be helpful? I’m in the UK and not sure what to do
Your best bet is to contact a charity like CALM or mind and to speak to someone on the chat line. If things are getting bad phone your local crisis number or dial 999. When you go hospital they’ll ask you if you want to voluntarily section yourself but only if they believe your high risk enough. You need to book an appointment with your GP even if it’s next year because you can’t get access to mental health services without them referring you.
I don’t know where in the Uk you are but nhs should have a mental health team where you are with a crisis line, you can self refer or phone 111 and they should be able to refer you
If you're feeling suicidal and have a plan to act, a hospital is the best. Call NHS 111 (for when you need help but are not in immediate danger) Contact your GP and ask for an emergency appointment. Contact the Samaritans (details below) Use the 'Shout' crisis text line - text SHOUT to 85258. Finally, it helps to do ERP for SO-OCD. Here are some providers in the UK: https://www.ocduk.org/overcoming-ocd/accessing-ocd-treatment/accessing-ocd-treatment-privately/finding-a-private-therapist/
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@Kate Moore My GP have no more appointments untill next year
@Kate Moore So-ocd. And depression. It all feels so real and it’s affecting my mental health so badly. I’ve skipped college and I can’t go 30 mins without an intrusive thought
@Myheadhurts35 I had HOCD around the same age and had to take a few months off college. You need professional help.. I’ve seen how frequently you post here. You need outside intervention at this point.
@thrutheweather You had hocd at 14/15/16?
@Myheadhurts35 Yes… I still get flare ups occasionally but I honestly stopped caring. It got so draining… I spoke to the girl I had the really bad flare up about when I returned to college. She complimented me and said ‘omg you’re back 😊’. It started after I started admiring her… she was everything I wanted to be at the time. Many of the women my HOCD started targeting during that period were women who I envied/admired (not crazily!) somewhat.. it’s actually strange 🤣. Sometimes it bothers me but I really started living by ‘maybe, maybe not’ and started focusing on myself. Every single time I had the debilitating months If felt like my whole world was ending.. so I know how you feel… trying to practice acceptance of the anxiety can make you feel like you need to accept a new life but that’s not the case. I’ve spoken to men since and I still like them.. I just don’t have the time or energy for them 🤣 - Get the professional help now pal ❤️
@thrutheweather I wish I could do the maybe maybe not approach. But it scares me too much. Sometimes I use ‘okay. But I don’t have to know right now.’ But recently that’s not helping either
@Myheadhurts35 Hmm.. you’ll need professional help and should look into ACT. This might make you more receptive to ERP - As you’re 16 you’ll probably need your parents/guardians on board to help… phone your GP on Monday to discuss and take a guardian/parent if you’re scared or feel you won’t be able to explain well enough. If possible discuss private options with your guardians too —— Don’t worry about college your health comes first. You can always retake first year and if you miss/have missed a lot of the year I’d recommend that you do.
@thrutheweather I think I’m just so scared of being told I don’t have ocd
My mind keeps telling me “something is wrong with you. the weird feeling you are feeling or the weird tingling you are feeling or there is a weird mark on your body. Those are actually a severe symptom and by ignoring it you could die!” Or especially the constant, “go to the emergency room because this impending doom you are feeling, yeah that’s because your gonna die shortly” It doesn’t help whenever people say “well if something was wrong your body would tell you” because my mind keeps telling me that what I’m feeling is proof something is wrong and I need to get it checked out. That I actually am severely sick and that I need to get it checked out as soon as possible, that if I get one more test than I’ll be okay because it will prove nothing is wrong. How do I tell my mind that it’s just anxiety whenever my mind keeps telling me “well if you keep saying that you could be ignoring something more serious.” Or “the doctors are just brushing you off..something is wrong with you” It’s hard to live with my thoughts whenever they are constantly coming up with ways to challenge me and challenge logic. New reasons on why I need to get this checked out because “I’m just being ignored” or “no one is listening to me so I’ll just end up dying” My symptoms range from weak and shaking legs and body to dizzy and unbalanced and dissociated. Recently I’ve been getting this tingling feeling inside my head and on the back of my neck. And my temples have pressure on them. My body keeps coming up with new symptoms I need to worry about, whenever most of them are probably caused by severe and constant anxiety. So severe I can’t even leave the house because I constantly worry about whether this is severe and something will happen if I leave the house. I need immediate ways to start fixing this because it’s especially horrible whenever my period comes around and my anxiety/depression is already higher than usual. I’ve even started considering taking medication (Zoloft, 25mg) which is another trigger for me, I worry about the symptoms I might get from taking it. That’s how you know it’s gotten pretty bad whenever I’ve come to taking something that I’ve been actively avoiding. What are your thoughts? Do I take the medication? What are ways I can deal with my symptoms that seem so severe in the moment but pass by once I’m not anxious? What are ways my thoughts can ease and I stop taking every symptom as something serious, because at the end of the day my anxiety is most likely the reason I have these horrible symptoms. I’ve always been extremely healthy and everytime I go to the doctors they express how healthy I am with all the tests I’ve had.
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