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Help, So Alone!

By pamela Wednesday, February 23, 2011

I've just got off the phone with mobile crisis - 24hr helpline - yea right, I didn't get any at all,, not with the girl I talked with.., and this has just added to my feeling of helplessness  and I'm thinking, where do I turn now? isn't there anyone out there who cares?  really???  I've been in a really dark place to where I don't want to leave the house, but then I hate it here, it's claustrophobic, I hate the traffic, the nieghbors who smoke and won't stop if I ask.. I pretty much hate my life I've made because of my bad choices..  I love and would die for my kids,, they're what keep me going.. I have no support from my immediate family, they don't understand or don't ask I should say, even though our mother had severe depression and our oldest sister has it..  My other sister just told me last week because I told her I was feeling down,, she said "it's all in your attitude, attitude is everything"!!  I got angry and it still makes me angry. I'm not sure why, maybe because it's not that easy to flip a switch and feel better, be better when you can bearly get off the couch, struggle to get through they day,, and you know  the time is coming when you have to end unemployment because the thought of actually working adds to your anxiety 10000 times.. Then how are you going to pay the bills.. --go to social services as if I don't feel inferior enough,, (this is what the girl at the crisis hotline suggested)  I have done one smart thing to help myself I do have an appointment with a counselor it's not for another week and as of right now I don't know how I'm going to get there!!  I try really hard to not think of too much at once because the anxiety gets to be tooo much..  I was searching for a car to buy, so I could get a job because why get a job if you have no way to get to the job.  Anyway, I applied for a job because I have to or I won't get anymore unemployment,,and went for an interview. I got the job but since I've realized I can't work there just thinking about it my anxiey goes through the roof.. I hate feeling this way.  I want to have fun again feel good. Relax with my 7yr.. He needs me. He knows that I'm not 100%... I want, NEED to move, I hate where I live this adds to my symptoms. My boyfriend isn't supportive, he'll listen, but doesn't know what to do.. I need info if there's a place that helps people like me with finding a place to live and a job where there's no backstabbers,, I know that's asking ALOT,!!!!  I was a member of VESID, but that was about 10 years ago..  I don't know what to do and how much more I can take - when I reach out and no one seems to care!

Help, So Alone!
2/23/11 3:29pm

hi pamela

I dont have words to console you

But I do think you came to the right place

I dont know if writing helps

I dont want to say I hope you can get thru this

There are people who can help

Its getting from here to there

I cant do more than that

Jon

2/23/11 8:15pm

Thank you

2/23/11 3:46pm

Hi, Pamela.  It sounds like you are in a really tough place.  I'm glad you have a counseling appointment and perhaps you'll be able to get more ideas of how to get other things you need from your therapist.  If you need to call your county's social services department, you should do so and try not to worry about what other people will think.  Your kids need you and will need whatever help you can get.  It sounds like you're depressed and is coloring your thinking because you're thinking of all the reasons why this thing or that thing won't work before trying to find a way to make them work.  Unfortunately, no one else can find you a job that's perfect for you - none of us really knows what a job will be like until we're in it.  I hope you will find one soon and that you'll get the support you need.  Not everyone understands depression and can respond the way you'd like, so please forgive them and tell them what you need from them.  Even if it's a ride to your counseling appointment.

 

People DO care - no, not everyone, but they're out there.  I'm sorry that crisis line wasn't helpful.  You can write here any time and we'll be as supportive as we can be.  It's hard to see now, but there ARE better days ahead.

2/23/11 8:16pm

Thank you

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By pamela— Last Modified: 02/23/11, First Published: 02/23/11