I'm sorry if this should have been posted on the RANT board, but I really feel like I need some mutual support too. I'm also sorry for the sweeping generalization...but why does the whole mental health system have to be/seem so frustrating :evil: I can't even begin to imagine how horribly frustratin...

Does anyone else on here hoard things? Any tips or advice on how to deal with hoarding, would be very helpful. Thanks.

Mental health services has been involved with my brother for approx the 17 years. He has spent most of that time in various secure units/hospital and one place that looked and felt like a lunatic asylum that you might have thought died out in Victorian times. However he has also had his own flat in ...

Thanks for the top tip, but i'm the sort of person who thinks pens are friends

I just spent over an hour writing a post for on here...and I've lost it.
Guess I should have saved it...it still helped writing it out though. Mebbe i'll try again tomorrow..Night night for now though folks x

p.s. I've never told anyone i'm a horder but now I kind of feel better that i've finally 'fessed up

Thank you for the your replies. I just wanted to feed-back that my week alone was a surprising success. Usually I just sit at home in the dark waiting to burgled or attacked..not surprisingly this is a) not much fun b) pretty pointless and c) makes me so anxious that I become hysterical. Not this ti...

It must be frustrating not to be able to do the usual things you do, but maybe you just have to accept that right now you can't, and try not to push yourself too much. When I was at my lowest even the smallest jobs such as putting on a pair of tights/making a cup of tea felt impossible. Everything f...

Hi, You should be allowed the time off for CBT if your GP has refered you. Taking time off is no different for a mental illness than it is for a physical illness. When I first took time of work for depression approx ten years ago, ( a couple of days following suicide attempt) my boss seemed to have ...

Thank you for the reply. I think I just feel unsafe when i'm on my own, in any situation. I guess I just think that my boyfriend offers protection and will keep me safe, even though he is a big softie. I grew up with domestic abuse on a regular basis, so wonder if this is why I feel like I always ha...