Hi, What do I do when I'm feeling suicidal? I do a few things - look at the photo's of my children that I have all around the house - especially in the medicine cabinet!!!! I have made a happy box with memories of happier times- a pebble off the beach, a polar bear toy, a rattle my children played w...

You'd better come to sunny Nottingham x

Hi Chrissy, I haven't cut myself for a while now as my new therapist has shown me something that works for me - hopefully you can find something to help you When I am struggling I close my eyes and relive happy times in my head - the birth of my children, holidays, etc etc and it lifts me enough to ...

Thanks everyone for your words of encouragement - I really appreciate them The therapy wasn't too bad today and I actually felt calmer afterwards. The EMDR is really weird and sets off what I can describe as movie slides in my mind He helped me through the times I struggled and I ended up being able...

Another session of EMDR tomorrow and we are tackling the big one! I have an immense fear of people being behind me, it is a big trigger for me. We are going to try and lessen the anxiety around that but to do that I have to picture certain events in my head and I'm scared where they will take me - w...

Hi Judith, Have you ever tried online shopping when you are struggling to get food? I know that having to go out to get things stops you from hiding away but maybe if you are eating better and feeling stronger you will be able to do something because you want to and not because you have to - like go...

If you look at www.nshn.co.uk there is a list of distractions to help you when you are trying to stop harming and lots of other useful information
Hope it helps xxx

OMG!!! Had my first session of EMDR this morning and it was sooooo scary He told me to think of an image and the feelings it provoked and then moved his fingers across my field of vision. Straight away I felt so sick, I thought I was going to throw up. I started shaking and felt so ill. He realised ...

My therapist told me to write my nightmare down in as much detail as I can just before I go to sleep at night - he also said that I could change the ending to a better less scary one I was really sceptical but have had some success when i can be bothered to do it and when I remember Maybe you should...

It could be the sertraline making me more suicidal than normal - will have to talk to the doc about it