Mental Health Support

As a public forum this is not a safe place to reveal personal details that might allow someone to identify you, but otherwise people seeking support in this group are likely to find others who have had similar experiences.

There are experiences I don't talk about here on DU, but I will say I've got a PTSD diagnosis, major depressive disorder, and I've spent some time in locked psych wards. Over the years I've been prescribed many meds, some that didn't work, some that had side effects I found intolerable, and some that faded in their effectiveness. What works for one person might not work for others, which is why I don't talk about meds much. Nevertheless I do find meds helpful.

I haven't been posting much in this group lately and I'm a terribly lazy host. I hope that means my mental state is relatively stable at the moment. It's been my unfortunate experience that my ability to judge my own mental state is one of the first thing that falls away when I'm about to crash and burn.

At my worst I've quit seeing doctors, I've assumed I'm beyond help, and worse.

Enough of that... I do like to talk about myself.

Is your living situation stable? Are you in a safe place? Do you have nutritious food? That's always a good place to start.

Here's a group hug:



I'm intolerant of strangers or even most people I know touching me in real life, but I think virtual hugs are pretty nice.