General / Mental Health Support Thread

Dan Harris in the US has a good podcast, it’s called ten percent happier. Lot’s of good talks and info!
 
AliBobbyJ said:
Anyone help again?
Couple of weeks ago people on Bluemoon were trying to get some help to "Kaz7" down in Brighton. In the past few days I've received two DMs from her which I think she intended for this board - she acknowledged that in her reply to my reply and knows I'm far away. If anyone closer by can help, she seems in an especially bad state. She's gone to the hospital with dental trouble and and an abscess but beyond the physical pain she sounds like she's getting utterly worn down by it all. I wrote back to her to say remember you've got Merlin to take care of at home who depends on you and understands nothing of what you're going through. Apologies, Kaz, if you think I'm not minding my own business but maybe people reading this can help her out with a phone call or something. And I'd have thought someone in the Sussex branch of the OSC might get off their arse and drive over to see what they could do.
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Hope she's OK, dental problems can be soul destroying.
 
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Wouldn’t it be good if we had some way of helping our far flung blues out if they needed assistance. Such a lack of physical contact with people on their own struggling with health problems if you phone the doctor your 10 in the queue and when you get through all the appointments are gone.
A sad indictment of today’s society’s everything is so expensive and beyond the reach of many people.
The only option is turn up to AE and sit there until your seen. Just happy Kaz is alright for now sending a big hug and hope she is soon joining me in the Harry and Meghan thread.
 
normskih said:
How are you doing?
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Worse, to be honest. Might try to get a GP appointment tomorrow. I'm already on antidepressants but it's a low dose and I've been on them for a couple of years so maybe a change is needed.

I started the year pretty positively but it's all fallen to the wayside the past 2 or 3 weeks. Struggling to get anything done at all, I'm basically just dragging myself out of bed at the last minute, forcing myself to go to work, then going home and getting straight back into bed. Can't find the energy or motivation for anything and I'm feeling increasingly tearful.

Could be hormonal I guess. Or just all the things that have happened to me the past year or so finally hitting me all at once. Or the severe lack of daylight getting me down. Maybe all those things. See what the doctor says I suppose.
 
Lauz9888 said:
Worse, to be honest. Might try to get a GP appointment tomorrow. I'm already on antidepressants but it's a low dose and I've been on them for a couple of years so maybe a change is needed.

I started the year pretty positively but it's all fallen to the wayside the past 2 or 3 weeks. Struggling to get anything done at all, I'm basically just dragging myself out of bed at the last minute, forcing myself to go to work, then going home and getting straight back into bed. Can't find the energy or motivation for anything and I'm feeling increasingly tearful.

Could be hormonal I guess. Or just all the things that have happened to me the past year or so finally hitting me all at once. Or the severe lack of daylight getting me down. Maybe all those things. See what the doctor says I suppose.
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Oh no, that cannot be right and definitely not good for your health. Get in touch with your doctor asap and explain the situation. If you can on your days off try to get a bit of fresh air. Even if it’s just a 30 minute walk, even if it’s just around the block. Wrap up well and do it in the daylight. Pick that phone up now and make that appointment. In the meantime, eat healthy regular meals and make sure you’re drinking plenty (not alcohol). x
 
Other people that have moved across the country at find it hard to get friends etc in their 30s.
Did move across the country here in Norway from north to east to get closer to my girlfriends family but at the same i left my part of friends in north and have no friends down here at the same level, feel like getting isolated and going slowly down the dark path or maybe in a long run into the dark statistics. Feeling of slowly losing myself

(We have kids in kindergarden and school)

Did buy myself a boat in hope to get out and relax and fish.
 
normskih said:
Oh no, that cannot be right and definitely not good for your health. Get in touch with your doctor asap and explain the situation. If you can on your days off try to get a bit of fresh air. Even if it’s just a 30 minute walk, even if it’s just around the block. Wrap up well and do it in the daylight. Pick that phone up now and make that appointment. In the meantime, eat healthy regular meals and make sure you’re drinking plenty (not alcohol). x
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Thank you <3

Things were going so well. I was walking and going to the gym and cooking healthy meals from scratch and making plans and thinking about working towards a promotion at work and it all just fell off over the space of a week or so. Started with feeling shit in the morning and now it's lasting all day. It's about all I can do to get up and get dressed every day.

My surgery won't be open now but I'll call first thing.
 
HaalandEffect said:
Other people that have moved across the country at find it hard to get friends etc in their 30s.
Did move across the country here in Norway from north to east to get closer to my girlfriends family but at the same i left my part of friends in north and have no friends down here at the same level, feel like getting isolated and going slowly down the dark path or maybe in a long run into the dark statistics. Feeling of slowly losing myself

(We have kids in kindergarden and school)

Did buy myself a boat in hope to get out and relax and fish.
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Dark feelings often don't have a rational explanation, I know.
On the other hand you've got:
someone to love you.
kids to care for
a civilised country.
good health care
not a crazy man as president
fish for dinner.

AND a bloody boat, like the Vikings!
Not doing so bad.
 
I'm doing two hour walks every night but the following day the darkness is back with a vengeance. Rinse and repeat.
I have gigs Friday night and Saturday night , hopefully those will help but feels like I'm trying to hold a tide back or get rid of demonic possession.
Still waiting for the NHS to get in touch which they promised.
 
HaalandEffect said:
Other people that have moved across the country at find it hard to get friends etc in their 30s.
Did move across the country here in Norway from north to east to get closer to my girlfriends family but at the same i left my part of friends in north and have no friends down here at the same level, feel like getting isolated and going slowly down the dark path or maybe in a long run into the dark statistics. Feeling of slowly losing myself

(We have kids in kindergarden and school)

Did buy myself a boat in hope to get out and relax and fish.
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Trying to make new friends in your thirties is much harder and you’ve chosen fishing of all thing’s, because anytime I’ve seen fisherman fishing they are usually on their own and only get together to weigh the fish. I could be wrong would it be possible to join your local fishing club they had one near us so they fished as a group all sat individually round a lake it looks a peaceful hobby
Having young children does have the effect of losing your self in their needs so my suggestion is to see what’s on offer in local groups something you can join like a fishing club football darts even the doctors ask their advice make an appointment don’t struggle on your own feeling isolated tell the doctor hope that helps a little bit, there is always Bluemoon it never closes. :)
 
PinkFinal said:
I'm doing two hour walks every night but the following day the darkness is back with a vengeance. Rinse and repeat.
I have gigs Friday night and Saturday night , hopefully those will help but feels like I'm trying to hold a tide back or get rid of demonic possession.
Still waiting for the NHS to get in touch which they promised.
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The NHS is a nightmare at the moment especially if your waiting for a phone call, could you ring them up again ?
 
Kirkstall Blue said:
Trying to make new friends in your thirties is much harder and you’ve chosen fishing of all thing’s, because anytime I’ve seen fisherman fishing they are usually on their own and only get together to weigh the fish. I could be wrong would it be possible to join your local fishing club they had one near us so they fished as a group all sat individually round a lake it looks a peaceful hobby
Having young children does have the effect of losing your self in their needs so my suggestion is to see what’s on offer in local groups something you can join like a fishing club football darts even the doctors ask their advice make an appointment don’t struggle on your own feeling isolated tell the doctor hope that helps a little bit, there is always Bluemoon it never closes. :)
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Fishing is for recreation (hobby) and self sufficient, fishing in the freshwater lakes and some in the fjord. Living on the country side and the people here in the east arent as open minded as people from Trøndelag and longer north. We want to have small farmstead in the future for niche products and self sufficient and learning to produce and grow. But with everything is getting more expensive. Thinking of taking heavy equipment sertificate (excavator, doser etc) to get more social in a part time job at least. At the moment i have 13 Lohmann white and brown egglayers and getting quail for meat and eggs in the summer.
 
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