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Permalink Reply by tommy on April 16, 2011 at 4:29pm

I knew you wouldn't let me down Alice! lol

I have been suffering in silence and i had the perfect chance to tell my doctor when i had to go to him about my BP, needless to say i couldn't! I come out really ermm, not angry but frustrated (you know the one where you wanna let out the tears!)

Mental heath is a sort of a no go area for most people which is why i did make this group to sort of hold a touch in the darkness! I know i need to sort my self out for my family, my nans got alzimers, my great aunts got terminal cancer and my other great aunt is disabled with her arthritis (she's the one in the book!) my great aunts are like my other nan's.

I cant do talk therapy as well, there are a number of reasons i think it pony but one of them is how can you get 'feedback' from somebody who doesn't know what its like to go through it.

I'm definitely going to write it all down just so it helps me know what is going on in my head, I hope when i post it people can relate to it which hopeful will bring them some sort of comfort.
Then i hope i can finish my book aswell, i was really enjoying writing it then my brain fuse fizzled again :S

Thanks for the Hug and welcome to the nut nut group! lol

Permalink Reply by Tracey Holt on April 23, 2011 at 11:20am

Hello

Hats off to you sir for setting up this group....you are 100% right in that no one should feel ashamed for feeling like this. I have had depression/panic disorder/health anxiety and OCD in different degrees over the past 7 yrs, and it has only been since I had my meds up and tried CBT that I actually felt better....when I was first diagnosed I felt embarrassed that I had this, but to be honest there are so many people who have depression....it is becoming more "acceptable" so to speak. Just the other day I was out speaking with a group of neighbours I had never really got to know, and 4 out of the 7 of us take citalopram lol....and even though my hair loss is not yet noticeable to most people I don't make a thing of hiding my condition, yes I would rather I didn't have it, but again I have learnt not to be ashamed of who I am and what ailments i may or may not have, and the amount of people who will say oh I know someone with that, or today a customer where I work informed me she had alopecia a long time ago but hers grew back etc....I know when I felt at my worst with depression i was no where near as open about it as I am now, and I understand that people on here won't yet be in that place...but for anyone that wants to chat or get things re depression, anxiety etc off their chests, I am also here to lend a helping hand. Hope you are all having a wonderful Easter. xxxx

Permalink Reply by tommy on May 4, 2011 at 12:49pm

Hey Tracy thanks for the support! my brain is finding hard to process your comment as it seems to be at the bottom of the page and to reply i got to be at the top! so ill keep it short! lol

Hope your well Tommy

Permalink Reply by Tracey Holt on May 4, 2011 at 1:55pm

I am like that...or if more than one person reply I tend to forget to write something lol. xx Hope you are having a god day xxxoh and yeah I am well thanks

Permalink Reply by tommy on May 4, 2011 at 4:42pm

Yes lol im terrible with texing i read a tex and reply but forget what the tex says! end up sending 3 texes to make up for it lol, my day was God lol

Permalink Reply by Tracey Holt on May 4, 2011 at 4:50pm

hahaha! i keep typing msgs on msn to my friend and forgetting to press the enter button so she thinks I am ignoring her lol....whoops. ah well....we know what we mean eh lol xx cheers for the friend request by the way xxx

Permalink Reply by mabaker on July 29, 2012 at 8:48pm

Hello - thanks for setting up this group - in 2007 I had a break down because I was loosing my hair ended up hospitalised and on all sorts of drugs that didn't really help - eventually the psychiatrist wanted to put me on Lithium - at that point I decided things had gotten out of control - I was having a breakdown due to stress, overwork , exhaustion and because my hair was falling out - nobody really believed me they thought I had a psychotic obsession with my hair - seriously it was awful. I have always suffered from depression and managed it with counselling and exercise - the hairloss triggered a very bad bout - an identity and existential crisis - looking back on it I'm quite cross sometimes - in the end I came off the drugs I was given and I lost all my hair through chemo therapy anyway - loosing my hair was- for me - worse than cancer. Well it all grew back - but now for various reasons I'm loosing my hair again - it completely challenges my sense of self and makes it harder for me to manage my depression - however no way I'm going near the pyscs or medication again - this time I'm doing much better with my counsellor and yoga - and just trying to accept myself inside out - with or without hair - thanks again for starting the group and raising this issue.