Anyone else’s mental health gone to absolute shit during lockdown 🤷♀️
Your not alone! My brain has been such a knob at time’s one minute I’m fine I’m loving the day I’ve got loads done and I feel ok and then the next minute it feels like I’m annoying everyone and doing their head in feel like people are talking about me and pretending to be nice, talk about whiplash brain!
Like millions of other people in the world I’m no stranger in struggling with my mental health and writing this I’m not looking for sympathy, I’m writing to let others know your not on your own with your thoughts and how your feeling and we shouldn’t be ashamed of it and keep it hidden, we all know that only makes it worse I’m the worst offender of this so I need to listen to my own advice!
I have days where I wake up and think I can’t do this anymore during lockdown I’ve had this feeling a few time’s but only once did I start to worry myself because my own brain spent the whole day telling me what’s the point? Why are we even bothering! I spent the whole day thinking of ways I could make sure my kids were safe,how I could go and sort myself out once and for all and how it wouldn’t be a family member who found me, I had these thoughts going threw my brain all day by the time I went to bed and my daughter was laying next to me fast asleep I still couldn’t get them to stop no matter what I did, the one and only time I’ve genuinely considered acting on these thoughts just for them to stop going round my brain and it scared the absolute shit out of me! At this point I should of rang someone and spoke about it but I didn’t I forced myself to go to sleep and in the morning my brain was still being a dick but I didn’t have the suicidal thoughts running around strong in there, at this point I think of all the people I’ve lost to suicide who had them thoughts so strong they acted on them and wonder if they’d just gone to bed would they still be here or done it at a later date? I’m forever telling people who feel the same to talk to me anytime but at that moment you don’t want to speak to anyone or see anyone but I urge you to just sleep on it for one more night and then see how you feel in the morning and if you still feel the same talk to someone please.
If your struggling please talk to someone I’ve got a Facebook search fatbirdthinking and pm me or pm me on instagram @fatbirdthinking or even email me fatbirdthinking@outlook.com I will happily talk till silly o’clock or send you memes to keep your mind busy or even come and sit with you in the hospital and wait for you to be seen by the crisis team!
Please remember your not alone and to talk don’t bottle it all up
Mental health helplines
Whether you’re concerned about yourself or a loved one, these helplines and support groups can offer expert advice.
Anxiety UK
Charity providing support if you have been diagnosed with an anxiety condition.
Phone: 03444 775 774 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 10pm; Saturday to Sunday, 10am to 8pm)
Website: www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Bipolar UK
A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.
Website: www.bipolaruk.org.uk
CALM
CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35.
Phone: 0800 58 58 58 (daily, 5pm to midnight)
Website: www.thecalmzone.net
Men’s Health Forum
24/7 stress support for men by text, chat and email.
Website: www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation
Provides information and support for anyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
Website: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Mind
Promotes the views and needs of people with mental health problems.
Phone: 0300 123 3393 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm)
Website: www.mind.org.uk
No Panic
Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Offers a course to help overcome your phobia or OCD.
Phone: 0844 967 4848 (daily, 10am to 10pm). Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone provider’s Access Charge
Website: www.nopanic.org.uk
OCD Action
Support for people with OCD. Includes information on treatment and online resources.
Phone: 0845 390 6232 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm). Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone provider’s Access Charge
Website: www.ocdaction.org.uk
OCD UK
A charity run by people with OCD, for people with OCD. Includes facts, news and treatments.
Phone: 0333 212 7890 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Website: www.ocduk.org
PAPYRUS
Young suicide prevention society.
Phone: HOPELINEUK 0800 068 4141 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 10pm, and 2pm to 10pm on weekends and bank holidays)
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org
Rethink Mental Illness
Support and advice for people living with mental illness.
Phone: 0300 5000 927 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm)
Website: www.rethink.org
Samaritans
Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline)
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
SANE
Emotional support, information and guidance for people affected by mental illness, their families and carers.
SANEline: 0300 304 7000 (daily, 4.30pm to 10.30pm)
Textcare: comfort and care via text message, sent when the person needs it most: www.sane.org.uk/textcare
Peer support forum: www.sane.org.uk/supportforum
Website: www.sane.org.uk/support
YoungMinds
Information on child and adolescent mental health. Services for parents and professionals.
Phone: Parents’ helpline 0808 802 5544(Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm)
Website: www.youngminds.org.uk
Fat Bird Thinking 