Treacle 246 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 3 minutes ago, Aurora said: That's nice! I hope you enjoyed it and you got plenty of rest. How have you been feeling this week? To be honest it's been a real struggle to get through this week there's just been alot going on and my mental health is really decreasing where I just feel like crying all the time I cried for 2 hours last night due to something that happened MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted January 25 Digital Mentor Share Posted January 25 34 minutes ago, Treacle 246 said: To be honest it's been a real struggle to get through this week there's just been alot going on and my mental health is really decreasing where I just feel like crying all the time I cried for 2 hours last night due to something that happened I'm so sorry to hear that, I get the feeling that things have been really up and down for you recently. Have you spoken to your welfare manager or your counsellor or someone else about what happened? I get the impression that it usually helps you when you speak to someone you trust about what's been going on for you. Is that right? MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 3 minutes ago, Aurora said: I'm so sorry to hear that, I get the feeling that things have been really up and down for you recently. Have you spoken to your welfare manager or your counsellor or someone else about what happened? I get the impression that it usually helps you when you speak to someone you trust about what's been going on for you. Is that right? I haven't been able to speak to anyone about this because I just can't really get my words out but due to the thing that happened last night my mum phoned up and asked my welfare manager to see me and she is seeing me but it's only for 10 minutes MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted January 25 Digital Mentor Share Posted January 25 2 minutes ago, Treacle 246 said: I haven't been able to speak to anyone about this because I just can't really get my words out but due to the thing that happened last night my mum phoned up and asked my welfare manager to see me and she is seeing me but it's only for 10 minutes That's good that she will be seeing you. I get the impression that she cares about you a lot. If you are worried that you can't get your words out when you get to speak to her, maybe you could write her a note and show it to her instead? Sometimes we find it easier to write things down, rather than saying them out loud. What do you think? MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted January 25 Digital Mentor Share Posted January 25 I have to log off now but will check in with you tomorrow . Hope your meeting with your welfare manager goes well and you can talk to her about what happened. MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 23 hours ago, Aurora said: I have to log off now but will check in with you tomorrow . Hope your meeting with your welfare manager goes well and you can talk to her about what happened. I talked to her yesterday the meeting was half an hour long and she thinks that my mental health is getting bad again I managed to tell my mum and she is also going to support me to get through this MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted January 26 Digital Mentor Share Posted January 26 1 minute ago, Treacle 246 said: I talked to her yesterday the meeting was half an hour long and she thinks that my mental health is getting bad again I managed to tell my mum and she is also going to support me to get through this I'm glad to hear that she took the time to talk to you yesterday. It sounds like you needed someone to be there for you. And it's really good to hear that your mum is also there for you. Have you talked about any additional support you might be able to get while you're feeling like this? How do you feel now, that you've opened up to your welfare officer and your mum? Please know that we are also here for you MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 6 hours ago, Aurora said: I'm glad to hear that she took the time to talk to you yesterday. It sounds like you needed someone to be there for you. And it's really good to hear that your mum is also there for you. Have you talked about any additional support you might be able to get while you're feeling like this? How do you feel now, that you've opened up to your welfare officer and your mum? Please know that we are also here for you Yes I did really need to talk to her. There's not much they can do since I'm 17 and its a struggle to get help but I'm still doing my counselling till probably the end of February. I feel better like I felt I had enough energy to get through today and felt really positive even thought I was really tired from working late last night. Thank you MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted January 30 Digital Mentor Share Posted January 30 On 1/26/2024 at 5:27 PM, Treacle 246 said: Yes I did really need to talk to her. There's not much they can do since I'm 17 and its a struggle to get help but I'm still doing my counselling till probably the end of February. I feel better like I felt I had enough energy to get through today and felt really positive even thought I was really tired from working late last night. Thank you That's great that you've been feeling a bit better and that you had more energy, too Can you think of anything that made a difference? How was your weekend? MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 21 hours ago, Aurora said: That's great that you've been feeling a bit better and that you had more energy, too Can you think of anything that made a difference? How was your weekend? Not really to be honest. But I finish my counselling after half term so that doesn't really help I've also had an argument with one of my friends who just keeps talking about taking drugs and being high on drugs and I had told them to stop so I just left the chat. After I left the chat I was talking to my mum and I felt an edge to just selfharm but I didn't and I managed to tell my welfare manager about it this was over the weekend and also had another argument with them with two other people couldn’t deal with it so I just left and messaged one of my closest friend that I know that I can trust and talk to. It helped talking to her but I did get the urge to selfharm again but I just ignored it and carried on talking to 2 close friends. MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted February 1 Digital Mentor Share Posted February 1 23 hours ago, Treacle 246 said: Not really to be honest. But I finish my counselling after half term so that doesn't really help I've also had an argument with one of my friends who just keeps talking about taking drugs and being high on drugs and I had told them to stop so I just left the chat. After I left the chat I was talking to my mum and I felt an edge to just selfharm but I didn't and I managed to tell my welfare manager about it this was over the weekend and also had another argument with them with two other people couldn’t deal with it so I just left and messaged one of my closest friend that I know that I can trust and talk to. It helped talking to her but I did get the urge to selfharm again but I just ignored it and carried on talking to 2 close friends. Hi @Treacle 246 you've done so well! I think you can be really proud of yourself!! It sounds like you were looking after yourself and your own wellbeing by leaving the chat and you managed to find another way to cope (rather than self harm) not once but twice! That's really great! From what you've been telling me, talking to someone and ignoring the urge seems to work. Is that right? Is there anything else that you have found helpful over the last few days? MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 6 minutes ago, Aurora said: Hi @Treacle 246 you've done so well! I think you can be really proud of yourself!! It sounds like you were looking after yourself and your own wellbeing by leaving the chat and you managed to find another way to cope (rather than self harm) not once but twice! That's really great! From what you've been telling me, talking to someone and ignoring the urge seems to work. Is that right? Is there anything else that you have found helpful over the last few days? It's just talking to my welfare manager and it's helping. Yep it has helped and talking to friends has really helped aswell. I did get like 5 urges to selfharm yesterday because the person I'm not friends with any more had got 2 of my friends and they all had a go at me and I just called 2 of my really close friends and they helped made me laugh and feel better. MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted February 1 Digital Mentor Share Posted February 1 43 minutes ago, Treacle 246 said: It's just talking to my welfare manager and it's helping. Yep it has helped and talking to friends has really helped aswell. I did get like 5 urges to selfharm yesterday because the person I'm not friends with any more had got 2 of my friends and they all had a go at me and I just called 2 of my really close friends and they helped made me laugh and feel better. That's amazing that you managed to cope with it all so well. You've got this, Treacle!! It's really tough having friendship problems and I'm sorry to hear that they were all having a go at you. That's not on and sounds like a really nasty thing to do. I think this just shows that you made the right decision to not be friends with her anymore! Would you agree? I'm glad your other friends cheered you up. They sound like lovely friends to have and it's nice that they knew how to make you feel better. 1 MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted February 8 Digital Mentor Share Posted February 8 Hi @Treacle 246, I just wanted to check in with you and see how things have been for you this week? We're here for you if you want to talk about anything MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 9 hours ago, Aurora said: Hi @Treacle 246, I just wanted to check in with you and see how things have been for you this week? We're here for you if you want to talk about anything Hi Aurora sorry only got back home from work. But that just I haven't been doing so good it's been really difficult and hard with my mental health lately my mental health there's just been a lot going on and I'm just feeling overwhelmed alot MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted February 9 Digital Mentor Share Posted February 9 14 hours ago, Treacle 246 said: Hi Aurora sorry only got back home from work. But that just I haven't been doing so good it's been really difficult and hard with my mental health lately my mental health there's just been a lot going on and I'm just feeling overwhelmed alot Hi @Treacle 246 it does sound like you've had lots going on and it's natural that you're feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all. It's good though that you notice when you're struggling and I know that you have some support around you. Can I ask, is there anyway you can extend the school counselling once it comes to an end after half term? If not, do you think you would like to look into finding a different counselling service? Maybe your welfare officer could help you with this. What do you think? MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 2 minutes ago, Aurora said: Hi @Treacle 246 it does sound like you've had lots going on and it's natural that you're feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all. It's good though that you notice when you're struggling and I know that you have some support around you. Can I ask, is there anyway you can extend the school counselling once it comes to an end after half term? If not, do you think you would like to look into finding a different counselling service? Maybe your welfare officer could help you with this. What do you think? I don't know but I'm having meetings every week with my welfare manager and my head of year to see if there is any help the can offer me. But I think there might be a way to do more counselling sessions but I'm going to have to be on the waiting list MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted February 9 Digital Mentor Share Posted February 9 Just now, Treacle 246 said: I don't know but I'm having meetings every week with my welfare manager and my head of year to see if there is any help the can offer me. But I think there might be a way to do more counselling sessions but I'm going to have to be on the waiting list Ah ok. It sounds like you'll still get support from your welfare manager and your head of year though while you are on the waiting list. Is that right? Do you know how long you would have to wait for? Has your counsellor given you any practical tips what you can do while you are struggling with your mental health? Is there anything that's particularly helpful? I can remember you mentioning before that you were going running every day and that this was helping you to clear your mind. Is that still something you do? MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Just now, Aurora said: Ah ok. It sounds like you'll still get support from your welfare manager and your head of year though while you are on the waiting list. Is that right? Do you know how long you would have to wait for? Has your counsellor given you any practical tips what you can do while you are struggling with your mental health? Is there anything that's particularly helpful? I can remember you mentioning before that you were going running every day and that this was helping you to clear your mind. Is that still something you do? Yes that is correct I think its a couple of months I don't really know to be honest. Yes she has and it does help. I still do mentoring and it does help me to distract myself from the worries I don't do running any more my doctors told me not to MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted February 9 Digital Mentor Share Posted February 9 6 minutes ago, Treacle 246 said: Yes that is correct I think its a couple of months I don't really know to be honest. Yes she has and it does help. I still do mentoring and it does help me to distract myself from the worries I don't do running any more my doctors told me not to I can remember you saying. I didn't know that this was a long term thing. Are you allowed to do any other exercise? That's good that you have tools you can use to help you. You also mentioned that talking to your friends usually helps, too. Is that right? MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 1 minute ago, Aurora said: I can remember you saying. I didn't know that this was a long term thing. Are you allowed to do any other exercise? That's good that you have tools you can use to help you. You also mentioned that talking to your friends usually helps, too. Is that right? I'm allowed to do walking im not allowed to stand up for a long time its because they think there is something wrong with my kidney and yes I do love talking to them they help a lot aswell MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted February 9 Digital Mentor Share Posted February 9 Just now, Treacle 246 said: I'm allowed to do walking im not allowed to stand up for a long time its because they think there is something wrong with my kidney and yes I do love talking to them they help a lot aswell That's nice to hear that they help a lot. Please know that you have lots of support around you and we all care about you Sorry to hear that they thing that you have kidney problems. Are they going to do some more tests, so they know exactly what it is? MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Just now, Aurora said: That's nice to hear that they help a lot. Please know that you have lots of support around you and we all care about you Sorry to hear that they thing that you have kidney problems. Are they going to do some more tests, so they know exactly what it is? Yes I have to blood tests for 3 months I have one next week. Yes it is thank you. MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Mentor Aurora Posted February 9 Digital Mentor Share Posted February 9 1 minute ago, Treacle 246 said: Yes I have to blood tests for 3 months I have one next week. Yes it is thank you. Hopefully, you'll find out soon what it is and hopefully it's easily treated. If you like and you want to talk about it, you can let me know what they find out (but please don't feel you have to). MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treacle 246 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Just now, Aurora said: Hopefully, you'll find out soon what it is and hopefully it's easily treated. If you like and you want to talk about it, you can let me know what they find out (but please don't feel you have to). Yeah I really do want to know what is wrong with it. I don't know it pending on if its bad or its just an easy thing to fix. MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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