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olive25_55
10-04-2015, 09:45 PM
Hello,

I have been suffering with mental health issues for 8 years now... but something has changed and it is scaring me.. I am 24 and feel like I have done everything I can do. I feel like nothing is good enough and that I am the laughing stock to everyone!

I hear voices... that is something that hasn't happened in a few years. Before it was just something criticising my every move. Now - I can hear them... I can hear people that I can't see. They are saying that I am a fake... that my meds are placebos. They are laughing at me behind my back. Also, I am convinced that the classes I teach are set up.. like they are not real and I have been given them so the people in my department can watch me fail. I feel like I am failing. I'm sure they are getting some great laughs out of watching me try. I have also started to isolate myself more, because another thing I am convinced of is that people do not want to be my friend... they just feel stuck which is why they still talk to me but they don't actually want to. I keep hearing these voices... hearing people talk about me and it is making me not want to go out of my house. I don't want to have to face these people. Every step I take out of my house is another person judging me. It's another voice in my head saying how pathetic I am. How much of a joke I am.

I don't know what to do. I've tried telling my mental health team but I feel like they are laughing at me too. Like they are also setting me up. Has anyone ever felt like this before?

It was so bad the other night when I saw some friends that I had the worst panic attack that I have ever had and I hit my head so hard, I am still in pain from it.

If anyone has any advice on what to do? I don't want to throw my life away but it is slipping out of my hands and I want it back.. I never asked for this and I certainly do not want to feel like this.. I need help but I don't know where to go.. I don't know what to do anymore.

Thank you for reading this...

Pi.R^2
11-04-2015, 11:45 PM
I'm sorry that you're struggling with this, it sounds really scary.

When you told your mental health team about this, what did they actually say? It's horrible that you feel like they're laughing at you, but from what I know about mental health teams that is really unlikely, so hopefully this is just a thought that you're experiencing, rather than it actually being the case. Though I appreciate that even if your fears turn out to be unfounded, it's still a really nasty feeling!

olive25_55
12-04-2015, 12:14 AM
They said that the medical profession would not give me placebos as I am not part of any clinical trials etc..

I ended up going to the out of hours surgery at the hospital today and got referred on to the crisis team there. They think I am under a lot of stress and that I am having a mental break down. They said that I am at great risk of having a relapse... It's odd though.. mental health. Nothing has actually been resolved as such but I feel a little clamer having spoken to them.. They assured me that I am not being pathetic and that what I am experiencing is real. We came up with an initial plan of action today so I am going to follow that and hope things start to turn around again.. It is just horrible in the mean time - feeling this way.

Thank you for your reply - I appreciate it a lot