Can you help please

[Ballerina123]

Sorry to make another thread.

I'm feeling really depressed with suicidal thoughts and all I wanna do is sleep or act on my thoughts.

What can I do to help myself without going to A&E ?

[tamobhuuta]

would distractions help? I find TV easiest. or go for a walk, if you can do that safely. when I had difficult evenings at uni I used to go for a walk to a late-opening café and have a coffee - most times after that I felt able to go back to my room safely.

[Ballerina123]

Thanks that's really helpful. There is a late night cafe near my house ill try going tonight and do some reading or something x

[Pi.R^2]

If it's a toss-up between sleeping and acting on the thoughts, always go for sleep!

I hope the cafe trip helps :)

[tamobhuuta]

as Jenna says, sleep is also a good choice. let us know how you get on at the café.

[Angelina]

My main way of dealing with this lately is to sleep through it, have a bath, read, watch TV or do puzzles. I find staying in the house is my safest option until it passes and just doing easy things and resting until it eases up has kept me out of A&E. X

[Ballerina123]

I think your right if keeping safe means sleeping then I should sleep. I'm pretty much done with today so I've taken my meds in the hope they will knock me out and ill see how I feel tomorrow.

I'm just gonna play online till they kick in.

I'll try the cafe tomorrow if this feeling persists.

Thanks for the replies x

[tamobhuuta]

sleep tight :) hope the meds help x

[Fire Fly]

How are you feeling now x

[Ballerina123]

I'm still quite low but im seeing my cc today so hopefully she can help.

[tamobhuuta]

let us know how you get on x

[Ballerina123]

Thanks.
The meeting went well with my cc. She said she is gonna call me tomorrow and see how I feel. If I'm still depressed I can see htt /crisis team and get a medication review.

Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow but if I don't then at least there is a plan in place.

Thanks for all the support guys

[tamobhuuta]

i'm glad there's a plan in place. here if you need us.

[Ballerina123]

Thank you x

[Morpheus]

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Originally Posted by Angelina

do puzzles.X

Great advice for distraction. Ive spent so much time doing puzzles and listening to classical music (it calms me more than other music genres) when feeling unwell. When ive been in hospital, patients are always doing huge puzzles. It seems to have a therapeutic effect on many people.

[Ballerina123]

My cc suggested doing uni work because I find that really distracting. I've just done half an hours worth and I feel a bit better. Like I've achieved something with my day.
Puzzles are good too I like sudoku (sp?)

[tiptoes]

I'm glad doing uni work has helped.

Puzzles are my favoured distraction method too - personal sites are jigzone, daily killer sudoku and games for the brain.

One thing that helps me when my mood is low to make a note of when I have done something to lift my mood and make sure I reward myself for achieving things, then I have two good memories helps to reinforce the good stuff!

[Becca]

Puzzles are good but I always peak at the answers

I've begun getting the peoples friend because I find I just have enough concentration to read the stories, they are very short and there are puzzles (with answers )

[Ballerina123]

Thanks for all the support and all the suggestions. They have been very helpful and I think I'm starting to realise that I can get rid if this mood but I can manage it.
I just have to stop spending most of the day in bed and isolating myself. That's the tricky stuff.
I still have some suicidal thoughts but I'm trying it not act on them because I don't wanna end up in a&e or even worse on the psych ward.
Thanks again though.

[Becca]

Well done for trying!!