Can anyone help?
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Can anyone help?
I was part way through my cabin crew training with Virgin Atlantic but ended up in hospital for mental health (admitted for observation because of symptoms from tablets I took to try and kill myself). I’m out of hospital now but don’t know how to get better as I have no one I’m my life to support me or to talk too. Sorry I don’t really know what I want to achieve here but I just needed a rant about everything
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As said contact. The Samaritans, they will help, but if you need to get it out of your system please feel free to rant here. We will listen and talk to you.
but please, please pick up the phone and talk to the Samaritans, they will help. They will help 24 hrs a day, the number is
116 123
and it’s free.
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but please, please pick up the phone and talk to the Samaritans, they will help. They will help 24 hrs a day, the number is
116 123
and it’s free.
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Last edited by NutLoose; 15th May 2022 at 00:38.
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As has already been said...call The Samaritans..now !
Whatever the form of mental illness that resulted in your admission, were you subsequently offered ongoing consultations and referral to mental health professionals ?
Whatever the form of mental illness that resulted in your admission, were you subsequently offered ongoing consultations and referral to mental health professionals ?
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
As said contact. The Samaritans, they will help, but if you need to get it out of your system please feel free to rant here. We will listen and talk to you.
but please, please pick up the phone and talk to the Samaritans, they will help. They will help 24 hrs a day, the number is
116 123
and it’s free.
…
but please, please pick up the phone and talk to the Samaritans, they will help. They will help 24 hrs a day, the number is
116 123
and it’s free.
…
Before the pandemic (but sadly not at present), you could also visit your local branch (without an appointment needed) and talk face-to-face with a volunteer over a cup of tea.
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
Samaritans also offer support via email (or snail mail) if you find the prospect of phoning them is daunting.
Before the pandemic (but sadly not at present), you could also visit your local branch (without an appointment needed) and talk face-to-face with a volunteer over a cup of tea.
Before the pandemic (but sadly not at present), you could also visit your local branch (without an appointment needed) and talk face-to-face with a volunteer over a cup of tea.
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Millions of years of Evolution made humans what we are but now some of us climb into small metal tubes at midnight when everyone else is asleep, drive around in a rarefied atmosphere, eating fatty food and breathing toxic air. Not ideal. Aviation seems perfectly designed to destroy humans, physically and mentally.
I now have a 9-5 job working with great people and am finally happy. I have a friend who gave up a lucrative career and now counts trees for the Forestry Commission. I guess I am saying that aviation might not be healthy for you and is not likely to improve.
I now have a 9-5 job working with great people and am finally happy. I have a friend who gave up a lucrative career and now counts trees for the Forestry Commission. I guess I am saying that aviation might not be healthy for you and is not likely to improve.
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Please realise that you have made a great positive step here and that is posting on here to us and asking for help. Well done! That is a great start. Most of us are not professionals in this field but you have been given some fantastic advice on how to contact those who are. We are now all really behind you and wish you well for the future. I really hope that you do manage to sort this problem out soon.
Best wishes. L
Best wishes. L
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https://www.mind.org.uk/
Mind is also a great source of information. How to get help, how to help.
Best wishes to you. I hope this helps.
Mind is also a great source of information. How to get help, how to help.
Best wishes to you. I hope this helps.
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I've twice had to deal with friends who tried to take their own lives. I said to them both that life wasn't as bad as they thought and that they should concentrate on the positives in their lives.
Depression is terrible and there is lots of support out there you can and should utilise, but the person who will drag you out of this situatoin is yourself with a lot of positive attitude.
Depression is terrible and there is lots of support out there you can and should utilise, but the person who will drag you out of this situatoin is yourself with a lot of positive attitude.
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A friend of mine committed suicide and I and many, many of his friends missed him terribly. We wished he talked to us before made his final decision.
I think he got so caught up in his worries that he had no idea how many friends he had that cared about him a great deal.
I’ve had periods of depression myself, and it makes you lose sight of all the good things in life.
If what yor’e doing is driving you crazy, reach out to others and think seriouasly about changing what your doing, or at least change your mindset about what bothers you most.
Best wishes.
I think he got so caught up in his worries that he had no idea how many friends he had that cared about him a great deal.
I’ve had periods of depression myself, and it makes you lose sight of all the good things in life.
If what yor’e doing is driving you crazy, reach out to others and think seriouasly about changing what your doing, or at least change your mindset about what bothers you most.
Best wishes.
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Originally Posted by Flap Track 6
I've twice had to deal with friends who tried to take their own lives. I said to them both that life wasn't as bad as they thought and that they should concentrate on the positives in their lives.
Depression is terrible and there is lots of support out there you can and should utilise, but the person who will drag you out of this situatoin is yourself with a lot of positive attitude.
Depression is terrible and there is lots of support out there you can and should utilise, but the person who will drag you out of this situatoin is yourself with a lot of positive attitude.
It took the skill of a mental health professional to find the causal factor, and it wasn't life, it was more specific, and thereafter came my part.
For the OP. first, you are as you will have gathered, NOT alone, Second, there is NO stigma when you are diagnosed with depression . The condition is not in the least bit bothered as to whom you are, or what you do, for a living. A friend of mine was a Biz jet Capt for example...he gave up driving as a result, but, he's now back to his former self. A certain Mr Churchill referred to "black dog " at times...and please read the link .
I can identify with everything he says...you really do not want to get out of bed at times and certainly the term "nutter" was used by those who felt their own insecurities and lack of understanding could best be expressed using this term.
Huw Edwards: colleague told me BBC ‘doesn’t want a nutter reading the news’ | Mental health | The Guardian
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"he had no idea how many friends he had that cared about him a great deal."
I think this is a very very important point. You may not believe it but the people you know, the people who work you are almost all there to help if only you tell them or ask them.
The hard part is verbalising it to someone to start with
I think this is a very very important point. You may not believe it but the people you know, the people who work you are almost all there to help if only you tell them or ask them.
The hard part is verbalising it to someone to start with
