Had enough again

Last summer I drank petrol in an attempt to end it all and was immediately evicted from the mental health housing I was in.

Since then I was homeless for a while then my parents took me back in.

There's nowhere else to go that I can mange but living here is killing me inside now.

My dad has dementia and is a selfish bugger but no one will believe me because everyone thinks people with dementia should always be excused everything. So I have to put up with his abuse and reports to the police achieved nothing.

I have nowhere else to go now. No friends. Any housing I would be offered locally, as what I was offered when I was made homeless, is unsuitable because the housing crisis in the UK is so bad now there are basically no decent homes on the social register left. They're all - and I know from experience - in places filled with drug addicts and badly behaved dogs and things I find hard to cope with.

The mental health team can do whatever they want, there's little accountability, no one seems to care I've been bullied by people, I'm almost 40 now, is it too much to ask to just get somewhere to live where I can have my dietary needs met and not have my health issues compounded with people who are mean.

Parents
  • Really does sound a messy situation. I'd always thought that there was support for people but it sadly seems that's not the case.

    I assume they see that you're at your parents so they just think that's fine and don't need to prioritise getting something sorted for you 

    It's shocking and I hope you're doing ok, must be feeling extremely stressed and down. Hopefully something will change.

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  • Really does sound a messy situation. I'd always thought that there was support for people but it sadly seems that's not the case.

    I assume they see that you're at your parents so they just think that's fine and don't need to prioritise getting something sorted for you 

    It's shocking and I hope you're doing ok, must be feeling extremely stressed and down. Hopefully something will change.

Children
  • Well they accept I need help apparently but it's all so bureaucratic and inaccessible, it seems. The man I see once a week is not trained in Autism. There are only estimates of when I'll be passed over to the Autism team. I am well known to the local police as I've had lots of public meltdowns because of how fragile my mental health has become, they too have asked people to help me. Thank you, yes, hopefully some good change will come Slight smile