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Emotional dysregulation- advice desperately needed

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I struggle terribly with emotional dysregulation- caused by specific issues. I suffer mentally and physically. I have no support network and cannot access timely support. GPs in my region know little about Asperger's and do not recognise adult ADHD. When I need to speak to someone knowledgeable to prevent my anxiety escalating there is no one. I am only given the number of the Samaritans etc. Sometimes I cannot get through on the helpline or it is closed during certain hours. Any ideas what I can do? I have a worry I have been brooding over all day and its getting worse.

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  • Have you done an internet search for a free on-line AI therapists? Some of these are quite good. If you do look for an AI therapist, please make sure that it's one that was created by one or more actual therapists and that it's not just an AI chatbot that says that it's a therapist. 

    Here is an article by the APA, American Psychological Association about AI therapists. 

  • in reply to Retired Teacher (NAS96182)

    Many thanks (from another retired teacher). I am trying one of the AI therapists. At least it helps me to focus on doing rather than thinking. I had some hypnotherapy earlier in the year when my difficulties with structuring and organising written language were again causing me great distress. The hypnotherapy quietened my mind and helped me to think clearly, but finding something that can stop the problem from escalating in the first place has always been frustratingly elusive. 

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  • in reply to Retired Teacher (NAS96182)

    Many thanks (from another retired teacher). I am trying one of the AI therapists. At least it helps me to focus on doing rather than thinking. I had some hypnotherapy earlier in the year when my difficulties with structuring and organising written language were again causing me great distress. The hypnotherapy quietened my mind and helped me to think clearly, but finding something that can stop the problem from escalating in the first place has always been frustratingly elusive. 

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