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Small Changes - Mental health Services

Chris

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What are peoples experiences with the change to appointments or when someone from a mental health service has told you they will ring you on a date, then that date comes and noone rings you, and then say oh the person is off sick so someone will ring you the next day, then the next day comes then none rings you then, then you have to ring them but and they says oh there not ringing you today there ringing you in the next 2 days. This is from the mental health service and i just cant believe how much these changes of appointments are effecting me, they know i have autism, they know i have mental health issues, yet they cant even tell me or ring me on a date they said they would ring me, how is this a mental health services if they cant even consider how much a small change can affect someone i already have difficulties with my life, its already been hard for me to get the correct support as i experience emotional dysregualtion and find it difficult to identify and connect with my emotions, and they know this, what is this world and the people in it, there is no wonder there is a waiting list for mental health as the people in the mental health services are giving people more mental health, drives me crazy and i start having really angry conversations in my head, somethimes i think there testing me sometimes i think its because they think i am weak and pathetic sometimes i think its just the people who are not good at the job at all. it really really really annoys me i have been trying to get support over a year now for mental health support and still i find it hard to express my emotions to people and i suppress my emotions in so many situations, THIS WORLD AGHHHHHHHHHHH

  • in reply to Chris

    All I can offer is sympathy.  We had the same lack of listening and care, the same letting us down in situations that were truly dangerous and sometimes they even make matters worse.  I wouldn't rely on them at all, which is why I'm saying - hard as it is very often, we need to build / find other support systems and networks.

    As for autism, unless they've got autism specialists, they often don't have a clue.  Their training isn't good enough.

  • in reply to Dawn

    Yeah being over stretched and underfunded is no excuse, they told me they was going to ring me but didnt 4 days in a row then tell me there going to ring me the week after, it's just communication through people that work in services, I hate that excuse and I have no support it's why it ment so much for me 

  • They are over stretched and underfunded. As a result they fail to listen and jump to harmful conclusions too soon. Believe me, they've only ever done me more harm than good.

    But, what or who else have you got around you to help? That's an open, genuine question.  Sometimes, we do find we have resources to help us, just not from them.