Have suffered mental health for far too long.

So here I am posting again, about that oh so wonderful topic, the brain, the chemical imbalances, the nhs and how they just don’t seem to listen, the quick fix SSRI’s, the lack of mental health support, especially in certain areas because if you don’t live in a city, you’re pretty screwed by the choice of help you can get.

This stormy chaotic mind of mine just doesn’t want to give me a break. Something happens and it plummets the world into destruction and darkness, everything is wrong, there’s no good out there, judgement on everyone and ye shall not be saved. 

I can’t remember the last time I felt happiness, excitement, joy or even something that made me properly laugh, without having to fake these emotions. My job doesn’t help, being on a low income because it’s all I can really manage to handle without getting too worked up or stressed out. I work in retail and it’s probably the worst line of work I’ve had the experience in doing. Sure there are people who enjoy it because they like to help people in that way. For me it’s just a dumpster dive into ignorance, aggression, anonymity (feeling like I’m nobody), carelessness, greed, inhumanity, humiliation and the oh foreboding facial expressions and conversations about crap that all goes in. 

Sorry to digress but I’m just trying my hardest to find support for a career change, some kind of a mental health retreat. I do try to research these things myself but I end up flustered with choices and end up nowhere.  

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  • I relate for certain. I cannot feel any of the emotions you mentioned but I can feel comfort everyday. When you have conditions sometimes the best for a while that you can aim for is comfort. Does anything bring you comfort. Going out once in a while helps me, nature and my gift of spirit seeing it etc. For some people it's a pet or a new interest or what else. Went on a boat ride last week on Uber and that really helped me, today was a zoo.

    Try to not repeat the cycle and distract yourself, outsmart the way that you hunt and you may feel better. Autistics have a hyper focus and attention to detail. We need somasensory stimuli as human beings. It may give you a rush endomorphins dopamine etc.

  • I don’t earn a good wage so going out places has to be planned in good time, I have to take into account the fuel used, along with any food needed and drinks, parking etc. Because if the cost of everything I tend to not go anywhere as it’s easier than eating into funds that would be used to get me to and from work.

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  • I don’t earn a good wage so going out places has to be planned in good time, I have to take into account the fuel used, along with any food needed and drinks, parking etc. Because if the cost of everything I tend to not go anywhere as it’s easier than eating into funds that would be used to get me to and from work.

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