Posted by alexandra_k on February 11, 2014, at 14:34:54
In reply to Re: asking someone else for help » baseball55, posted by Phillipa on February 11, 2014, at 9:14:20
i go to the er when i can't really see another way.
i have found that i sometimes do need to be a bit assertive to get past the initial gate keepers in order to be properly seen / assessed by someone.
i have found that it helps considerably if another person comes with me. i think there is something different about asking for help yourself (which you can't really do appropriately when you really need it most) and when someone asks for help for you. the later line is much much much much much much much more likely to be heard by clinicians.
do you have someone who could go to the er with you? be emphatic about how housebound you have been and how things haven't been okay. to perhaps express concern that your current living situation is minimising things / not really helping you get your way out of it.
i have found the ER to be a useful port of call to help speed along the whole process... otherwise... referrals etc etc can drag out to months. what is a matter of crisis or not is relative - especially when it comes to mental health.
i'm sorry it is so hard to ask for help - and to have that heard.
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