Support with mental health

[Jaczsmum5]

my 13yr old daughter is suffering from severe mental health issues.IM struggling with the whole situation. At the minute I need to know if there are clubs or organisations for me to contact,

she is on medication she doesn’t sleep she is home schooled I’m literally by her side for at least 20 hours a day

she can’t leave the house anymore she self harms and is suicidal most of the time

she’s suffering from severe depression anxiety and ptsd

thanjs for your time

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[GingerbreadKatie]

Hi Jaczsmum5,

Thank you for sharing your situation on our online forum. We’re sorry to hear you’re going through such a difficult time. We hear you and you aren’t alone. It’s really important you get the advice and information you need – just to let you know, we’re sending you an email with some things that may help.

Please continue to chat with our community if you find it useful.

Take care and best wishes,

Katie

[LennyD]

Hi Jaczsmum

i don’t really have any tangible advice but my 13 dd struggled with self harm although she managed to stay in school.

How we got through it is truly a bit of a blur but I do know that I managed to create a real sense of ‘us’ not ‘her’. We dealt with the feeling and emotions together. I gave her the opportunity daily to tell me where she was emotionally, looked forward at potential bumps in the road for the next day. She didn’t like me referring to her harming specifically so we used the analogy of a bucket & how full / overflowing was it and possible reasons for that. I guess I taught her how to shed the burden through talking. She had an amazing councillor (@ school) and famous my support got us through     I constantly reminded her of how proud I was – she thought I was disappointed in her for harming herself and not finding a better way to deal with her stress. Everything we did (several books for me and for her helped) was about raising her self esteem and giving her really specific strategies for stressful situations. Again I found these from charities and online. Like I say not really helpful ideas but I wanted you to know you are not alone – take every bit of help offered – and she / you will get through this xxxx hugs

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