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Originally Posted by ToeJam
Going to continue with this thread rather than cluttering with something new 
Well, the thoughts and confusion came back kinda mid afternoon... and been gradually increasing to the point where I'm just exhausted.
Have just been mildly amused in a black kind of way... I'm sure it's not their fault and it's either staffing or they are very busy (it is a voluntary service brought in to ease the load on mh teams)... but the phone number the crisis team gave me to call for when I just need some practical support and advice from 'trained' people (whatever that actually means)... kept telling me they were busy and then cut off... when it finally rang through... it went to voice mail and I had that awkward moment of 'what the hell do I say?' so just left it at name, number and that I'd probably be snoring at some point in the near future (prob the meds kicking in).
Looked at it logically as perhaps they had no one in tonight (highly probably) but by the same token I keep thinking of it as a sign as to why am I bothering?
Meh.
I don't know... everything I do seems painfully redundant. |
Sorry, but had to grin at your experience with the trained/untrained distress help 'people'. It brought back memories and I've gone that route also. Sometimes I've felt as if I've ended up helping them, or so it seemed as I tend to lead the conversation. I just find it so uneasy for someone on the other end to just not say anything and have me babble my brains out with hardly a response. Then I think, "I'm not really making sense here", and I want to end the conversation and think, "this was a waste of time".
I don't know what I was expecting, and the one time I did call when very sui, I was on for a very long time and very exhausted, I decided to finally hang up. A dreaded mistake, and an understandable result, as the 'phone person' had no choice but to call the police.
