Hi, as another Yorkie I know just how sketchy the NHS is for mental health. The case in my part of Yorkshire is that even being seen for an assessment is a major achievement but there aren't any services on offer even if you meet their impossibly high criteria for treatment.
That leaves you with your GP and IAPTs (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). Your GP can refer you to IAPTs without needing to go through the community mental health team, however, the waiting lists are really long (6 months or more). Then the number of sessions are limited to 12 and the only therapy that is offered is CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) which has a good reputation but it isn't right for everyone. However, ask your GP for a referral and see how it goes, in the end the IAPTs team took me on because there was no other service for me even though CBT isn't the best therapy choice for me. At the moment they are just helping me stay safe and not to give in to self harm and that sounds like something that might help you.
A lot of the things you have included in your list of problems do sound like they might be related to depression, but it is hard to know which way round things are working, do the symptoms make your depression worse or do they result from the depression itself? Maybe if you were to show the list of symptoms to your GP they would get a better understanding of just how complicated your problems are.
Good luck in your search for answers and help.
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