I've had a pretty bad year in terms of stress/emotions. The last few years of my life have been a constant change. A few life changing things have happened. When I thought I was happier/'over' it, something else happened (the ending of a romance, I got really hurt) just a couple of weeks ago. It's like everything that's happened plus the hurt i'm feeling over the romance has just knocked me literally down. I'm struggling to do anything that i need to do, like eat, clean, go to work. Instead doing a lot of laying in bed and crying. The only thing that does remotely help is seeing my best friends. The hard part is just pretending i'm okay. I've already referred myself to a counsellor and had an assessment....now it's just a waiting game as to when they will get back to me with an allocation. I'm really struggling with that, i need someone to help me now, but it's out of my control. I think counselling will help process everything that's happened and help me with coping with things. Well I hope so, i'm not doing much good by myself.
Has anyone has counselling for AD and if so how long did it take you to feel more yourself/happier? Or did it not help at all?
I think I have a separate attachment issue, because I'm always happier 'with someone' or when I love someone, and I need to learn to be happy by myself and not rely on other people to keep me happy. Which is probably a seperate issue i need to deal with along side the AD i'm facing.