I am starting group therapy in a couple of weeks time, and it was the therapist who runs the group who has told me that I am not ill. .... I reached out to my so-called 'care team' and all they can offer me is a possibility of some compassion-focussed therapy, but I can't do that as well as the group therapy and they all think I should do the group therapy....

Plus, everyone (GP, psychiatrist etc.) keeps telling me that it's only a couple of weeks till I start group therapy and acting like this will solve all my problems but, even if it works it is not a quick fix and I am struggling so much at the moment
with SI and self-harm. I ended up in A&E last week and needed 30 stitches

I can barely make it through the day. I am not sleeping, feel sick all the time and feel like I am drowning and can't breathe but because I get dressed and go to work nobody believes me, or cares.

I am so sorry you are suffering like this, LittleBlackDog. I wish there was something I could do to help. I offer you many hugs - - for what it's worth.

Is it possible that when they are saying you are "not ill" they are just saying you're not psychotic?

If you can get through the next 2 weeks somehow I'd say do go ahead and try the group; it may be that your fears may not be realized and you might even find that it works out for you. After all, everyone in the group will have their own unique personal history, and maybe some are just as afraid as you. If it doesn't work out then maybe you can try the compassionate therapy.

Before that starts, though, would you care to share any of your background here? Anything you think might be contributing to the agony you are presently going through?

My best wishes to you...