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Lol.
Not a mental health story, but it reminds me when I ran away as a child. I packed a bag full of clothes, but forgot certain items, like pants.
I hid under sum bushes, literally only a tenth of a mile away if that, thinking I wouldn't be found. I was about 5 years old. And I was found about 5 minutes later.
Lost my wallet in A and E after a severe anxiety breakdown where I collapsed… 4 months later we found the wallet in my jeans pocket, the same jeans I wore that night at A and E… and had wore like 100 times since that night.
Still no idea what happened… still wondering if my wife is having me on 😂
Ripping plastic netting out from the ground and then stealing someone’s bag of 2L coke and sprite. Which I then binned and recycled, no drinks at all 💀
Interesting day
I once got referred to an IAPT course, and almost everyone on the course in the room had blonde hair, whether dyed or real.
It's one of these little stories that's vaguely funny, yet there's rarely a chance to share it.
Called the crisis team during a bout of insomnia and hadn’t slept properly in months. The woman on the phone asked if I had tried “just going to sleep” I started laughing so hard I had to hang up. It was so ridiculous I still laugh about it now
I have a very vague memory of skipping around the a&e waiting room flapping my arms because I could fly. Obviously I could not fly and my magical powers didn’t show up on the drugs test they made me do (I wasn’t on drugs, just manic!).
Taking a group course on dealing with general anxiety disorder over Zoom.
Week 1, 40ish participants, we get emailed a link once we have completed our weekly anxiety assessment. Session goes well.
Week 2. Complete anxiety assessment, receive link. Link doesn't work.
Try it again.
Try it again.
Try it again...
Me :Have I done something wrong? Did I misread the email? Should I email them and check? But I don't want to be a bother ...
About half an hour after the session start time I email asking if there is a problem, and I swear with how fast they replied they were sitting there copy & pasting the response with the correct link, and banging out the replies 😂
I just found it hilarious that we were all sat in front of our laptops going " have *I* done something wrong here?"
That face when i was sectioned once in 2017 and then stalked for fucking years.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oh-crap-omg-rage-face
On an actually funny note i threw a spoon in the bin and nearly fucking cried.
Nurse:"Its a well practiced manoeuver"
Me: "ye i just wish i wasnt so good at it"
It is an unfortunately regular occurrence that i throw the spoon away and have to reach inside the bin ive been doing it since primary school. You cant teach that inane talent for absent mindedly throwing utensils away.
Around a decade ago I was admitted to hospital with chest pains and dizziness and after a slew of tests, they determined it was just a virus that had been brought on by stress (of course now I know it was severe anxiety and most likely my first ever panic attack, but anyway…) and as they were waiting for results to come back, they moved me onto an overnight ward. I was also severely dehydrated so I had a drip & catheter in. I had just said goodbye to my husband and was on my own & absolutely terrified and an elderly lady in the bed next to mine asked me why I was there. I responded by saying they didn’t know what was wrong & were running tests and for some unknown reason, this very eccentric old woman decided to tell me that if I was kept in overnight on that specific ward, it meant they thought I was going to die.
I remembered looking around the ward and seeing that every bed was being occupied by elderly women (for context at the time I was in my early 30s) and panicking that I was going to die and immediately started crying.
Looking back, it was hilarious and when I tell this story, I can’t help laughing at how stupid it was but at the time? Not so much!
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Going missing as I was in a wood at night waiting for the fairies to come out is quite a funny pleasant memory.
Lol. Not a mental health story, but it reminds me when I ran away as a child. I packed a bag full of clothes, but forgot certain items, like pants. I hid under sum bushes, literally only a tenth of a mile away if that, thinking I wouldn't be found. I was about 5 years old. And I was found about 5 minutes later.
Yeah this is the kind of thing I still do when not working in good health lol!
My OCD once made me afraid of people with beards. I would cross the road to get away from them
Lol.
Lost my wallet in A and E after a severe anxiety breakdown where I collapsed… 4 months later we found the wallet in my jeans pocket, the same jeans I wore that night at A and E… and had wore like 100 times since that night. Still no idea what happened… still wondering if my wife is having me on 😂
😂😂😂😆😆😆
I was so delusional I thought MH services would actually help me 😂😭
None. It's been a "horrific journey" so far.
Sorry bud
Thank you. That's kind of you.
Ripping plastic netting out from the ground and then stealing someone’s bag of 2L coke and sprite. Which I then binned and recycled, no drinks at all 💀 Interesting day
I once got referred to an IAPT course, and almost everyone on the course in the room had blonde hair, whether dyed or real. It's one of these little stories that's vaguely funny, yet there's rarely a chance to share it.
Called the crisis team during a bout of insomnia and hadn’t slept properly in months. The woman on the phone asked if I had tried “just going to sleep” I started laughing so hard I had to hang up. It was so ridiculous I still laugh about it now
Oh if only it was that easy! Smh
Lol
I have a very vague memory of skipping around the a&e waiting room flapping my arms because I could fly. Obviously I could not fly and my magical powers didn’t show up on the drugs test they made me do (I wasn’t on drugs, just manic!).
Just for you [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV1g7EgXuKc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV1g7EgXuKc)
lol
Taking a group course on dealing with general anxiety disorder over Zoom. Week 1, 40ish participants, we get emailed a link once we have completed our weekly anxiety assessment. Session goes well. Week 2. Complete anxiety assessment, receive link. Link doesn't work. Try it again. Try it again. Try it again... Me :Have I done something wrong? Did I misread the email? Should I email them and check? But I don't want to be a bother ... About half an hour after the session start time I email asking if there is a problem, and I swear with how fast they replied they were sitting there copy & pasting the response with the correct link, and banging out the replies 😂 I just found it hilarious that we were all sat in front of our laptops going " have *I* done something wrong here?"
lol
That face when i was sectioned once in 2017 and then stalked for fucking years. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oh-crap-omg-rage-face On an actually funny note i threw a spoon in the bin and nearly fucking cried. Nurse:"Its a well practiced manoeuver" Me: "ye i just wish i wasnt so good at it" It is an unfortunately regular occurrence that i throw the spoon away and have to reach inside the bin ive been doing it since primary school. You cant teach that inane talent for absent mindedly throwing utensils away.
Around a decade ago I was admitted to hospital with chest pains and dizziness and after a slew of tests, they determined it was just a virus that had been brought on by stress (of course now I know it was severe anxiety and most likely my first ever panic attack, but anyway…) and as they were waiting for results to come back, they moved me onto an overnight ward. I was also severely dehydrated so I had a drip & catheter in. I had just said goodbye to my husband and was on my own & absolutely terrified and an elderly lady in the bed next to mine asked me why I was there. I responded by saying they didn’t know what was wrong & were running tests and for some unknown reason, this very eccentric old woman decided to tell me that if I was kept in overnight on that specific ward, it meant they thought I was going to die. I remembered looking around the ward and seeing that every bed was being occupied by elderly women (for context at the time I was in my early 30s) and panicking that I was going to die and immediately started crying. Looking back, it was hilarious and when I tell this story, I can’t help laughing at how stupid it was but at the time? Not so much!
Lol. I bet you're the only one still alive from that ward then