Is anyone talking about Mental Health

There have been one or two discussions relating to depression, and it is a little considered area for people with progressing physical issues that there is just as dramatic psychological issues too. Mind over matter does not do the trick, it is not enough, and there is not enough done, available or talked about openly.

Thank you for raising the subject, hopefully a few more visitors will post too.

For myself, I like to think I am pretty resilient, and I am, until something puts me in my place, a fall, a need to do something the muscles will not do, or more recently having to have an upper front tooth extracted and join the fixedness denture club. There ave been moments where I have wallowed beneath the duvet in tears, this being the latest. When I had a bout of serious depression my GP sympathised and genuinely felt embarrassed that there was not more professional help than a referral to a volunteer counselling group.

Sometimes, you just have to wait it out, muddle through as best you can and know there will be some improvement in the mentals when things are more settled, or you are more ready, and stronger to deal with the situ. Bit then there are time when a full on, dragged out, moaning tantrum does the system a whole lot of good

Thank you for visiting our forum and posting, nice to have you with us

I’m sorry that I can’t really help but my heart goes out to you, I hope someone finds something helpful that you haven’t tried yet.
Services need to open their eyes to the impact MD has on whole families, rather than just the person affected by MD and then that just makes it harder for them. I don’t have personal experience of depression, but someone in my family has, so I do have some understanding of how hard life can be and really hope you feel better soon. The person in my family has tried Transcendental Meditation and they say it definitely helped them but it is very expensive.