(27 Dec 2015, 2:09 pm)Jimmi wrote I have hated the whole Christmas holidays this year. It has just totally killed me. One thing that has pushed me beyond breaking point is the shopping, jam packed shopping centres is my worst nightmare, been to Darlington this afternoon and the thing that pushed me over the edge was when I went in CeX and I tried to squeeze through a gap through a gap only big enough for one person, so of course some inpatient prick also tried to get through so ended up doing that thing where you move one way and they move the other, he gave me such a dirty look. This and other people just badly stressed me out, to the point I thought I was going to collapse.
I really need help, but lord knows I ain't getting it.
I can't even think of any publicly funded services that would deem you as not coping and take you on, jimmi. You'd mostly be seen as able to go out and budget independently and left alone because you're not obviously outwardly in crisis.
In terms of self help, it would be worth looking at some adaptive strategies. There's lots of stuff out there on sensory processing, so even if it's something you worked on at school, it's well worth re-visiting for yourself.
A lot of people with neurological challenges get a lot of mileage out of mindfulness techniques. T'Internet is over-run with that stuff!
And it goes without saying that if you don't get pip, it's worth a bash, if only to cover the cost of some private CBT or similar. Worth talking to your gp about what's available, anyhow, i you're finding yourself falling apart so often.