Severe depression

A warm welcome to the community @shazbot360 I’m so sorry. The community and Scope Team are a wonderful bunch, so if there’s anything we can do to help or if you have any questions at all please don’t hesitate to ask.

Hello  @shazbot360   Pleased to meet you.

Thank you for joining and sharing.

Sorry to hear this, you come to the right place. For support, advice and guidance.

Most important of all friendship.

Thank you to my lovely friend @chiarieds for including me in this post. Very grateful.

I am one of the team of community champions.  We guide, advise and help, support members.

Please I am sorry to hear your suffering depression.  Understand this a lot .  Have mental health issues a lot.

My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.

There is an organisation called CRUSE worth talking to.

Bereavement charity always some one to talk to.

I used them myself after losing close friends and girlfriends to addiction, no one to turn to. Isolated and lonely used these lovely people.

https://www.cruse.org.uk.

Depression please if I can advise also speak to the following mental health charities.

Offer floating support excellent guidance, advice, information can and could help with many of your other problems or issues.

Not only about mental health, wellbeing, health, benefits.  

https://www.richmondfellowship.org.uk.

https://www.mind.org.uk.

https://www.rethink.org.

Sorry to say might not be in all areas. You can self refer or speak to your GP.

Please can I add contact me if I can help you with anything, offer compassion and empathy, sensitivity.

Happy to be supportive, any questions please ask.

Pleasure to meet you.

Please take care.

@thespiceman

@shazbot360 - You're most welcome. I'm pleased you're getting some support for your mental health & that Gracie's specialist is so very good too. Please know, any time you want to talk myself, thespiceman & other lovely people in this caring community will be more then happy to listen. Thank you for replying, & keep in touch, x

Hello Shazbot,
My god... you and Gracie are going through it.
I can only imagine what it must feel like for you both. I'm so sorry.
If I could send you strength, I would.
I'm new here, but I hope you find the kind of comfort and companionship that you need, in this community.
One thing I think we all have in common here, is that we're here for some support and understanding (that's two things...).
Thinking of you both

Hello @shazbot360   Thank you for kind words.

Please have you had a chance to look at any of the links I sent to you.

I know you have therapy and any thing to support you.

Just thought an idea to see what else the charities can offer.

I am caring, concerned old fashioned gentleman of the community.

All I can say if you do apply. There will work with your therapists or counselling offer additional information, advice and support.

When ever I enrolled in these charities even though coping, doing OK.

Often discuss with me some other options, offered me support with my addiction even though clean and have been always grateful.

If I needed some one.

The need to talk after wards, can be enlighten and some one else who has been there.

A lot of staff employed by charities personal issues, experiences and health histories.

Helps any one coming in to join and get support.

Understand every day a difficulty not easy wish I could more for you.

Your not alone, and also please need to ask or talk about anything happy to be listening.

I use this forum many times to offload, rant need to say how I am and what and how is life.

One other bit of guidance speak to the Salvation Army.

https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk.

I used to do this contact the nearest Branch.  Speak to some one about how I am feeling losing friends due to addiction.

Comfort, reassurance some times the words of the Bible most of all give some peace and solace.

Please I hope that helps and gives some more support.

Please take care in prayers and thoughts.

@thespiceman