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03-07-2020 03:21 PM
03-07-2020 03:21 PM
Re: 5 Day Online Event! You Are Not Alone - Crisis Advice for Family, Friends & Carers
@Former-Member wrote:@NatureLover , there will always be challenges given the nature of the disorder, we do what we can to manage them as best we can and seem to have a good system going at present.
I'm glad to hear. @Former-Member
How long ago was Mr Darcy's acute period? Do you think there were less resources around for carers then?
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03-07-2020 03:31 PM
03-07-2020 03:31 PM
Re: 5 Day Online Event! You Are Not Alone - Crisis Advice for Family, Friends & Carers
@Former-Member I am sorry to hear of the stress caused by managing the journey alongside Mr Darcy, but am really warmed to hear you've organised counselling. There's a recurring issue of carers not accessing their own support, and I would love to see addressed more by the wider mental health sector. Thank you for sharing your story, and great to hear there's a safety plan in place. Did he create that himself alongside you?
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03-07-2020 03:52 PM
03-07-2020 03:52 PM
Re: 5 Day Online Event! You Are Not Alone - Crisis Advice for Family, Friends & Carers
@NatureLover Thanks so much for sharing 😊 Brain fog, no doubt hard to manage so much for the person experiencing depression but also the person supporting. Can be hard to cut through that fog for both parties 😞 I did check out the beyondblue resource! Very cool 🙂 Little phone based safety plan.
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03-07-2020 04:04 PM
03-07-2020 04:04 PM
Re: 5 Day Online Event! You Are Not Alone - Crisis Advice for Family, Friends & Carers
@NatureLover @Former-Member @Appleblossom @Smc @Zanylady And everyone else reading along 🙂 Thank you so much for contributing to the discussion around SANE's new You Are Not Alone resource for Carers. I really hope the event as well as the resource itself serve as a good pillar if ever things are getting tricky in supporting a loved one attempting to end their life. This community is always here too, and if anyone would like to share their story, you can do so by clicking here and clicking "New Discussion". We're here to listen
Huge shout out to our incredible guides @NatureLover and @Shaz51 who have done an absolutely stellar job of providing their own tips and strategies as our co-hosts of this event You are both wonderful -
Will keep this thread open for further discussions crew! Enjoy debriefing 🙂
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03-07-2020 04:21 PM
03-07-2020 04:21 PM
Re: 5 Day Online Event! You Are Not Alone - Crisis Advice for Family, Friends & Carers
hello @Former-Member , @NatureLover
finally got my internet back
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03-07-2020 04:28 PM
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Re: 5 Day Online Event! You Are Not Alone - Crisis Advice for Family, Friends & Carers
@Former-Member, @NatureLover , @Former-Member , @Appleblossom , @Smc
thank you @Former-Member and @NatureLover , been a great week
shame my internet crashed today until now
with my mr shaz , I used to have to try leave suggestions here and there at certain times because he would not talk
try to find the right time and the right thing to say was hard
after the breakdown and another hospital stay , medication changes , things started to change which felt very strange
now mr shaz thinks there are other promblems arising now
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03-07-2020 05:03 PM - edited 03-07-2020 05:06 PM
03-07-2020 05:03 PM - edited 03-07-2020 05:06 PM
Re: 5 Day Online Event! You Are Not Alone - Crisis Advice for Family, Friends & Carers
@NatureLover Acute period started in 2011 but was critical mid 2013 until early 2016, his last attempt was in December 2015. I cannot remember when I accessed the support from Wellways but possibly in 2014, I did not link in with Carers Australia until after his attempt perhaps in early 2016. I did the Wellways snapshot class in 2017. I did not consider myself a carer as such until after Mr D's last attempt, viewing myself more as his wife/family so did not look into what carer resources were available.
@Former-Member Present stress is from Mr D's pancreatic cancer diagnosis, not so much his mental health diagnosis. We are hopeful with a good response to treatment he will have years not months. Safety plan was done with his case worker with both myself and Mr Darcy present.
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03-07-2020 05:26 PM
03-07-2020 05:26 PM
Re: 5 Day Online Event! You Are Not Alone - Crisis Advice for Family, Friends & Carers
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03-07-2020 05:31 PM
03-07-2020 05:31 PM
Re: 5 Day Online Event! You Are Not Alone - Crisis Advice for Family, Friends & Carers
@Former-Member wrote:@NatureLover Acute period started in 2011 but was critical mid 2013 until early 2016, his last attempt was in December 2015. I cannot remember when I accessed the support from Wellways but possibly in 2014, I did not link in with Carers Australia until after his attempt perhaps in early 2016. I did the Wellways snapshot class in 2017. I did not consider myself a carer as such until after Mr D's last attempt, viewing myself more as his wife/family so did not look into what carer resources were available.
Oh gosh, that's a long critical period, @Former-Member ... 😞 I'm glad you had that support for some of the time, anyway.
I think it's good that this You Are Not Alone resource lists what supports there are for carers, helping the information to get out.
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03-07-2020 06:18 PM
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