I can't stop thinking of ending it

LegacyUser

Hi

Over the last couple of months a deep depression has come over me. In the last two weeks I've been having suicidal thoughts a lot.

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Tokyo

Hi OP,

I'm very sorry to hear about the depression you are going through right now, and I'm glad that you are reaching out. Our policy here is not to leave threads such as your open for public discussion, as with the best will in the world, most people will hot be able to place themselves in your shoes right now and may not be able to give appropriate advice.

We do however, have a relationship here with turn2me.org, an online mental health organisation who have a registered representative here, and who offer their services to posters such as yourself who are experiencing distress. I'll be passing this thread along to them, but if you want to contact them beforehand, their website is https://www.turn2me.org, and their registered representative on boards can be contacted directly here.

Seeing as you mention money as being an issue, Turn2me also offer free online counselling sessions - again something that you might wish to avail of.

Aa is our policy with such threads, I've snipped the content and will be closing it for now, but feel free to check back for updates. In the meantime, the following links from our Charter may prove helpful.

Regards,
Mike

Suicide

1Life Suicide Prevention Helpline - (1800 247 100) - service for anybody who may be feeling suicidal, in crisis or worried about a loved one or friend.

• Freephone Helpline, available 24 hours every day - 1800 247 100
• By text message - Text the word HELP to 51444

turn2me.org - online mental health community providing peer and professional support to people in distress. Boards.ie also has a registered representative contactable at turn2me.org

Pieta House - Suicide and Self Harm Crisis Centre, providing services for those who are in suicidal distress and those who engage in self-harm. Contact information for your local Pieta House can be found here.

National Office for Suicide Prevention - information and signposting resource regarding suicide in Ireland. NOSP is not a crisis support service.



Finding a Counsellor/Therapist/Psychologist

The Psychology forum has an excellent sticky thread on How to find a Counsellor/Therapist/Psychologist which can be found here.



Depression / Mental Health

Samaritans Ireland - (116 123) - 24 hour support organisation for anybody going through a difficult period of their life. You can also contact your local branch of Samaritans.

GROW - (1890 474 474) - mental health organisation which helps people who have suffered, or are suffering, from mental health problems. Grow also hold regular meetings throughout Ireland.

GROW Young Adult - resources specifically to help the needs of young adults.

Aware - (1890 303 302) - service for people who experience depression and concerned family and friends of those suffering from depression.

Shine - national organisation dedicated to upholding the rights and addressing the needs of all those affected by mental ill health.

Pieta House - Suicide and Self Harm Crisis Centre, providing services for those who are in suicidal distress and those who engage in self-harm. Contact information for your local Pieta House can be found here.

Mental Health Ireland - Information Service on issues relating to mental health and mental illness.

IACP - Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy. Provides services to help you to find a therapist in your area.

(help for those under 18 years of age)

ReachOut - services aimed towards providing mental health information to help young people get through tough times.

Childline Ireland - (1800 66 66 66) - free and confidential support organisation for anybody under 18. They provide telephone, SMS and online chat services with those who can help.

Teenline - (1800 83 33 64) - freephone helpline for young adults.

Tokyo

Introduction to turn2me.org

Hello,

My name is Eoin O'Shea and I am a counselling psychologist working at Turn2me, an online mental health organisation (www.turn2me.org)

A Boards moderator recently brought a post of yours to my attention (as part of a collaborative support arrangement which Turn2me has with Boards.ie). It seems you were quite distressed - I take this very seriously as you must really be suffering quite a bit at the moment.

What I would like to say is that we can provide anonymous support at Turn2me should you wish to (a) avail of our support forums, (b) take part in our Online Support Groups which run every day, or (c) use any of the other features at our site.

As part of a programme called 'Engage' (details of which can be found at www.turn2me.org), I would be happy to offer you a number of free online counselling sessions which are then combined with at least two of our other services to make sure you get the support and help you deserve - free of charge.

Please let me know if you'd have an interest in this - just so that I can touch base with you and make sure you've received this message - and you can then apply for the Engage programme online by visiting our site.

I wish you the very best and hope to hear from you soon,

Eoin