NHS mental health services are utterly broken and unfit for purpose

Thinking about the three years of constantly calling, being put on lists, being ignored, crying until I was paralysed for days in my bed, and taking weeks to gain the courage to go outside to the doctors only to be ignored and waiting for 2 years to be listened to is sometimes...well there are really no words suitable to summarise exactly what I went through between dropping out of sixth form and getting some help, all three and a hald years of it. The NHS needs to take a good, long hard look at its very shitty service and realise that people who call their lines took great courage to take it upon themselves to realise, 'Something IS wrong with me, I do need help.' Despite a lot of people not believing them. Really to a normal person who has never experienced this it is very hard to see that world. Well luckily I did eventually get help and although I still have no probable future left for me at least I don't feel as suicidal as I used to. I am still scared, but now I can see better.

/r/britishproblems Thread