Really Struggling lately.
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I've been struggling lately. I was diagnosed with depression at 15, been taking various medications since the age of 16. Now 22 the past still bothers me and i have today and the futures stress. My partner recently left me to be a single parent to our 7month old son which was planned. Me and my son live in a high rise block full of drug users and alcohol abusers. They won't move us as apparently there are no houses. Some twisted person put a match and newspaper through out letterbox our entrance is our only exit. I also suffer with anxiety currently taking quietipine 5 times daily as the issue is that bad. People have been stabbed in my block. I have no family support my parents are awful i went in a hostel age 16 as to put it nicely they just shouldn't have kids. Since my partner dumped me after 3 years i assume his painted me in a bad light as his family have blocked me. Although when we split we said we'd always be friends. I suffer multiple health conditions and I've just had enough. I'm already part of services have been for aslong as i can remember i don't know what i can do to make me feel better. x
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sam18386 iona75131
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Hi Iona, I am a town councillor and housing association tenant. Whilst I appreciate there is truly a housing shortage, your situation sounds REALLY serious. Get hold of a letter off your doctor to say your health is being dreadfully affected and your son's. You need to move as an URGENT priority. IF you get no joy ring your MP! You MUST move and quickly, every housing association is desperate to keep hold of tenants, they reckon they're short of cash, it's nonsense. Lay it on thick with your doctor. I had to pay for mine but it says I have clinical depression and am on medication and need to be near enough to my doctor's because of my health. Tell me how you get on. I am telling the truth, I wouldn't lie to you.
iona75131 sam18386
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Thank you for taking the time to give advice. My CPN and doctor have already wrote a firm recommendation on mental health grounds. However the council will not entertain it as since my partner left i was left with arrears due to him not paying the last month he was living with me. The arrears are only 300pound however now being a single mum i can only pay small amounts. Although there is a direct debit to clear my arrears and I've been a tenant since 18 with no issues paying rent and never had arrears i feel as though now I'm in a bad place and they know my situation, all the years of being a good tenant count for nothing
sam18386 iona75131
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Your council sound like right grumpy so and SO's! Huh charming. Are you in private or rented accommodation? We're with a social landlord and have discovered they're ok when they want your money otherwise they couldn't care less! Rude just plain rude so we're now trying to defy them have a child and escape that way, 3 people count as overcrowded here. Check who your MP or local District counsellor is and go from there. I wish you luck it's tough, ours have tried a new trick they want rent a month in advance.