• fluke@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m currently not sure how I feel about a proper official diagnosis at this stage. With the stigma around mental health illnesses 8 worry it’ll just be used against me. My journey with this is still very young (read: days) so a lot of stuff I’m finding out quite fresh and this particular nugget of info was as soon as this very morning.

    There are other routes you can go through such as charities, the main one being ‘Right to Choose’ who support you with how to approach your GP, templates for letters, what to say to the various people you need to speak to and such. They also act as a tool for you to find support groups, specialists etc etc.

    Sounds amazing, right? Hell yeah. Except they’re so utterly overflowing they’ve been closed to new referrals/applicants since the end of August.

    2 weeks too late. Honestly, man. You can’t make this stuff up.

    • BOMBS@lemmy.worldM
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      1 year ago

      That sounds incredibly frustrating. Feel free to reach out to the community if you want! There is a hunch of helpful people on here, and we even have a chat going that you can reach via the sidebar.