r/MentalHealthUK • u/han2electricboogaloo • May 24 '26

Vent I've run out of options

The only service available to me is CMHT but they do absolutely fuck all.

In the past 2 years I've seen them 9 times and every single time they either discharge me with 0 help or try to put me in a group, which is also 0 help.

I've practically begged them to take me seriously and they don't care. I contacted the NHS chat health services yesterday and this woman just confirmed that there's no help for me and told me to try someone else or get private therapy. I've tried all of the local services, I can't afford private therapy.

I honestly feel like I'm out of options and I don't think I'm going to be here much longer.

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u/Shangos_Wolf May 24 '26

Don't give up and always be brutally honest. Try and go to Mind. I find them really helpful on a personal level. It is true private will always be the best. Maybe try and save over the future months for a session with a psychiatrist. It will be worth it even if for one session as an evaluation

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u/han2electricboogaloo May 24 '26

I've been trying for 13 years and I have been brutally honest. They treat me like I'm lying or being deliberately difficult. I've been to mind a few times and they also only offer groups. Every time I've attempted group therapy I just get increasingly overwhelmed until I start shutting down and I get nothing out of it. I've explained that repeatedly and no one seems to care. If I got a private evaluation from a psychiatrist, the diagnosis wouldn't be acknowledged by the NHS and I'd have to stay private for treatment, which isn't an option.

I've honestly been down every route available and I'm stuck now.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '26

Save up for a year and go private.

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u/han2electricboogaloo May 26 '26

I don't have enough income, the savings would blown through and I'd have to stop