I have been dealing with a MH charity, had a few one to one sessions and also went to a group on Anxiety.
I spoke to them again yesterday and I am going to attend a closed group for 9 weeks starting in October.
I was also asked if I wanted to volunteer. I think this will be a good experience. He spoke about being an online support worker, and I mentioned about being part of this forum, and that the peer to peer support we have here is good and helps.
He also talked about being a talking book for University students where you answer their questions about mental illness to give them an understanding what it’s like etc.
My mother thinks the time is not right, but when is it? I want to do it regardless. I think being part of a community project may improve my social skills, and at the same time, allow me to use the time I do nothing but lay around to do something constructive.
I decided i wanted to volunteer at the place i used to work before i got sick. I stayed about an hour and then told them i was sick and needed to go home. I shook almost completely out of control for the next two days. It was awful.
Then i volunteered at the local soup kitchen and it was wonderful and rewarding and i felt great about it.
Give it a go. If it gets too much then I’m sure they’ll understand. I still volunteer and enjoy it. It’s relatively lo stressed and it’s rewarding to have something to do!
I’d say go for it! You won’t ever know if you don’t try!
Sorry to hear you initial experience wasn’t great. Good that you persevered with it though and found something you wanted to do that didn’t affect you so badly.