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I know it never seems like the right time to do anything else than moving forward, but please seek help.

bowsamic 4y ago
I am on the waiting list for therapy for a year. They told me it would be a year. I rang a couple weeks ago and they told me it would be another year. Help is not available. God knows I’ve tried EDIT: Why downvote? What am I supposed to do?...I'm so tired
- orff 4y ago
  let me guess - it's in Germany.
  - bowsamic 4y ago
    Correct
    - zecaurubu 4y ago
      Not sure if it would help, but if you're around the Berlin area and want to grab a beer or coffee with another guy that left academia for the industry (and still has delusions that someday will submit his thesis), hit me up.
    - goethes_kind 4y ago
      Isolation is a real problem in this country. Did you also make the mistake of moving to a small city? I spent my last four years at a TU in a small city and it was horrible here. Just one more general problem with this country.
    - orff 4y ago
      I do understand how do you feel. I quit my PhD, it was crazy. Then the life was better, having normal jobs. Now I have another very difficult situation in life and there is no chance to get professional help. At least some friends are helping. If you are from south Germany, let me know, we can grab a beer and talk. The life will be better again!
- loriverkutya 4y ago
  Ignore the downvotes, I'm not sure which country you are in but there are other suicide prevention services in most of them, phone helplines, charities and other options. And while I know that you don't feel like you have energy to seek for help, please consider do a Google search and reach out to one of the helplines, they will help you find a way out and figure out how you can get some form of help on a shorter notice. Also you have done the first step which is usually the hardest, realised you need help.
- dennis_jeeves1 4y ago
  Upvoted you to counter the down votes, if it does indeed work that way. Please connect with the guy who has offered to met you. To the mods: Agreed that making a system that satisfies everybody is difficult, but one cannot in good conscience have a system where a mob might have it's way.

I am on the waiting list for therapy for a year. They told me it would be a year. I rang a couple weeks ago and they told me it would be another year. Help is not available. God knows I’ve tried EDIT: Why downvote? What am I supposed to do?...I'm so tired

orff 4y ago
let me guess - it's in Germany.
- bowsamic 4y ago
  Correct
  - zecaurubu 4y ago
    Not sure if it would help, but if you're around the Berlin area and want to grab a beer or coffee with another guy that left academia for the industry (and still has delusions that someday will submit his thesis), hit me up.
  - goethes_kind 4y ago
    Isolation is a real problem in this country. Did you also make the mistake of moving to a small city? I spent my last four years at a TU in a small city and it was horrible here. Just one more general problem with this country.
  - orff 4y ago
    I do understand how do you feel. I quit my PhD, it was crazy. Then the life was better, having normal jobs. Now I have another very difficult situation in life and there is no chance to get professional help. At least some friends are helping. If you are from south Germany, let me know, we can grab a beer and talk. The life will be better again!
loriverkutya 4y ago
Ignore the downvotes, I'm not sure which country you are in but there are other suicide prevention services in most of them, phone helplines, charities and other options. And while I know that you don't feel like you have energy to seek for help, please consider do a Google search and reach out to one of the helplines, they will help you find a way out and figure out how you can get some form of help on a shorter notice. Also you have done the first step which is usually the hardest, realised you need help.
dennis_jeeves1 4y ago
Upvoted you to counter the down votes, if it does indeed work that way. Please connect with the guy who has offered to met you. To the mods: Agreed that making a system that satisfies everybody is difficult, but one cannot in good conscience have a system where a mob might have it's way.