Struggling and loneliness

Hi there and thanks for your post and welcome to LGBT HERO Forums. I can certainly relate to what you are saying having come from a small, close minded community.

Sorry to read you have struggled with depression. Hopefully you are seeing a mental health specialist and GP and getting the right support that you need. Some medication(s) can take for the system to get used to and one might feel worse for the rest few weeks. It's always best to check the side effects with a GP.

Living in a rural town may feel isolating for LGBTQ+ people but it is good that you are trying different ways of communicating such as these forums.

It is also really positive that your family accepts you. For myself, the hardest challenge was to accept myself. This took me time. Accessing support and people I spoke to, when I felt safe to do so really helped; and this was before the internet existed. Nowadays, there is more choice to reach out and make connections with what one might call 'chosen family'.

Hope things do improve and let us know how you get on - please see some links below:

www.lgbthero.org.uk/pages/category/self-care




Best wishes