And so the nurse called

[sendraks]

...and she's referred me to the community mental health team, who will carry out a further assessment before any decision is taken to refer me for CBT. I'm not 100% sure what this means in practise, as I've no idea what the interim steps between here and CBT are. I think that I'm probably going to have another long and difficult conversation with

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[rachelprince]

Cmht will give you a two week assessment, before making any decision as to what treatment to give you.  They''ll be coming to you to assess you.

Briege works in mental health, so I asked her how it works.  Hope that's ok.

[sendraks]

Thanks Rachel, I appreciate you asking. It is a comfort to know what the process is.

[tatty_tigermoth]

But on the plus side, I got work done and have managed to put on clothes and everything.

Positivity is positivity. I've had days when the only victory was getting out of bed and then deciding to look on that as a victory.