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Case Study 855
I moved to another country a year and a half ago with my boyfriend, he had a good job offer and I found a place on a masters. I have found settling here extremely difficult: the course has been terrible, with very little structure or guidance. I am now trying to work on a thesis and outside of language course feel quite isolated. While I have made a few friends I don't feel I am able to run to them for support, and I have lost a huge amount of confidence to make new friends or see people I know less well. I worry I rely far too much on my boyfriend, who gets very upset by my distress and his inability to make me feel better about things. In the last few weeks in particular I have felt very down. I have days where I just can't stop crying, and small things going wrong just throw me off track. I keep trying to get things on track again, make positive changes or get some help but just seem to hit dead ends. I just feel worthless, useless and like I'm not getting anywhere. I feel I don't know who I am anymore. I've been told I have to wait a couple of weeks before I can contact the counselling services at my university. I don't feel I can talk to my mum, and feel bad about leaning on my dad two of my older brothers have also been depressed recently, and I feel I can't be another miserable kid. Has anyone got any advice on how I can prop myself up until I can see a counsellor or anything else? Or on how I can deal with things better to avoid damaging my relationship while I'm down.
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