Really worried - told lies & now they're getting social services involved

System

In all fairness i've believed all kinds of things when i've been either off my meds or manic, such as thinking OAPS were spies for the government and that single handidly i would take over clintons as the leading card retailers.

Yes what the OP did was stupid but some posts are pretty judgemental (ogf course if the op is a troll i'm going to luck like an idiot but what will be will be)

andreamoss

moomoomama27 wrote: »

Yes it is wrong, because while it may be a wind up, in may not be, so to be so judgemental is just cruel.

I don't think she needs to be sectioned, she's having treatment and is on medication. Maybe she just needed a sounding board.

Thank you. I'm trying very hard to not reveal any details, as I don't want to get into more trouble. As I said it's not all lies, and at times I was desperate for help, but words were put into my mouth, and at times where I was telling a few porkies, I was very high at the time

Mupette

Has Andyflo moved over to this section then?

noodledoodle78

Just wondering what outcome you expected when posting such lies on internet forums - especially when it concerned your children.

And even more puzzled as to why you have set up a new account on another forum. I would be staying clear of internet forums if I was in your shoes!

shy-but-need-help

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

In all fairness i've believed all kinds of things when i've been either off my meds or manic, such as thinking OAPS were spies for the government and that single handidly i would take over clintons as the leading card retailers.

Yes what the OP did was stupid but some posts are pretty judgemental (ogf course if the op is a troll i'm going to luck like an idiot but what will be will be)

Actually you really did make me think, I have to agree I am usually ready to take over the world (and it's little dog too) during my manic phases (I have rapid cycling bipolar but am medicated which does help even out the manic phases so world domination is usually at the back of the list these days )

I wanted to post and back up the "step away from the PC and get real life support/help" viewpoint. When I am in a bad spell (either manic or a low/depressive period) I find I am much, much more able to cope by stepping away from the computer as contact with online people tends to worsten/heighten the episode because it gives people to back up my irrationality, reenforcing it and therefore expanding on it, whereas IRL during those times I am surrounded by people that identify it as an episode or mania or depression and help me rationalise rather than fantasise and move through it.

Pixiechic

For whatever reasons you wrote what you did on the forum, you have to face the consequences. You have written that your husband is a violent, abusive, drug taker. Implied that you are a victim of domestic violence and that you have children who are living within that environment.

I hope that social services do come to investigate the environment in which your children are living. From what you yourself have implied, a genuine concern for the welfare of your children has been flagged. If all is okay then you have nothing to worry about. If, they find a genuine cause for concern once they have visited, then at the very least your childrens welfare will be of paramount importance, I hope.

I hope that this will prove to be a lesson learnt.

coolcait

I'm afraid I've got to the stage where I have to force myself to believe anything that is written by a 'newbie', a 'long-time lurker posting for the first time', 'a regular poster using a new name so I'm not recognised', or some of the things written by regular posters under their own names... :eek:. I tend to think of this as the 'Soap opera' board now.

However, if I adopt the belief that this message is genuine, and answer it as a genuine enquiry from someone who is genuinely upset, I still don't believe that the OP's other forum has written to her.

I'll accept that the OP may genuinely believe that. But, I think it would be more likely that someone is pretending to be the forum, in order to frighten the OP. Maybe the person has figured out that the OP is lying, and sees it as giving her her comeuppance. Maybe it is deliberately malicious. I would still consider it more likely that the message has come from one of the people the OP has shared personal details with.

I would also agree with the advice that the OP seeks help, and does not post on any message boards for the foreseeable future. If she finds herself unable to just read the boards without replying, then it is probably best if she simply stays away from the internet.

happierdaystocome

Andrea as Jackiglasgow has posted SS will most likely come out and visit yourself and your husband to discuss the concerns raised and will want permission tospeak to other professionals involved with your family, such as your HV, CPN and also the police so that they can check whether OH is known to them for drugs,violent crimes etc.
I would suggest that if SS offer you and yor family support that you take it as there are obviously issues that are impacting on your family even if they where not the once that you where discussing on other forums.

Also I think they may have used the post RE: sexual pictures as there are women who experince domestic violence not only as violence but also as sexual abuse and are forced to do things that they are not happy with.

1sue23

Could be they know you have lied and are now calling your bluff .

andreamoss

Happierdaystocome, thanks, I'm definitely not experiencing sexual abuse. I do find it uncomfortable that they have chosen to highlight that, along with other just 'gossipy' things that were talked about, I had no idea that they would come back to haunt me. I understand their concern about the possible abuse, but to bring into play other things, that were candidly talked about, and others were freely admitting, makes me feel very naked, I feel they have withdrawn my anonymity, and these things I'm not prepared to discuss, even with my CPN, as they are just casual 'gossipy' things, like when you have a group of girls around and talk and laugh. Even if they were concerned, I'm more unhappy about that, than anything