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IsAnybodyThere | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Mullioned Mazes

Wide awake I lie so tiredBrain alert and hotly wired,Shadowed eyes pray sleep is nearSoul within me sheds a tear.Wide awake I lie so tiredBrain alert and hotly wired,Shadowed eyes pray sleep is nearSoul within me sheds a tear.Turning corners without endI

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Lookingforhappy | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Lonely

Ive got all the support around me, my family and boyfriend. But im still feeling lonely and lacking connections. I dont have many friends left. I hate these loneliness feelings.

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IsAnybodyThere | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Is this a different kind of loneliness?

I stayed at home with my parents for over 30 years. During that time and most of my life I never felt a sense of loneliness. I hope this doesn't come across as arrogance, but during that time I never felt really alone. I was always pretty com

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IsAnybodyThere | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

So Who Cares

I hope this one passes muster. The sentence in brackets I wrote at the time of original writing; 2016. I'm sure I've written worse. (Probably the worst thing I have written! I just can't get it right! But hey! Who cares?) .CaringSharingBei

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Givingup90 | New Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Healthcare workers & neglectful assumptions

TW: rape I've been raped 3 times by 3 different men, one was a boyfriend. Abused for over 20 years with physical and verbal abuse from my stepfdad, lost multiple jobs due to crippling PTSD which had had a snowball effect on my living situation and

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M_P90 | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Trauma Responses?

Hi all! I have C-PTSD and recently have worked super hard to get my eating disorder (ED) into remission. I used ED behaviours to tune out of my trauma so here I am being knocked by it with no crutch!! I can only describe these trauma responses as eit

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florencefifty | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Looking back on rock bottom.

Hello, I just wanted to say thank you for your support in my last post. I think I scared people more than I intended. I'll be OK. It's just that when I'm depressed, I'm REALLY depressed. I don't know if you ever get that thing when you're really

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Ajishappy | Casual Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Anxiety leads to paranoia, any ideas?

Hey I have Anxiety, usually expressed as OCD. But I also get paranoid my neighbors listen to me or that my phone is tapped. Can anyone else relate? How do you cope?

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