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Harmful Diagnosis
Has anyone ever been in a place where a BPD diagnosis ("quiet' for me if at all) comes with such stigma and shame that it feels like a death sentence? Where even friends who are also progressive mental health professionals admit to caution and judgement b
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Cold feet on DBT - how to cope with being triggered?
So, I've finally gotten into the hospital's short DBT group program, which is starting in a couple of weeks. I've been told it'll be a great opportunity for me, and I want the skills to help me live my best life. I've been on the waiting list
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Planning - Bipolar will travel
As noted in an earlier discussion, I will soon be travelling overseas and have elected to take travel insurance out that doesn’t cover bipolar. This goes on for a while so please hang in there.. This does not mean that in the rest of my plannin
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Graduating today...
I am graduating in a few hours and I am simultaneously anxious and depressed. I am happy to be graduating, but I finished so long ago. I finished my degree last June. I was only doing one unit during that semester, so it's been 17 months since Univer
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Cracking Knuckles
I’ve done this a long time but it now really hurts. I’ve read up about this and it is not supposed to hurt but this is not true. Trying to stop unsuccessfully.
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Driving phobia
Has anyone with bipolar lost their liscence. Worried it’s going to happen to me,
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Everything
Hi, I'm new, am not even sure if I'm writing in the right place (computer unsavvy). I need to tell my story, but it's so long, as abuse began for me at age 7, and I'm retired from regular work now. I have to say everything, because one thing led to anothe
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SADs
Just wondering has anyone else experienced a winter depression yet. Its been getting colder here in SA. Woke up this morning feeling depressed and weepy, thought to my self "Its a bit early for SADs", has any one else begun to feel a winter depression yet
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paranoid/grandiose psychosis in a sibling - I'm exhausted and need help
I am the 7th sibling in a family of 8 and I don't know what to do about my brother anymore. He is 27 and still lives at home with my parents who are both 70 and younger brother who is 21. We have all suffered from his manic episodes and psychotic rage and
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How to post safely about self harm: A guide
Self-harm thoughts and actions are a part of many people’s mental health journey. This how-to-guide is designed to help you create safety for yourself and others when talking about self-harm. If you are thinking about self harm, or have experi
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