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BPD mother strategies
Hi all, Newbie here. I am looking for help to cope with my mother who has - according to my own previous psych - undiagnosed BPD. I am in my early 30s, and currently pregnant - this is making it harder to maintain boundaries and manage having her i
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How to support someone living with Schizophrenia
When a friend is going through a period of darkness due to complex mental health challenges, we might desperately want to be a source of resilience and strength in their time of need. The Gayle King to their metaphorical Oprah. But even on our bes
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Feel sick when doing anything productive
I don't think I've been able to confidently function with my daily responsibilities for a while and I've attributed this feeling to a developing imposter syndrome. I am a research student and had a successful undergraduate experience but now in my post-gr
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21yo son going through psychosis and paranoia
Hi everyone, my 21year old son has suffered a second episode of psychosis which required hospitalisation. It's heartbreaking. He's stable now, safe but still not well enough to work or study. He wants to but says, "oh tomorrow". My ques
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Yet another chapter of self discovery - my introduction
* warning .... very long* I have been wanting to introduce myself for some time now but trying to find the time with a 4 month old is very hard. Well I do have a long story but I will only go over what is happening in the present for that is wha
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Need someone to talk to, struggling with loneliness, depression, etc.
Hi everyone. Mods, feel free to move this if it's not in the right thread. I'd just like someone to talk to, about anything I guess. I feel so alone, not just because of the virus (although that obviously doesn't help), but just in general. My psychi
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Breaking through
So, as many have, I have had a life time of struggles from sexual abuse to mental and physical abuse. I am stuck, not long after i met my partner of 13years i was diagnosis with bi polar. She is AMAZING and helps me t through but I can't trust. I un
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Anger and Depression
Hi all, I had a really bad day yesterday. Didn't cope with feelings of intense anger, frustration, disappointment, irritability, stress, loneliness, depression, grief, tiredness, pain. I was completely overwhelmed and shut out the world. I closed my curta
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Why do I constantly make mistakes?
I know how to do a task at work. I can do the task. I know what I need to check, steps, but somehow, every time, I get overwhelmed along the way. It's like my brain just decides to not "let" me see certain things, to push
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New to the Sane Forums
Hello, I'm new to the forums and have not written on one before. I have BPD and am experiencing a pretty hard depression at the moment. I use DBT to help me cope. I distract myself with work, music and art. I seperated from my partner of 15 years a
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