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My son has agreed to let me manage his income, as he has had issues in the past. His income comes into my bank account and I have autopayments setup, so his fortnightly income goes into his bank account in small amounts each day instead of one big a
Friends, families and carersCreated 7 years ago
Hi all, how do you guys manage burnout? i am very much burntout but im not able to change anything thats happening right now so im not all that sure how to manage it. i know a few one my signs and they are all very prominent atm like bei
Friends, families and carersCreated 7 years ago
Hi all My journey is long and never-ending to a stable recovery "space" I now understand that schemas developed as a child and over time have become entrenched, which can not be changed. The go forward position for me is to create new thought patt
Something’s not rightCreated 7 years ago
I want to start by saying I am in debt to my PMS. It has given me the strength to overcome challenges, quit jobs that have been draining, and stand up to people that have tried to hurt me in a number of ways. What I'm struggling with at the moment,
Something’s not rightCreated 7 years ago
First, a bit of background: I quit a highly toxic and stressful job back in January: https://ostara.saneforums.org/t5/Something-s-not-right/Work-pressure-killing-me-seeking-advice/m-p/670645#M162692 All said and done, I got a job at a contact centr
Something’s not rightCreated 7 years ago
My Bro3 called by after dark last night, agitated and pacing. Made him cuppa and tentatively tried to talk... you see, he suffers paranoid schizophrenia (foil lined house and all) and my 'help' suggestions only seem to agitate him. He gambles his pension
Friends, families and carersCreated 7 years ago
Hi I am concerned about a friend - briefly - my friend had an intervention by I think police and went to John Cade for a number of weeks - after some time back with family I met up with her and had an update on what happened - I didn’t get all the facts -
Friends, families and carersCreated 7 years ago
I'm ok, but really fed up and exhausted of being one bad event from suiciding. I'm either trying to feel nothing or pretending things are happy, trying to make the best of things and then someone in my family does some stupid, unreasonable or nasty
Something’s not rightCreated 7 years ago
I cant work out whether my hatred towards my husband is him or my increasing irritability with life causing me to hate? We have been having problems for years due to his lack of sex drive and emotion. But just lately nothing is helping and im
Something’s not rightCreated 7 years ago
My adult daughter with bpd is going through a tough psychotic stage, probably largely due to excessive alcohol use. She should be in rehab or hospital but won’t go. The two psychologists and psychiatrist she has seen over the last year have all told her i
Friends, families and carersCreated 7 years ago