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Introducing self / last segrnent inviting commentary, sharing experiences, working together for solutions
Sturgeon here, I have responded to a few in support - now I in need. In a way my intro could fit ' something not right'.I'm almost 60 yet cannot break the ongoing vortex to hell that has me shackled since childhood. I've been through the vast array of hum
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newbie
Hi there. I am a new member and I have never been a member of a mental health support group before. I have struggled with my mental health all my life but my worst bout of depression started 2 years ago. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and taken off
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7 year old child "does not want to be"
After my GP saying to me on Friday when I saw her- that if I ever feel in crisis -& don't know what to do- can't go to hospital-I should come to her surgery & sit with the nurses in the nurse area--Today I did just that-- she came to see me &
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Feeling alone again
I feel very alone again. Theres too much stress in my life that is out of my control. I dont feel i have anyone to turn to. Another week before i see my psychologist. Ive been physically sick as well for over a week. Although im on the mend, i am no
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I’m going to hospital first post need reassurance
Hi all My psychiatrist and I decided that I stay in a hospital to try and get better. I have depression and mood issues. I’m booked in for my first stay in a private hospital and I’m so anxious about it. I’m so upset about leaving my young kids but I
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Help please
Hi all, I am trying to find out what the best involuntary option for my brother is. In summary, my brother has a history of mental illness which he has been both hospitalised and involuntarily institutionalised for in the past. However, for at leas
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Still lost
I haven't been here for a while, with continued self harm, almost daily for 18 months, 9 hospital admissions, 17 ED visits, weekly psychiatrist and psychologist appointments, and most recently 4 overdoses.The battle goes on and on. On work cover, re
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Is there somebody out there that has experienced a similar problem and can help me.
My wife has a mental illness. I have been struggling for the past two years to get her help but the health professionals do not think that she has an illness. She has no insight and doesn't think she is ill. I have young children in her care and are at ri
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Stay or go, absolutely shattered
I've been with the only love of my life and the only person I've ever put my trust in for 2 years, we are engaged and living together, she also has a daughter. I'm studying a degree in pshycothearpy amongst other related fields. She has BPD and schi
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Afraid of the Australian Police
Hi, I'm Marc. I've been an involuntary mental health client in Australia for 14 years, with what I believe is a misdiagnosis or overdiagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. Fourteen years ago, police entered the home where I was living in with my parents
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