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Chris | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Where is the balance?

I find myself in this all or nothing stage once again. I thought i was just in a good phase. I felt in control of my life. My diet. Being mindful of what I put in my body, good nutritious food. Swapping the chocolate for berries and yoghurt, oh sooo good!

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Tally | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

how do I go on?

My husband has chronic anxiety and recurrent depression. We have two kids aged 12 and 9. I work and support us all financially. He works but makes little money in the arts. He constantly seeks approval and fears rejection. If I ask him a question he snaps

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Cl1fford-C413b | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Enabled mother controls me repressively - please help!

I'm in dire circumstances. My mother, whom I'm certain is severely mentally ill, has gotten away for far too long with exercising repressive restrictions on me and my sister. She has hid behind one such illness, autism, to justify her sociopathic behaviou

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Ledy | Casual Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

I think my mum has delusional disorder

Hi everyone, It's 3am and like many nights these days I find myself wide awake, unable to sleep. My mum has had delusional thoughts about my dad having an affair for as long as I can remember. Let me just say that there is no chance that he is having an a

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Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Agitation

I am not sure what to do I am very agitated and I am not able to calm down I am trying very hard but I feel like I am going to explode I also feel like weird and magical and I have a lot of big plans very big plans and I just I need to get things on paper

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allivegot | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Tired obsession and Infinite loop, and suicidal thoughts

I have bipolar/schizoeffective disorder (diagnosed with both so not sure which one it is). I have a problem where I get stuck in looped thinking about being tired. It’s like a psychological splinter. I obsess over being tired, over and over again. Mostly

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MDT | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

I feel like an entitled brat

I have everything going for me - well not everything or else I wouldn't be here would I ? I'm sick of feeling underaccomplished and pathetic. I don't know what I have to do to get anywhere. I'm trying to find jobs overseas and I've barely scratched

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he2 | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Starting ADHD medication for the first time.

I was recently diagnosed with ADHD (at age 28) and have just begun trialling medication, and while I will be contacting my psychiatrist to discuss how it’s going shortly, I think it would be useful to hear what it’s like to start on meds from people who h

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