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4 weeks ago
Starting my care journey, advice appreciated.
Hi this is my first post and the beginning of my care journey. A quick outline of our situation: Both my parents are in their late 80’s and 6 weeks ago my mother had a nasty fall which resulted in a broken hip and femur and a subsequent operation.
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Seeking opinions and experiences of mindfulness
Good morning fellow forumites. Over in Lived Experience town on the other side of Forum Land, some of us are working through the dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills training manual: Let's do DBT This week we are going to embark on t
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Seeking opinions and experiences of mindfulness
Good morning fellow forumites. As you may or may not know, some of us are working through the dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills training manual here: Let's do DBT This week we are going to embark on the module of mindfulness and I am super
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New to being a carer.
My partner was diagnosed 12 years ago. We have only been together 2 years so I met him after treatment had begun. Generally he gets on well with life but the last few months have been difficult. He lost his job after 4 years on a false accusation and has
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New to being a carer.
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Self compassion in times of Adversity
So it turns out my mental health is declining. I feel devastated.I will try a different approach, such as self compassion as being harsh on yourself takes up a lot of energy. The more compassionate you can be towards yourself, the more able you are to giv
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Don't know how to move forward
Hi. Like many others. Most people could not understand let alone believe my history. I'm so proud of myself for leaving all the dysfunction behind and raising 2 relatively well adjusted children who are now young adults. But it has come at a great cost to
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Feeling like I want to run away.
Hi, this is my first post. I don't even know if I should be posting here. I'm sure my problems are not special or unique to any of the other persons on this forum. I just don't know what else to do.I'm a first time mom to my 6 month old daughter. I'm at h
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The Latest
As my school had a holiday for All Saints Day I was able to accompany my eldest son to his psychiatric appointment. He has been in and out of psychosis several times a week, and very anxious and depressed. His anti-depressant had been increased and for we
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Why did lifeline cut their chat service hours?
Why have the chat service hours been cut down so much through lifeline? There is hardly any services that offer this. Suicide call back is impossible to get onto through chat. It's seems like it's making it harder not easier to get help during the night.
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