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Lynda | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Harm OCD? Struggling

Hi I'm so sorry to post again but I'm really alone. I started researching 4 months ago I started obsessing over having schizophrenia to the point where I checked myself into the psych ward etc I was fully convinced I had this disease.. then it moved onto

Something’s not rightCreated 10 years ago

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 10 years ago

Antipsychotics......

Hi guys just wondering what peoples experiences on the use of antipsychotic medications.Ive recently gone on them and have been warned about weight gain. Ive just lost 10kg but my body gains weight really fast if im not careful. And very low motivation at

Recovery ClubCreated 10 years ago

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Grasshopper3 | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Son (22) with schizophrenia

Living with someone who suffers from schizophrenia is very difficult. Even medicated it seems he lives in a different world and stares a lot whilst smoking cigarettes like a steam train.Sleeps during the day, spooks around at night.Any advice about health

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Littleshining1 | Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Partner with complex PTSD (intimacy issues)

My partner has been chronically I'll the last 18 months since his early childhood trauma surfaced again, he has stopped working and is home all the time. Last September I reached the end of my tether and almost left as I had big stress at work

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Ali585 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

thoughts about being chronically suicidal

I have written this in present tense – I just think it reads better that way. but it is about events 2 years ago. I have been thinking a lot about the way that for well over 6 months I was telling people I was thinking about suicide and yet when I tried i

Our storiesCreated 10 years ago

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Determined | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Talking about Dad

Hi EveryoneFeeling a little low today, today marks 12 years since my Dad passed away at 57 years old.I am not wanting to complain, vent or seek sympathy here, I just want to talk about Dad, something I have not been able to do in a while.Dad died 1 w

Our storiesCreated 10 years ago

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Determined | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Talking about my Dad

Hi everyoneFeeling a little low today as today marks 12 years since my Dad passed away at 57 years old.I am not wanting to complain, vent or seek sympathy here, (I know I have been on a venting a lot lately), I just want to talk about Dad, somet

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 10 years ago

discussing the the phrase "expected to make a full recovery"

hi everyone,i dont normally do posts like this but this phrase gets to me.we hear this phrase so often on the news and in hospitals and for some circumstances its true but in circustances like the london terror attack, abuse victims, violence victims, peo

Social spaceCreated 10 years ago

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