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4 weeks ago
Who has mental illness and is also a carer
Hi everyone. Who has mental illness and is also a carer for someone with mental illness? How the heck do you cope? Thanks.
2011
Not sure where to go next…
Our sibling is early 30s and has been dealing with mental illness for more than a decade. While they had a relatively normal upbringing they did suffer from low confidence and shyness. This was always dismissed but may well have been
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Power relationship
Hello,I am new to this so please bare with me. I have been married for 21 years and only now do I see part of why I suffer from mental illness. I feel my husband has ruled our relationship for years. From wanting to know where I am to how long I will be o
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How do I tell what is a symptom and what is just laziness?
I've been living in hope that my husband can change, but I'm starting to think that it's me who needs to make the change. Let me explain...My husband of 10 years suffers from sychisoeffective disorder. He is not violent nor is he reckless, but over the ye
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I don't know what to do...
There's someone in my life, that's family which has hurt me for too long. She's my older sister. This is going to be a bit long, but I guess I'm just really upset now and I need some input on the whole thing. It's as if I've taken a step back from this si
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My experience and views on discrimination against the mentally ill.
Hi I would like to share my experience and views on discrimination against the mentally ill.I've suffered from mental illness' since 2008. And since that time I' ve honestly been through a hughmugnus amout of hell!. And honestly still experience hell, and
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I've never been able to have genuine relationships
Even as a child I couldn't make friends like a normal person. I come from a very remote town where the teachers were plain awful and would encourage peers to bully me or get involved themselves. I didn't know how to act or behave so they would just single
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DIFFERENT FORMS OF EATING DISORDER OR DISORDERED EATING
ORTHOREXIA Those who have an “unhealthy obsession” with otherwise healthy eating may be suffering from “orthorexia nervosa,” a term which literally means “fixation on righteous eating.” Orthorexia starts out as an innocent attempt to eat more healthfully,
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feeling agitated. am I headed for another episode?
I recently stopped taking my antipsychotic medication and now believe I'm suffering the consequences of such. I had it in my head I didn't really need them anymore after having an intense dream where I was told by my psychiatrist that I really didn'
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First time here
Hi everyone, this is my first post. I had chronic anxiety for many many years. Was diagnosed way too late at aged 30, with OCD. Had CBT then and went on meds, both of which helped a lot. I was on meds for 15 years, the last 5 of which I was slowly cutting
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