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4 weeks ago
Christmas
With only 8 weeks till Christmas I am starting to stress. How on earth do I get enough money to buy gifts. It is the busiest time at work and then all the tourists come down for the christmas period. They are rude, want to be served straight a
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New member with bipolar
Hi, I don't know about where other people live but there is no mental health support,where I live. Twelve month wait for public mental health and 10mths plus for prvate and even then I had a horror experience with private mental health professional. My pr
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automatic shutdown or disassociation
Hi I dont know if any of you experience this with BPD or maybe its the PTSD that causes it. I find when I'm extremely stressed and someone starts to lecture me or yell at me etc I can feel like my brain shutting down and everthing becomes blah blah
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Career Chat // What's the best advice? // Friday 28 Oct. 12 pm AEDT
What's the best advice you have ever been given for finding work as a person with a MI? This week we will be opening up the forum to you and asking the question 'what's the best advice you've ever been given for finding work as a person with a MI or a di
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WHY DONT WE STICK TO THINGS?
Hi Not sure if this is something that has been discussed as the subject came up automatically but yes why dont we stick to things? I seem to have the issue even with practising my DBT skills, I try to read through my notes from DBT class 6 years ago
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Hi again. Lonely, feeling like I can't stop the voices of despair. In so much pain.
Hi there,I've written several times on this post. I've again been trying to get though to Samaritans, but understandably they are busy. As I've said previously, I find them better for me than CrisisCare, as they don't suggest they can call ambulance, poli
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bad at relaionships
I was with someone that felt like my soul mate, although we were together for only a short ime, it was such a strong connection. After a night of drinking, the alcohol sent me into a very depressive state and I started telling him of my thoughts of s
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Don't know what to do ...
My mum, 71, has a history of irrational and paranoid behaviour. Had a major psychotic episode last year and was hospitalised, diagnosed with a mental illness and placed on medication. Since then my dad and her main carer, passed away late last year. She w
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CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY
In my current search for a pdoc ... i stumbled on a modality called "Cross-Cultural" Its not new .. emerged in the 70s 80s ... and most likely practised by professionals from the Indian SubContinent or the African Continent. I think some of the
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Self Medicating Again
Am so embarrassed and ashamed to admit this - but I've been drinking again these past 2 weeks & everyday bar one - for the past week.So of course my mood is low. Depression and alcohol don't mix. I can't work on my anxiety. I don't want to listen to o
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