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4 weeks ago
My son, his 10+ years of depression, anxiety, stress - and me
I have posted about my son and his issues with depression, anxiety, stress, sleeping problems on other messages (when there have been similar issues), but have decided to start a new thread for me - because I want to post with just my positive and negativ
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Takk for alt (Thankyou for everything)
I am coming up to the 30th anniversary of my mother's death by suicide. I wrote this to acknowledge the day - this Saturday it will be 30 years since she died. I've never really been able to talk about it, and I usually tell people that she di
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Am I completely losing it
I'm sorry if you are sick of hearing from me, I'm not in a good place at all and feel like I cant cope anymore.I was feeling a bit more in control yesterday as I saw my GP and have been referred to the assessment clinic to review my meds. Things took anot
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Medication vs no medication
I admire people who can maintain their mental health without drugs. For me despite medication and using cbt, dbt, therapy, I can still at times battle with my mental health. No I don't like the side effects but the alternative is much worse. I want to sta
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How2 - Stop Over thinking:
7 Effective Ways to Stop OverthinkingBy Sharon Martin, LCSWOne of the symptoms of anxiety is “overthinking” or ruminating. People who overthink feel like they can’t “turn off” their brains. Once your brain latches onto a worry, it’s hard to break free of
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Persecutory delusional disorder
My mum has been diagnosed with persecutory delusional disorder. She has no insight whatsoever and has had delusional thoughts for some time, and prior to that suffered from OCD (hoarding, anxiety).She believes my father and I employ people to poison her,
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new diagnosis
hey guys..ive recently been given a diagnosis of BPD (previous diagnosis of type 2 bipolar, gad, depression)i have a couple of questions...- are intrusive thoughts of suicide normal for BPD? i feel i have no control at all over them, they are always there
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Sleeping as a means of shut down.
I told my psychiatrist on Monday that I have been using sleep as a way to shut out my symptoms. This means I am sleeping..... a lot. I suppose it is good that my increase in antipsychotics is making me tired I guess. I am sleeping up to 16hrs per day.When
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Anyone need a laugh today ... read
@Former-Member @BlueBay @Decadian @Former-Member @Former-Member @Faith-and-Hope @MoonGal @Shaz51 @Former-Member @TAB. & @ everyone who could do with a laugh.So last night - I decide to go outside and have a smoke, before picking up my son from an excu
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BiPolar OCD and Anorexia
Hi I am also first time posting so please excuse me if this doesn't sound right. My 19 year old daughter has been suffering from Anorexia, Bipolar OCD for many years. I have been abbused, verbally and physically many times but I still try to support
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