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4 weeks ago
Wanting to help all people with mental illness
firstly this forum may have help a while ago. What a great idea. I want to know people's thoughts on something I wish to take to parliament. As people with mental illness we can be caught in a catch 22 situation, need to work to afford private h
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Feeling Stuck!!
Just lately I have been feeling really stuck because I feel like my medications aren't working properly or it's the stress of not having any support from my three sisters. I do have support workers but lately when I have really needed to talk they r eithe
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More CBT work with psychologist
G'Day everyone. As some of you may know, my session with my psychologist last week went so well - the light bulb moments just kept coming. And I've been on cloud nine all week.Today he reinforced last weeks breakthroughs & then restarted again on CBT
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Introduction
As a result of childhood trauma and life-long physical and emotional abuse I was diagnosed with PTSD and major depression. Over the years I have attempted impromptu suicide twice, was carefully planning my third. I purposefully took reckles
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Can we make asking RUOK any easier?
RUOK day is coming up on September the 8th. It's a day to encourage and celebrate real, no-bullshit connections. Honest conversations. Courage and vulnerability. The things we do in the Forums but out there. IRL. A
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Sad and stuck
Hello.Im a new member although have been reading these and other forums for awhile now.Have suffered depression since i was 17 or so had a lot of self esteem issues growing up and never really gotten on top of them.I am now severely depressed and highly a
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Long term childhod trauma
Hi, I am new here. Due to long term childhood trauma I am diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder, dissociative disorder, panic/anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive personality disorder and in the last 2 months I have been experiencing psychosis on ne
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I am new
How does this work I suffer with major depression disorder and anxiety
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In a crisis state, trying desperately to stabilize
HelloThis is my first post, I have a long history of mental illness (as a child, ADD, then OCD developed as a teen and now OCD and severe anxiety spectrum symptoms). I am in my middle/late thirties and am stuck in some sort of panic/anxiety cycle. Every m
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Hate talking to people
I think I'm suffering depression. Actually I'm sure I am, as I have affected by it in the past but never really dedicated myself to treatment. I also suffer from a form of social anxiety.I really hate talking to professionals about my problems. I just hat
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