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4 weeks ago
Marginalisation, it becomes more evident the more I participate in society.
I have gotten to a point in my life where I am increasingly aware that hurdles just get higher rather than lower.Despite having had just the one acute episode of psychosis, society is constructed to inform me it is me that must keep on keeping on, from st
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Bipolar diagnosis - what now ?
My partner has been diagnosed with generalised anxiety and depression for over 15yrs and now the psychiatrist thinks she might have bipolar - still not sure as they are experimenting with new drug combos recently.Anyway my partner told me a couple of days
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Another BlueBoard Refugee
Hi I'm Ginger, The Whinger Part is tacked on more in honour of my Ginger cat who likes to meow a lot who's identity I have assumed for the internet 🙂 He's currently whinging to empty walls as I am in psyche. I've been in here for a week and am
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Constant Measuring Can Lead To Misery
Often in this world, we are consumed by a need to measure our lives against others, or to measure our own successes and failures against ideals that we hold up to ourselves. I wonder why we do this. Often, it leads to nothing but misery, anxiety and depre
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Depression Awareness Week
Hiya Forumites, just came across this article on social media and it is a good 'un in describing the experience, good to see some real stuff being published in mainstream press and I like the illustration too. (As we had a conversation here "The difficult
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Self Help Books - what's you favorite?
Hi Everyone,I've just started reading "You can Heal Your Life" by Louise Hay. I find it really uplifting and I am also very curious to see that a lot of the material the author covers are things that I have already been through in counselling sessions tha
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Glad to have found you
Hi I am new to the forum and so glad to have found you.I have read some helpful tips about job interviews and giving up smoking etc..I have Bipolar 1 and General Anxiety Disorder, the onset was sudden and drastically life changing for me. I lost all
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Today's session with psych
I had a session with my psychiatrist this afternoon and it was crap. We started talking and suddenly I got onto the subject of my parents (who are not talking to me for the past 6 yrs since telling them of my childhood abuse).I started telling him h
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I'm throwing my hands in the air :/
Hi - I'm new to this forum. I just need to talk to someone who understands. Writing helps when things go south but everything starts all over again the next day and the next. I am so, so sick of this rollercoaster - nothing seems to help
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Two steps forward and three back
Or that at least is how it feels. Half way thro a new group, and a new awareness is emerging. My sensitivities rejection, criticism and the big one abandonment. So as a result of of these things hapenin, or should i say the fear of them hapening, i
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