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3 weeks ago
Hello from Sunny Queensland ☀️
Hi everyone! I'm based in Queensland and I'm a consumer with lived experience of the mental health system, currently transitioning into peer work and lived experience advocacy.I've recently completed my Lived Experience Orientation Training, joined QLEWN,
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Going within - has waking up changed how you advocate?
I've been reflecting lately on how much of my advocacy journey started with turning inward. Before I could speak up for others, I had to really sit with my own story and understand it, not just survive it.I'm curious whether others here have found the sam
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Feeling Lost
I have an adult son who has undiagnosed mental illness/ depression. We've been to psychologists and they can't help him. Does anyone know how to get into a psychiatrist in Perth that doesn't take 12 months to get a diagnosis so we can get further assistan
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I miss my pa
Hey everyone- this will be one of those posts where I just say whatever comes out. about 3 months ago I lost my pa. He was almost 90 and this is the worst thing I have ever felt. He was sick for most of my life (24 years) and he was so strong and got back
Navigating grief and lossCreated 2 months ago
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A bit odd innit?
I'm not a tough or aggressive person whatsoever; I'm actually quite placid by nature. So when I have a psychotic episode and become highly agitated, start ranting and raving, or carry on like a pork chop, it is very much out of character for me. Even then
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A lot has happened
Have my therapist appointment tomorrow but received word today that she was rushed to hospital today I hope she's allright. Yesterdays shift in dementia ward I was verbally and physically abused [edited by moderator] by another client and not even my supp
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Personal connection to relationships
I’m honestly really bad when it comes to relationships. I genuinely yearn to have a relationship and feel close to someone, but I seem to either push myself away or push the other person away.I can become really attached after just one hangout, start over
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Just saying Hai🫶🏻
Hello,Im new here; just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.I suffer from C-PTSD, Bipolar II, hEDS & co., FND, ME.Would love to connect with people who have similar experiences:) life is tough and hard to navigate with a body that doesn’t want to
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I think the medication is making everything worse
I went to the doctor a few months ago and she said I had a low mood and high anxiety… and I’ve been on medication for a month now and I’ve never been more anxious, I keep waiting for it to kick in properly but I’m such a mess. I’m more distracted than eve
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Duo mental health diagnosis and alcohol dependency
I’m the sibling and primary family member trying to plan for an adult brother with significant mental-health issues and alcohol dependence. His current carer is our elderly mother, who is no longer physically or mentally able to continue caring for him. O
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