FORUMS

Connect with people who understand what you are going through, seek advice and surround yourself with support. We're free, anonymous, and professionally moderated 24/7.

  • 47,612Members
  • 1,358,869Posts
  • 1,400,000Visitors
Advocating for change

Advocating for change

Advocate for better mental health care.

41 - 50 of 235
1...456...24

Brenita | Contributor | Last message 3 months ago

Im sick of it all been so hard.

Im struggling atm l suffered a stress breakdown and am taking stress leave from work l have been bullied by my boss and some others at work. I have also recently cut off an unhealthy one sided friendship and feel pretty alone as l tried so hard to make th

Advocating for changeCreated 3 months ago

64

Sequester | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 months ago

Controlled technique

I went through this as part of being assertively managed, by community mental health team. Years later, despite the psychologist who listened to how the meeting was going said "I do not appreciate the tone" of the instigators, there seems to be locally ad

Advocating for changeCreated 3 months ago

69

Sequester | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 months ago

Being in ED where your meds are taken from you

I know not to mention meds but let’s say the gold standard is suddenly taken from your routine and you are forced to go without until a psychiatrist finally replaces it. Can you imagine how that messes not just with your head but also the underlying why?D

Advocating for changeCreated 3 months ago

89

Mahal | New Contributor | Last message 3 months ago

Manic episode

Hello, my sister is going through a manic episode or hyper manic not sure, it’s possibly a year now and getting worse, she lives with my parents and her son, my parents are in their 70’s,At this stage she’s accused my mum of having the ppl in the town all

Advocating for changeCreated 3 months ago

42

avant-garde | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 months ago

Child Sexual Abuse (TW)

There's been talk about the impacts of child sexual abuse during the early years... I've noticed it in me for the last 7-9 years... I don't have many memories without it... mine started around when my younger brother was born... before I even went to pre-

Advocating for changeCreated 2 years ago

5926

Dimity | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 months ago

Foundational supports... the gap not covered by NDIS

Some services are being removed from NDIS and are supposed to be funded by the states. The new ecosystem is also supposed to cover people not on NDIS. Then there's the aged sector of people who were deemed ineligible for NDIS from the start, but equivalen

Advocating for changeCreated 2 years ago

2529

NatureCats | Casual Contributor | Last message 3 months ago

Artificial -> Organic

This is a personal view which you do not have to agree with but please be nice....in my own experience mental health has always been at its worse while relying on online systems/supports/connection. It's too easy to be someone else, to provide fake care a

Advocating for changeCreated 3 months ago

53

BeautifuColour | Contributor | Last message 3 months ago

Today - resilience

Hi, I am new here.I want to say that reading and replying to a few messages has helped and I feel able to at least go for a walk.Interacting here has helped.

Advocating for changeCreated 3 months ago

83

Spitfire1 | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 months ago

Positive strategies

Hi everyone 🤠 been working as support worker for 4 months now, I think nearly day I make a mistake I feel like a real bubble head & not support worker, I'm just waiting on the day in getting the sack from it, the other workers call me dumb, I go to wo

Advocating for changeCreated 4 months ago

116