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My mum has been showing symptoms of psychosis and schizophrenia for the last 12 months.She's been admitted to the psychiatric ward before in 2019. She was started on anti-depressants (which I think she still takes now). I'll try to summarise the stuf
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hi everyone was wondering how do you find a girl to hang around with now and then and friends similar age to you when you work in hospitality which requires working every weekend and every holiday when most young people that age are usually out and a
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Cooking up a storm in the kitchen can be very satisfying.This week I dried some chillies, they will probably take me year or more to use.@Former-Member @Smc
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