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Hello everyone,I am so grateful to have found this forum. Reading your stories has already brought me comfort. After about 6 months being with my new partner he has suddenly stopped getting out of bed, answering phone calls and messages and participating
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Help us push aside the stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health and change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.
SANE acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.
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