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I am hoping I can get some help/info regarding ECT. My husband has suffered a severe psychological injury due to events at his workplace. He is a highly intelligent and gentle man with a position high up in education. He has had over 20 sessions wit
This is my first time posting, so I'm unsure of what to say really. I'll try and explain this the best I can. My brother's partner has schizophrenia, diagnosed well over 10 years ago. From my understanding, she has been unmedicated for the e
My son who had been clearly ill but untreated for 17 years, was hospitalised Jan 2019 and following 9 months in hospital and diagnosed with Schizoid Affective Disorder. When meds did not seem to help he had 12 or 14 ECT treatmenets to which he seemed to r
My husband has Ptsd, my husband has emotional limits. He met me the same time he was diagnosed, he used to say I made thing better for him. He proposed 9 months later. He has 3 bratty kids and I have two needy kids. We were both excited to blend our
Hi everyoneI haven't posted for a year. I'm still caring for my daughter who has bpd and bipolar II. Trying to keep the family functioning, my job, my friends, my health....just trying to "keep" is so hard. I meditate. I exercise. I keep animals. I make s
My 40 year old brother suffers from Paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar, my parents have always been his carers but now that they are both in their 70s it's becoming very clear that they can no longer cope with caring for him. He cannot handle living alone
Hi. Like most people our story is complicated. We've been together 24 years now... I realised in 2000 that he had been hugely depressed for some time. He had changed so much over the year or two before that. He went from loving to cook, having projects al
My partner is suicidal. Unsure of what I can do to help him. He's not entirely willing to accept help, but I am hoping taking baby steps will help. I found him at his lowest yesterday, which has been a big wake up call for me as to exactly how bad
Hi everyoneReaching out for some support and advice today. Long story short, my diagnosed bipolar husband was coming off his meds under care of a psychiatrist, had a lot of stress and has gone into a manic, probably psychosis. He has don
I have lived with my husband for 15 years. He has lived with depression for 22 years. We have 2 kids. Our marriage is far from a great place. My husband has been severely depressed and constantly suicidal of late prompting me to take him to the dr's to di
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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.
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