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Hi， I reached the point where I need help or advice to have a plan to deal with my father. He is hanging out to retire but stuck on Newstart. He has type 2 diabetes and possibly some kind of undiagnosed mood disorder or depression. He gets quite paranoid
My partner has, within the past two months, had two suicide attempts and one hospitalisation to a MHU. She has been keeping her appointments with her psychiatrist and she recently just had a consultation with a psychologist. But she is drinking heavily ev
My husband, has just come out of hospital after treatment with TMS for his depression, there seems to be no improvement at all. he has previously had over 40 ECT treatments and did suffer with short term memory loss. he has had 3 suicide attempts in the l
Hi there.This is my first time posting & I’m hoping to reach others who might be in a similar situation to myself. My husband was diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder, he’s had 2 major episodes with psychotic features, characterised by strong religious d
I'm new to this and don't know where to start. I'm 22. I live with my parents and younger brother. My mother has had depression for as long as I can remember, it's never talked about. My father has always been absent, he doesn't do emotions, he doesn't se
Hello everyone, I am 32 and full-time carer (- 6 months) for mum (diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and heart failure). 3 years ago she made the move from QLD to NSW to live with me as she was finding financial life on her own very difficult (I had left
ORTHOREXIA Those who have an “unhealthy obsession” with otherwise healthy eating may be suffering from “orthorexia nervosa,” a term which literally means “fixation on righteous eating.” Orthorexia starts out as an innocent attempt to eat more healthfully,
My partner has had two psychiatrists over the last six months, they both agree she has schizoaffective disorder. One of them also believes she has borderline personality disorder while the second one is strongly opposed to that diagnosis. How am I a
I've read about the hearing voices movement. There's a TED Talk with over two million views by an Englishworman named Eleanor Longden which sheds some light on this. I'm wondering if it's an approach consistent with the current reseach on schizophren
It's amazing how reading someone else's post makes me realize so many things! A guy was talking about how the loved one he cares for hears voices that tell him not to eat. My mom's altar Godd commanded her to go on a 40 day water fast, and she was starvin
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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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