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I have 17 year old son who hasn’t been to school for over 2 years due to anxiety. The mood swings are constant. He has been diagnosed with anxiety but also trauma that happened in his first 4 years of life. Has seen psychologists over the years so now bel
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I really need some advice or help. My partner has been diagnosed with Separation Anxiety, around me specifically. He’s a bright and outgoing guy, working full time in a government dept for a job he loves. But things at home have become unbearable in a ver
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Hi everyone I saw an ad for this site online and thought it sounded very appropriate for me. I will start off by telling you a bit about my family. I have 4 children - my two boys and then I have two step children, a girl and a boy. My younges
Hi I have been with my partner for 12 years. Looking back I think he has had problems the whole time but now they are getting worse. He used to blame everyone for setting out to grt him and now he is blaming me. Examples include arranging for gay couples
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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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