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Hello i am not a carer but I am curious to hear from carers. How does it make you feel when the person you are caring for decides to refuse treatment? if you would like my perspective on the topic as a person with lived expeience please feel free to ask b
My girlfriend suffers from ptsd she has been through alot throughout her life begining from very young childhood. The last year she has been struggling alot feeling very depressed and her anxiety has been very extreme. She has recently had da
Hello all.I have a family member who has late on-set paraphrenia, also known as late on-set schizophrenia (in medical literature it appears there is some discourse on whether or not to classify paraphrenia distinctly due to generally a lack of negative sy
I'm not actually looking for any feedback here just needing to unload some of my thoughts around this as there is no one I can talk to who could begin to understand. And please, I do not want to come across as negative about my wife, I am just trying
I have spent some time reading through the forum and realise what I am going through is not nearly as challenging as what so many other carers are facing, so thank you to everyone who shares their story. I thought I would share my story in case it may hel
Well, my friend has been suicial in the past and is suicial again. She has attempted at least twice in the past and I've lost count of the amount of times she's talked about it. I've known her for 5 months but, and this part scares me to be honest, in tha
Hi, my husband, while reasonably independent, uses a frame to get around due to sec ere arthritis in his knees and spine. He is a high falls risk. I have bought him a mobile phone and set it up so that with one press of a button he can either call me, or
Hi there have a friend who is a support worker cleaner domestic assistant for several years now in a governement funded house of three intellectually disabled adults lives in and never trained by the organisation, no prior skills in disability area, doesn
I guess I just need some advice..If anyone has read my previous post. My husband has recently (1 yr) ago been told hes got psychosis.We have been together over 10 yrs now with a daughter who's 3. Over the course of our relationship hes had anxiety depress
Hi there, I'm really new to the forum and have been looking everywhere for some help, support and guidance as my boyfriend suffers from severe anxiety and I just don't know if I can cope anymore. I'm really at the end of my rope and my own mental he
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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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