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Hi everyone,A little about my background first......I'm 33, mother to 8 children and married 10yrs to my husband who has Schizoaffective disorder.At the moment is his second psychosis in 7 years and I am struggling. He is the most brillaint and special ma
Hi people 😊I’m reaching out for a bit of support for myself tonight. As some of you would be aware my son suffers with major depressive disorder and social anxiety at a level that has profoundly affected his entire life (and mine). In March of this year h
My 21 yo son had cancer 3 years ago that progressed to depression then to drug problems and he moved out for a year. He has recently come home but while he seems better that 'black dog' still follows him and he seems stuck in a nothing rut. Not interested
Has anyone here experienced the state of 'disassociation'? It can also be called 'de-personalisation'. It's that state one can slip into when the stress and burn-out becomes too much. You go into 'automatic', carrying out everything you have to do and wha
Hi, i know i am not the only one who feels this way..alone in a relationship.Partner (of 2 yrs)has been diagnoised with schizophrenia, he has had 3 "episodes" in the last year, each one getting progressively worse. The paranoid delusions at the start
Tonight I received a phone call from a complete stranger my mum was found in a disorientated state wandering into on coming traffic nearly got hit my a car. I don't live in the same state as my mum and with no family to contact to help her once again I ca
How do I keep my boundaries, except to repeat them how ever many times a day he walks over them? I was told this week that I don't need to keep telling him how to behave, because he has an ABI, he can behave how he likes (including urinating outside). I s
HiProblem is he refuses to do anything.Would rather stay at home and smoke all day.Dose anyone know a profesional group that will come to the house and help ....
Hi,My daughter with BPD has been going along quite well for the past 5 months. It seemed that our relationship was building and she was being respectful and grateful for the assistance I give her. That is, until last night when out of the blue she became
Hi there,This is my first time to this group.I have a lot to ask but specifically for today I am trying to find a Cat rescue organisation that would allow my son with schizophrenia and I to visit once a month to cuddle the cats. My son has isolated himsel
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