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My brother has been lieing a lot lately and getting really adjitated over nothing. He always goes out at night for the whole night and he has a baby due in 2 days. He seems lost and in denial as well as gambling all his earnings. I am an ex addict and we
My day is crawl out of bed at two pm. Feeling overwhelmed with everything. House a disgusting mess. Husband home at 3pm. Looks around and i see the frustration in his face. He told our son that lives with us, that i dont do anything. He says nothing
Hi, I was wondering if any body else has a lived experience of ocd and now has a child with it. I suppose my main reason for writing this is peer support as a parent with a child with ocd or other anxiety disorders. My daughter is eight years old?
How we create our own luck and how to put mechanisms in place to turn the odds around.
Hi all, it's been a while since I was here...as things have been going so well....alas, things have taken a turn for the worse.My 18 yr old son had a psychotic episode nearly 2 yrs ago, recovered really well...and I allowed myself to hope it wouldn't happ
Hi everyone. My husband who is 48 is having his first bout of phycosis. We don't know why. They have put him on respiridone and he has been detained for 10 days now . I have only known him for 3 yrs so I don't know his full history but we think a similar
Hi, I am a solo dad of 2 'at home' boys (19 + 13), the youngest has low function ASD + OCD + Turrets...We're doing OK, just very isolated...no extended family... Gets tough sometimes..
Hi, am struggling at moment trying to help my four children deal with separation from my husband- their dad. He refuses to accept his own depression, autism and adhd. It makes him my extra child. I know i should love him no matter what but constantly batt
Wife is subject to episodes where she starts walking around in a semi lucid state, talks to me and will basically get up and seem to be talking to people who are not there, but will not remember any of it a few hours later. At least 10 times over the past
Hi guys As you can see from the subject line, my husband has some serious mental health issues. When we met it was intense and we were basically inseparable. We moved in together after five weeks and were full speed ahead. We moved
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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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