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This is the first time for me in a forum such as this. My son is 21 and has a dual diagnosis mental health depression and anxiety coupled with drug addiction he is on methadone and has been back at home since the beginning of the year. he had a hospital a
Hi everyone:)Wishing u all a peaceful weekend:)Wondering if anyone can suggest reading material/ websites for ocd religion, it's been a challenge to find a support group or sites in Sydney just to help me understand insights of an ocd religion sufferer, h
Hi all, I am new here and feeling somewhat overwhelmed with all, so I am sharing my story to try and relieve some of the anxiety I face daily as a lived experiences carer and hopefully hear from others who can relate. Each day the one fear that
My daughter has been unwell for years, I feel as though I've been on a never ending conveyer belt of draining emotions and countless unsuccessful attempts to "fix" her. This is what mothers do right? Fix things in their child's life..make things right. Th
My hubby is finding it harder to make decissions , he is happy if i end up making them for himand hubby is thinking of going back to the Mental health team but has to start all over again because he cancel their help a little while ago we have rang up for
hi been a few months. you know how it is - one step forward, three steps back... it's been going much more positively, and i made the mistake of starting to feel 'normal' again. until today's setback. which i'm trying to view as positive, but it is
My father has reently been hospitalised for the 3rd time for mental illness. Previously depression, and now psychosis. This is the first time it has been involuntary. I am struggling with this immensely, and wonder if i made the right decision to schedule
My father has been struggling with mental illness for a long time. He believes he can look after himself, but he can't. He stopped showering, caring for himself, was angry all the time, started developing conspiracy theories and showed some very aggressiv
Hi. I'd really like to share my story over in the Stories Section but I am just too tired and burnt out right now. I'll do it another time. I just need to feel connected to people who understand this rollercoaster. The emotional loneliness of being a sing
Hello, I am a first timer here. I am worried about my brother. He has paranoid delusions (psychotic) that has been controlled by meds for about 3 years during which time he has lived a relatively normal life.Lately he has been acting paranoid and irr
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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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