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Hi Everyone, I'm sharing this in the hope that it encourages, someone, anyone, at any time to sometimes make a hard decision. Today, I had to decide that for my family and my partner, my children, fur-children and parents. That I just wasn
Hello this is my second post here. I have recently spent some time in hospital, and found that through it all, one of the hardest parts was not simply dealing with my illness, not being away from home for a long period of time, not adapting to awlful medi
I have had my current private psychiatrist for 5 years seeing him almost weekly. It’s been rough with rapid cycling bipolar including multiple admissions and ECT (under other psychiatrists as he didn’t admit). Unfortunately he’s stopping private prac
Hi, I haven't been here consistently for a little while. Shutting myself off felt safer. I was formed after being suicidal last month. I needed to remove myself from online worlds for my safety and that of others. I'm doing better now, I'm just stressed o
Anyone suffer? I’ve mainly had problems finding medication without crippling side effects has been my issue I think. I have great regular psychiatric care. Same eyes same mirror, same eyes same colours, same person, same mind. So hard to cope with the pol
Hi Friends I've Been Recently studying Online Full time And not being used to it Im trying my best everyday but does anyone have some advice on Manageing online study,how to deal with stress from it ? how to ballance study with life ballance as Ive Been t
Hi @Shaz51 @Emelia8 @Eve7 @rav3n @tyme and others reading along - I have been diagnosed with BPD, cPTSD, depression, anxiety, eating disorder. I am also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. I saw my dr
High everybody who's here to help 🙈🙉🙊 I'm eager to hear anyone's stories with discovering they have a system of personalities living inside the one body... I have just discovered I fall into this category 😦 For
Hi all, Hope all is ok with everyone. Had my petscan, came back with Non Specific Abnormality In The Frontal Lobe.Am waiting to hear when I get to see a Neurologist. Also by telling my phychiatrist that I'm hearing this could this land me i
Hello Everyone, I'm Dahlia. I feel like telling my story - of at least part of it - to anyone who feels like listening. Perhaps some of you wonderful people can relate. I have struggled with metal health symptoms as far back as 8 years of age, p
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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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