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IsAnybodyThere | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Am I alone? This is a serious Post.

Hello I am new here. I feel that there is nobody like me. I am male, but do not get along with other males at all. I am like a fish out of water. I just can't relate.Many years ago when I had friends, all female; one of them said I have a lot of female en

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Jessie21 | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day from Jessie21, from PTSD, big day I had phone calls from three of my adult children. After the drama and trauma from my step daughter on Christmas Eve and her two sisters decided that blood is thicker then water. They have

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Jilly | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Mothers Day and the 61 years prior.

And through the mists of desolation, and the unseen hands of hope that aren't there, beckons another plane of existence. Beckoning, always, ethereal, without substance or form. Imagined, desired, tasteful in comparison to arid, vulgar reality. One day, sh

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Jaz4 | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Coping with social anxiety

Hi all,I’m new here and thought this looks like I great way to engage with people who might be going through similar things. I’ve had anxiety for most of my life - social anxiety and generalised but have also been diagnosed with OCD in the past year (just

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Cress76 | New Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Hello

I bought another car caise I need another and my dad wanted is car back in June and I think and worried that I was rushed into buying another car I have had full in anxiety and depression about a silly thing as the driver's seat I don't Ike th

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BlueTrane | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Obsessing about diagnosis

I've been diagnosed with many mental illnesses over the years. My new psychiatrist, who saw me several months ago, said they disagreed with my previous doctor's diagnosis and wanted to clean the slate. I have delayed booking my next appointment. I am terr

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Olga | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Furious, ferocious, fragile...

I have been feeling quite elevated last few months and mostly content and happy. After another sleepless night I just feel so angry today, a real rage...I have fought with everyone in my family today and nearly beat up 2 different drivers who gave me the

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ArraDreaming | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Looking back at old things

I did this and its my fault I know, but man, I wish I didn’t do that. Looked through a bunch of old emails and messages from 2016/17/18 and bloody hell I was unwell. I can’t believe how bad I was. I feel sick with shame and guilt I wan

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Learninggrowing | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

I think i may be an alcoholic

I am confused and unsure if could use that term to describe myself but I got through periods of drinking excessive. Like before and after work and secretly..hiding it from my partner and friendsee.Does that mean I'm an alcoholic. Should I look up AA suppo

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Jesse9494 | Casual Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Addiction, Depression and anxiety linked to ADD medication

Hey guys so just a quick question. I was diagnosed with Attention deficit disorder at the age of 19. The psychiatrist took 2 personal phone calls in the meeting and asked me questions for 3 minutes before concluding that I had ADD. For the past 8 years I

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