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Hi all..I'm a noob to this forum, and here is my story.. For the last 10 years or so, I've been a single dad to three kids. My ex-wife and I split up in 2009 about 9 months after we moved from Melbourne to Perth. Initially, she had my daughter
Hi, What services have you been excluded from because of your mental health? Have you been forced away from something that would assist your recovery, being told to get well first? Do you think that services should have to make some adaptions to better in
Hey everyone I'm new here in my mid to late 30s. I have issues with Anxiety, OCD and Agoraphobia. My medication works quite well most of the time. I wanted to join the forum to help show support for those suffering and such. I've had anxiety problems sinc
I really want to join in the conversation in here but not sure where to start, so yeah.... hi 👋 Just wanting to chat to some people if that's cool Today was really stressful
i feel when i come on here to chat and support others that i don't know what to write because others write really welli don'twhy is it like that, my education or lack ofmy family lifemy not understnding wordsi'm stupid therefore don't understand
Learn to be ok with being misunderstood at times,cause noone will know the real you ,only you know yourself best,others can sometimes see you in a completely different light sometimes they can misjudge the person they see as they havnt taken your steps or
I was abused at 4, 5, 8 and 11 on two of those occasions by brothers. I found out the one at 4 through my medical records and the second one I have never discussed as it makes me feel weird or shame perhaps. At 8, it was a friend of my stepbrothers and th
Tells my story from initial application (Feb '17) to acceptance by NDIS (July '18) and the process of putting things in place and progress, improvements, managing and difficulties since then. Now Jan '21. Original post : I've recent
I am new to this forum and will plunge straight into what is bothering me. I think I am getting over it but yesterday my neighbour was really nasty and unpleasant to me in a quite gratuitous way. I was terribly upset and it fed into a feeling that I'
Hello Formites, Welcome to my home thread. In my short time here on the forums I have been amazed by the compassion, kindness, decency, love and support members on these forums show. I have also realised just how profoundly blessed I have been in my
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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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