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At 47 years of age I am a long term survivor (over 35 years) of Childhood Emotional Neglect from a Schizophrenic mother, narcissistic abuse by a narcissistic step mother, a remote narcissistic father, resentful older sister, dysfunctional and unloving fam
Well I'm finally home (again).4 hospital stays in 91 days. Wow. No wonder it feels so strange to be in my own house again. Adjusting will take time. Cooking for myself will take time.My house is in the same condition in which I left it. A pigsty. So no on
So I underwent an extensive cognitive assessment today. Two and half hours of spacial, memory and categorizing assessments to show if my bipolar disorder has turned my brain to mash. It turned out I didn't do too badly eventhough I found the exercis
Hi all! I thought several people might like a follow-up thread to the OCD discussion event last night, Topic Tuesday - OCD - Behind The Mask -Tues 13th April 2021 . It might be nice for connection, and to discuss OCD. 🙂 I will tag you all here:&
Hi all have kind of been in hibernation mode lately but time to post again,Im learning Im learning that finding a good man for me takes time,Im learning about myself during the process and learning about men aswell the last guy I though I was into has fal
I'm feeling very sad I'm had fresh trauma and I still feel like I deserved and I blame me I have a new term coming up for my study I'm not sure if I can re focus I've told my tafe about it but my teachers don't know and I don't really cry over it but
Hi all I woke up this morning with the thought that life is not a fairytale,did manage to be motivated to get some things done during the day then I was strangely quite happy to be dark and moody for the rest of the day ,Im withdrawing in the sense Im not
Hi all. I have schizophrenia and am medicated but still hear voices all the time. Would love to connect with anyone who has schizophrenia and how they cope with the illness.
Hello! I just had the counselling session I was talking about yesterday. I am at home, not in hospital, so that's good news. The session began really positively. It was mostly about visualising a positive outcome. She talked about how impor
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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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