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Good morning, I'm new to the forums and looking forward to exploring the forums and getting to know others.. I'm 48, have battled episodes of Depression since my teens, finally seeing a regular psychiatrist and accompanying psychologist for the past two o
I have been thinking of writing something like this and today Dr Phil used this very phrase and I thought - Follow the Day and start the thread I started thinking about this more after I saw my new pschologist last week. She told me I had a great i
Where does my problem start?I would think my problems started 80 days before I was born.That was the day my father passed. I read recently the report why he died, kidney failure which lead to heart failure. He was 25 so as I am now more than double his ag
Right now the anxiety is really getting to me................been like this for sometime and I just feel like I can't breath. The walls are closing in and I just want to scream at the top of my lungs to tell the world 'leave me alone'!!!!! As the gr
Hey there all, just saying hello. I'm a 51 year old woman, and I live in NSW. I struggle with depression and anxiety and emotional over-eating, and I'm having a hard time feeling alone with all this. I'm also smart and strong and loving and creative, with
I’m a born worrier, sensitive and very emotional all my life. Can I change? How do I change? Im very sensitive to criticism taking it very personal. Since being diagnosed with BPD depression ptsd and anxiety I’m finding it even harder. I
I know that spending money excessively is a sign of bipolar one. I have found that I am the opposite I save every penny. Well I spend some money. Of couse I have to pay bills, for my children, for food, for a gym membership, to maintain a car etc etc. I s
Hi everyone, nice to talk to a local group. I've lurked about a couple of times and I think I need a local perspective. At the end of last year I was diagnosed Bipolar 2 and only recently started properly trialing medication. I had no idea it would
Hi all, I am new to this forum and very newly diagnosed as bipolar II. For the last 15 years I have been treated for depression and anxiety with medication and I have seen numerous psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors and counsellors. Finally after years
Hi all, I am in the process of finding treatment for my BPD. I have had it for years but when I am single...I sorta mange okay...HOWEVER when in a relationship my BPD is goes into full swing. I am a single mum and I've fallen in love with a man.. I
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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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