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Hi All, I have bipolar 2 and have been slowly crashing over the past 10 months. I've been home from work (I'm a high school teacher) for a couple of weeks now. My medication routine is still in transit into a new regime (under the care of my psychiatrist)
Hello, I've recently been diagnosed with Borderline Personality disorder (literally last month) and i've been put on the unreasonably long waitlist for DBT (yay for the public health system). In the meantime i've bought a book. Not sad about my diagnosis
A secret I once thought I’d take to the grave with me I’ve finally opened up about. I was sexually abused by 2 family members. I told my everything husband 3 days ago and he’s the only person that know. Before telling him I said “please don’t treat
I’m new. I have complex ptsd. i suppresses my memories of sexual abuse.. that started at the age of 3 and continued through my teenage years. I’ve had multiple abusers. My memories are returning to me. I’m scared. Each memory is like I’m living it f
Well since moving overseas to Australia I met only one good friend in 2014. We’d see each other weekly. We had a argument in August 2018 and began talking again Christmas 2018, but things aren’t the same. We both accused each other of jealousy. Now I’m le
I suffer with social anxiety, depression, eating disorder, and a victim of sexual abuse. Today I struggled with my eating habits which lead to being depressed which lead to negative thoughts. I am a naturally negative person. I’m the “toxic friend” that e
Hi there Im here to share my experience and hopefully gain some knowledge about what others experience in terms of auditory hallucinations. Firstly I’ll start by saying I’m a 23 year old female that has been diagnosed with ‘psych
On my mind today.How much does menopause or peri menopause affect the intensity of your emotions? My therapist thinks once I go through menopause it will be much easier. I don't know. I know it doesn't take much to change my mood. I was much worse a few y
Hi my husband of 9 years is currently giving me the silent treatment. It isn’t something new he does this whenever he is stressed or I do something to annoy him and he bottles it up and it explodes like this. I have tried talking to him I have apolo
I feel like I am. I was watching Moana tonight on tv and really enjoying as I’d never seen it and the family just walk in like I’m not even there and change the channel. I spend most of my time in the bedroom because they watch movies which are insensitiv
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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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