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Hey there, I don't really know where to start, but I'm hoping that by being here, I am able to hear other people's stories and see that there is actually light at the end of the tunnel. I feel like I could write for ages about all of my struggles, but I w
Hey guys I'll try not to rant to long .Basically ever since I was younger , I have struggled to show and give emotion , especially empathy. I have had some traumatic experiences when I was younger . I was molested on multiple occasions by a mature student
I am hopeful in the future that psychiatry becomes obsolete. I think the era of believing everything a doctor says is ending. I think diagnosing a person , throwing them a bottle of pills and saying come back in 3 months and I’ll give you 15 mins of
Hi I’m new to asking for help. I have a long list of things including depression, ptsd, anxiety and eating disorder. I feel like I have exhausted medication options and I’m not getting anywhere. Latest suggestion by my GP and psych and psychiatrist is Ele
I wanna feel something I feel numb because I’ve had another anxiety attack I need medication to help me feel something can someone suggest what I could do to feel something a hot shower sometimes woks for me
I’ve just started on new medication for OCD I was diagnosed 10 years ago and was travelling well until 6 months ago, previously I had been on different medication The new medication is making me so anxious all the time I’ve been taking it for 5 week
I wanna feel something I feel numb because I’ve had another anxiety attack I need medication to help me feel something can someone suggest what I could do to feel something a hot shower sometimes woks for me
Hey, I was diagnosed as a schizophrenia paranoid in 2012, it was drug induced at that time...but after a while the voices and bad thoughts paranoia..wouldn’t go away...it took me two years too finally seek help from a psychiatrist...went well for a year,
I am unsure if anyone will recognise my username but I am not too unfamiliar with these forums. Out of the blue - I kinda just disappeared for a while and I cannot explain why but I am back again because I am struggling and I can remember just how support
I have been married for 12 years to a man who I think is, at the core, a good man but I am convinced he has some genuine mental health issues. He had a tough upbringing, grew up in the outback in a family where domestic violence and alcohol abuse wa
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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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