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If we have experienced parental or sibling abuse as a child, we come to believe that we are less than. This feeling of being less than naturally causes depression. We then enter our teen and adult life with low self worth. Any criticism or failure in life
I desperately want to start T (testosterone, I'm FtM trans) I've been waiting years to get "stable enough" to start it.If I had made it October without self harming I may have been able to start T because that would have been over a year. Since my attempt
I like to quilt, I have a couple of projects on the go which will be gifts so there is a timeline on them. I used to love the gym, lifting weights, I even have a room set up at home with a lot of equipment. I used to run, I’ve completed many 1/2
Hi everyone, I feel like my body is shutting down on me. I have had depression since the age of 13 years old. I also have ocd with intrusive thoughts, bpd, vitiligo, underactive thyroid, vitamin b12 deficiency, dyspraxia and suspected PMDD. Just
Hi alli hope this is where I introduce myself, so I am just going to go ahead. I am a middle aged women who has recently been diagnosed with bpd, I've been in therapy since Feb and was very fortunate to end up with a very talented psychologist who has hel
Once again my family or i should say my sister on this ocassion have been controlling over me. While to some it might be a nothing issue to me its important for me and make my life that little bit better. She keeps controlling me even to
@s-jay @Appleblossom Hope this is allowable on this forum it is from a Q & A on ABC TV back in 2015 It was such a good program.ABC News: Fay Jackson on overcoming stigma around mental health (So funny)http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-05/fay-jackson-
First and foremost I want to reiterate I am NOT entertaining suicidal thoughts. This is not a cry for help or attention seeking behaviour, its just an observation I've made over time. I don't understand people. People routinely emotionally abuse one
Once you can accept, twice, that is incredibly hard to accept. Divorce. I have bipolar. I could go into my entire life story, but it would take too long and bore the pants of anyone with an eyeball. Suffice to say I lost my first wife when she b
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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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