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I feel so anxious when talking about things i feel, especially when it comes to professional settings. It doesnt come out right and I try so hard to be honest. No matter what I do, it never ends up being what I really want to say and it makes me feel horr
It's been 26 years since his passing and I'm now his age when he did...62yo thereabouts. How do you cope? A "salt of the earth" parent that loved you unconditionally?My dad was old fashioned but righteous and deep with love, but as I was a boy, he never t
Most therapists believe that CPTSD and PTSD are separate issues. But I recently experienced an accident ( I was run over by an SUV while walking in a parking lot, and a few months later started freezing up when trying to walk on the street. During t
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today i had someone say to me " one day everything will be normal for you again" While at that time it sounded good to hear , i then walked away thinking about it.. What is normal for me? If i go by these last 6 yrs normal has been having 2
I'm getting on top of my disorder now. What I have learnt from my diagnoses of bipolar 1 disorder is the fact you go through large highs and lows. I documented my days so I can read my mood charts for the future and have some knowledge of when
Hi this is my first post.In my personal life I write a lot and sometimes when I show ppl they have mixed reactions, mostly they think I'm morbid but as they say U write what you know, so here goes. When my heart's in painI look in the mir
My parents dont value me or my opinions.I feel ive been neglected and feel I have been teased and mistreated by my cousin and brother growing up. I want to be an actor or get into import export in canada or usa. Basically I want to be far away from my fam
Hello my name's Lexi this is my first post here. I was recently diagnosed with MPD and have been having hallucinations. I wanted to make this post because I don't know what else to do. I've become to paranoid to return to therapy after my diagnosis. This
I feel desperately lonely yet, I feel like I don't belong anywhere. I don't belong in the 'Normal' world because I am tarred with the brush of mental ill health, yet because I've sort of stabilised now, I don't belong with my former peers either. I feel b
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