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Hi I have just discovered this forum. Thought I’d have a go as I feel quite isolated. I have battled mental illness from around 10. I didn’t know at the time what it was, the anxiety has been there for as long as I can remember. I have recently been diagn
Hi. I'm 37 and have been living with BPD since I was a teenager. I was diognosed a couple of years ago, though I think I have been in denial about it. I've done nothing to help myself and have recently lost my family. I've been abusing substances and have
Hi friends. I am new to this forum. I have lived with depression on and off for the past 14 years. While I no doubt have a genetic disposition to depresison, the major triggers to my depressed episodes have been significant li
It can be difficult to explain DID, when you say out loud that you have different personalities (alters) it can sound outrageous and to a lot of people unbelievable. Its true though, I have a 'System' made up of different parts, fragments of myself, split
Hi There, I have a question to make not only for those that suffer with a mental disorder but also for the experts, if this is possible. I have noticed for a while now that SANE Australia uses the term "Mental Illness".I am just a normal person and I
Hello all, Just signed up, this forum looks like just the thing I wanted - to figure out more about voices and what to do. Does anybody have voices that affect them by touch? I get beings touching my face thru my own hands when I wake up in the morning. T
Hi there.My little town has been famous for several things, the pump of a wave, the sweet aftertaste in the wine. Now we are focused on for mass destruction of life.I didn't know the family, but rubbed shoulders with the Grandmother many times. Several pe
Happy Mothers Day to all the mums on the Forum and all the mums who work in SANE.I hope everyone has a beautiful day.♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥
"As a child my life was never easy, father passed away when I was 7, my mother is deaf and cannot to this day be independent, she neglected my needs and jumped from one guy to the next, which resulted in me being sexually abused by a few of her boyfriends
Hi, new here and have been reading lots of your stories and hope at some stage to provide some positive support to others but I'm not in a place to do that with genuine confidence right now, other than pure commiseration. I am awaiting several weeks for t
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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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