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Hey all, I'm new on here and looking for others who suffer with this condition and feel the way i do on a daily basis.Today and like most other days, i feel extremely alone and worthless. My words mean nothing when i speak, i have no friends or family and
It is really upsetting to watch CSI and NCIS and crime and detective shows always portraying the schizophrenic as a psychotic serial killer. Even on 'Home and Away' they depict the character Mick presumably a schizophrenic as a psycho. It upse
I’ve had one anxiety attack and I was so upset I couldn’t stop crying and it took me half an hour to calm down to point where I could pull myself together I needed Help I can control it the small ones but I’m scared of the big ones help learn to control t
In casual speech, "channelling someone" means imitating another, acting, talking or thinking just like that person. It was as though my illness was a form of spiritual schizophrenia with channeling involved. Maybe it was, as there were too
I'm sorry but I think it is very upsetting and unfair for a Pastor's wife to say to me, 'but you've moved on from your mother haven't you.' It's very dismissive and they don't appear to understand that the abuse from my mother has been not just historical
I've been struggling with PTSD, acute trauma symptoms, anxiety and depression since witnessing a family member take their life last summer. The incident was very violent and posed an immediate threat to my life too. Our attempts to descalate situation and
Hey, I was just thinking about everything I used to do that I never do anymore. I give myself many reasons why, such as you're too tired, you can do it tomorrow, it's not that bad if you don't. I used to do so many things just for the shire joy of doing i
I had multiple break upsThe last one is particularly painful.I don’t have any friends and family around.Why doesn’t Someone love me.Am I cursed to be hated
I used to be eloquent and well spoken and I did very well academically at my convent college where I was taught by nuns. The Headmaster gave 10 out of 150 students scholastic awards and I was one of the few to receive achievement certificates for ac
Just staying up with owls tonight to ride through low bgl's. I called 13 Health, who advised me to go to Emergency if bgl below 3 bgl or 4.2bgl reading. Advised by Dr not to take insulin at bedtime. I think I'll be alright.
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