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Hi I'm just wondering how other people cope with feeling vulnerable and distressed from others personal conversations when they're in social settings and people are really just trying to include you and get to know you. However (to me) questions such as '
Hi Folks,I hope the following post made by this person would help you too. This is a reply made by a person to one of my posts.https://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread153854.html(ps admins: None has mentioned their personal details here) "How I
I suffer from anxiety and have pushed a lot of people out of my life, I don't like hanging around people much. Don't have much of a social life. I rather be on my own a lot. This is going to lead to a very lonely life and I'm only 28 im supposed to be soc
I have depression, post traumatic stress from childhood trauma, borderline personality disorder. I've been with my husband for 19yrs, married for 12. We have 6 kids he pulled away from me 9mths ago then told me he wants a separation. After 6mths I met a g
So this is a rough pic of a painting I did a few years ago. I miss painting and producing artwork. This one was framed up and sold to a brand new mental health unit in Queensland in 2012. Should I get back into it? I used to paint a lot of nudes from life
Hello everyone,Long time no chat. I've thought of you all often, and have tried to write a few times, but didn't get there, if you know what I mean. So..... Long story very short, because let's face it, a long ramble of mine is most likely boring and besi
Hi,I am super struggling. Last week I had my TENTH negative experience with a therapist in TWELVE MONTHS. Two years ago I managed to get out of the "complicated" relationship I'd been in with my therapist of 16 years. That was SUPPOSED to mark a whole new
I went to a big party last night as I looked around the reception I had to get out I had an attack and I needed to be hugged by my bf to calm down after the attack was over I went back inside and I had some food then I was still overwhelmed so many people
I was raised in a large family one of five. My parents weren't educated. My older siblings were horrible to me, my brother would treat like a boy and rough me up, beat me up, my sisters were so mean to me went I went to them for help with homework that i
This may be a bit of a controversial topic but I have been reading articles about people with a serious/severe mental illness dying about 25 years earlier than the healthy population, it appears it's not due to suicide but common causes of death
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