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Quinn | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Things have gone downhill pretty fast

I'm working in age care now, I did some quick courses that were 14 weeks + 106 work hours apposed to the 6 to 18 months at TAFE also costing 2000+. However I have no friends and rarely talk to my family, my sister and I officially fell out and I rarely ta

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getbetter | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Song to raise suicide awareness

Hello I found this song today http://christielenee.com/stay/ Please share it, from what I gather , Christie wrote it after her friend committed suicide , it is rare to see music directly tackle the taboo subject of suicide. She is also in Australia right

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Robati | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Empty House

It's the 3rd day since my defacto left the country with our kids ages 3/5/7 , with me getting to see them or say goodbye , nothing hurts more than coming home after work to an empty home ! Usually my 5 yr boy would greet me when I come thru the garage but

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mrkotter | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

'Covering' Do you do it?

I saw Troy Roderick speak today about diversity and Telstra's journey. It covered all the usual stuff you expect from these presentations except he mentioned something new I've never heard of. He talked about that someone with a problem that can be s

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Gilgamesh | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Business Card

I think I might use the graphic I did for my profile into my new business card design.

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Self care is sooooooo important

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Surviving85 | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Can you completely recover from mental illness

Hi,i have been asking myself whether you can completely recover from mental illness, or are the "good" times just stable times when the meds are working. I have had acute periods of mental illness that have involved police, involuntary admissions, E

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Amber8 | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

New member... OCD...

Hi I'm a new memberJoined up to try and educate myself more with the hope that it could try help me have a better understanding of myself and why I act the way I do.I was diagnosed with OCD and depression in my teens but I've always been convinced that I

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 10 years ago

Working a program...finally!

Hello to whoever is reading this right now. 🙂 I was searching online for some supportive forums and came across this one. I am a 36 year old female who has struggled for years with mental illness. I was first diagnosed with bi-polar disorder at the a

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Claire8 | New Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Anxious

I wanted to talk about a friend of mine who is unable to open up to me about what I feel must be a painful past. Lots of situations in life make me quite anxious and if I dont get the whole story I tend to catastrophize and or assume I must be the problem

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