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Hi Peeps I sent my uncle and aunt and email a couple of weeks back - they were away so they only just got in and replied this evening When I wrote to them I told them I was going to Hobart for a few days in January or February - and I badly want
Hi,I'm not to sure where to start but thus is my first time on a forum.I was diagnosed with BPD early this year, I see the doctors and services in my area, I'm in NSW, but was wondering what other help have people seeked? I'm on waiting list for dbt progr
Hi all,I'm so sorry to keep leaving the forum and coming back. Yes I need you all and I need this forum.If I had to put my last year in one word it would be CONFUSED. Never in my life have I made so many irrational decisions or spend such an amount of tim
I have bipolar disorder and I almost got to the stage where I had to have ECT when I was depressed recently. I've had so much of a problem with depression that my psychiatrist thinks it's inevitable I'll have it some day. He doesn't seem so sure about usi
Hi everyone I have just signed up here and wanted to post for the first time. I am having a hard time right now, nearly my whole life has been filled with depression/anxiety/anorexia, and sometimes I am on top of it sometimes I'm not. I had been going alo
I feel ashamed to admit it after reading some of the posts, I feel like I have no right to be depressed. We have 3 healthy young adult children, happily married for 23 years, so obviously he is a gem! I just want this to stop, the endless swing from feeli
Hi, this is my first post as a newbie, thanks in advance for reading it 🙂 I am 51 years old and have struggled with anxiety and depression since primary school. Initially at primary school I was very shy which did develop into social anxiety.
Hey folks. Everyone else in my household is asleep except for me. I'm nervous about tomorrow morning. You see tomorrow morning I meet the celebrant who is to officiate my gf and I having our commitment ceremony. I'm worried what if we don't get along with
Hi all. It's been a while since I last posted. My hubby left yesterday for work, and I awoke yesterday in tears at the idea of him going. We are a FIFO family, with a six year old boy, a dog, and the usual family stuff that goes on, making the cogs turn,
Where do you get help?My doctor is wonderful - but on a 15 minute visit there's not much he can do.Psychologist/Counsellor - sounds fine - but unaffordable. I might be able to find one who can bulk bill but most of the others charge over that and the
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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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