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Hello, guys! I remember myself suffering from OCD since I was 14 (now I am 27), but I think it started earlier, I just didn't understand that yet. It was quite a hard experience for me as I didn't know about this disorder at all, so I was thinking I was j
Recently I experienced the beginnings of what may turn out to be some clinical recovery.14 years of trial and error, every type of appropriate med. therapy and treatment (including ECT) all to no effect.Then the last grasp, a medication not often used and
Hi thanks for taking the time to read my post. I am posting here because i dont know who else to turn to. I am having problems at work. Its a fast paced high stress enviroment and i have anxiety and depression. Its the type of place that no matter how har
I had a huge fight with my x and two of my teenagers. I feel that I've gotten to the point where I don't think I can see them because they just upset me and make me feel like crap. I can fight depression and anxiety but it's so hard when they treat me as
Hi Everyone,last night I was out socializing with my husband and we spoke to a local business woman who has just spent a week interstate, lobbying some politicians about a cause she has become interested in. I so admire people who have the drive to get ou
Hi there, I was wondering if anyone has been diagnosed with melancholia depression. If so does CBT help to manage it. When I get depression the episode lasts for 6 months and I have all the symptoms of melancholic depression. I do no that all these types
I'm having a rough day. I feel like I've been muddling through life over the last week or so ok, but tonight, for some reason, I feel like I don't want to be alive. I feel like everyone is better off without me.
To those of you that have suicidal thoughts - what stops you following through with it? Feel like I'm fighting a losing battle....over it.
This is complicated as it revolves around my autistic daughterThis is the third friend/neighbour we've lost in a few yearsHow have I contributed to this? What could I have done differently? Have I stuffed it her my daughter who they claimed had gotten int
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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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