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My daughter began showing signs of MI as a teenager and developed a big problem with lying. Shes now 23 & I still find her hard to trust due to past lies and stories. I really bothers me that I cant even trust my own daughter. Ive told her that he pas
Just putting this out there..and wondered if anyone has problems with skin picking. I cannot leave a scab alone and often I will beak a bit of skin because I think it is not supposed to be there. I think alot when I am doing all this and it often gives me
Hi everyone @Former-Member @Former-Member@decadian@faith-and-hope@leia@tab@shaz51@sadgirl@pip & anyone I've accidentally forgotten.Went up to take some more photos of the Aboriginal Water Well today. Found so much more fascinating Aboriginal engineeri
I've been diagnosed with BPD, Bipolar, Depression & Alcohol Dependancy. It's been 3 years of trial and error on different medications. I pushed all my friends away (great trait of BPD) and now I live alone and have no one I can call. I am 23 and my mo
It took me to get so far down that I thought I would never get up again to realise that I had to STOP giving my all to others. This is soooo scary when you don't know where to start.I started, and it feel strange in a good way and bad way. I have aways pu
hey guys..ive recently been given a diagnosis of BPD (previous diagnosis of type 2 bipolar, gad, depression)i have a couple of questions...- are intrusive thoughts of suicide normal for BPD? i feel i have no control at all over them, they are always there
I saw my new psychiatrist today. My last one was a bit shit so I was looking for a new one. Her waiting list was pretty long but her CV is really good so I was happy to wait. What a revelation! She has this demeanour that just says she is in complete
There's someone in my life, that's family which has hurt me for too long. She's my older sister. This is going to be a bit long, but I guess I'm just really upset now and I need some input on the whole thing. It's as if I've taken a step back from this si
I have had bi-polar disorder since I was 15 (I an 63 now)and have lost whole years of my life to this illness. Nevertheless I have been lucky enough to have a career, a family (4 children in their 20's) and been able to enjoy some of the good things of li
I very often have what I call "racing thoughts" usually they are about what has happened in the past. Like right now I am mulling over the car accident I had yesterday. If I had have been earlier, if I had have been two feet to the right, if t
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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.
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