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This year has been so hard on me. In February I was sexually assaulted and then found out my father has terminal cancer, all the while trying to finish my school certificate. I feel pressure from every angle of my life, even at home I feel like I have to
I told my psychiatrist on Monday that I have been using sleep as a way to shut out my symptoms. This means I am sleeping..... a lot. I suppose it is good that my increase in antipsychotics is making me tired I guess. I am sleeping up to 16hrs per day.When
Hi, I am new to this forum and recently new to accepting the label of mental health issues, though my time on this earth is certainly not new. But finally getting some answers and perspective is new. There seems to have been such an explosion in und
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Hi there, I have to admit that this entry did not start out with the title in mind. But it is a running ribbon throughout my feelings of isolation and despair. I just picked up my phone again, as have been rocking back and forth trying to get thorugh to S
Big week at work. Struggling to keep the happy mask on. I saw my GP today, who wants to get find a new psychologist. I'm nervous and scared.Hospital seems like a good choice, only because nothing else seems to work, the intrusive thoughts are pretty bad.
When i was younger i ised to drink a lot, every weekend and usually blackout but i feel like there are terrible things that happened to me during these times...some of it i know of, some i think i have memories of but not sure and lately i am thinking mor
Hi everyone & @Former-Member @Former-Member @Decadian @BlueBay @Shaz51 @Faith-and-Hope. Please don't be offended if I've left your name out. My memory is bad at the best of times - & not so great at the moment.I'm not sure if this is even an appro
Hi everyoneI have no idea how I am going to get through the next few days. After having been seriously abused in every which way by my now ex-husband my children is no longer communicating with me. My son has also disallowed communication with my gra
Hi everyone I am new to this forum so I will give you a little background.I was originally diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder and social phobia when I was 18 and have been treated with educations and physiologist for this. A year
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