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After 32 years of dancing with Depression and anxiety and researching this phenomenon and recently healing my self, I have come to this personal conclusion: for me "Depression / Anxiety arises when the mind tells the body to do something that the he
I began my dance with depression in 1984 and looking back it was a gift, a spiritual wake up call and nothing more than a growing pain. Once I started dancing with it instead of suffering from it I moved through it, after all it was just a pain, just a ph
I grew up in the country & married far too young, 18 years old, after being pushed into marriage "being the done thing". My dream of being a lawyer meant nothing as I had drilled into me that a girl's role was as a housewife & moth
So I've been battling with depression since I was 16 I'm now 27. No matter what meds I'm on I always feel they don't work. One doctor says I have depression, the other says I have bipolar I don't know what to do anymore the doctors seem to not listen or c
Hi @NikNik@CherryBomb all moderators and everyone else reading this:I would like to say a big thank you to Sane Australia for putting out there as much information possible about BPD. Yesterday I saw on facebook a post by Sane about BPD. &
This morning I have written a post on facebook regarding World Mental Health Day. I decided after such a long time of suffering that I was going to let it out; put it out there for everyone to see. I don't care anymore about hiding my mental i
Hi It feels like forever since I added a post, I hope that my remarks may be of use to some. I have been so busy with dis-proving (again) the diagnosis routine and have had the police and the ambulance service involved. This is not their fault - I ra
I have a page of about 150 therapists to choose for my mental health care plan, it's not going well. I don't want another one that will nod at me and ask 'how does that make you feel? I really like one that is 3 week wait but with a gap where I pay $
Mental illness hurts everyone around me.I hate myself for it.Hurting myself would remove the pain that everyone else experiences because of my existence. Mental illness is damaging to people. You cannot contribute properly to society.
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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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