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Hi I'm new to the forums so please let me know if I commit any faux pas. I've had depression for a long time, but it's been more acute in the last 5 or so years of my life (I'm 35). Depression is an illness that I've had to come to terms with as 'manageab
HelloI don't normally post here but felt like I need to tonight. At this point I feel like is this as good as it's going to get in regards to medication. I feel like my life is pointless. I have no friends. I have a boyfriend but lately I feel irrita
i would like to share my experience.i'm Peruvian and i left my country 8 or 9 years ago.. cant recall.. i left cuz i wanted to study and get a degree, i started living in Brazil studying well, living fine, ups and downs but managing my mood... i think i s
Does anyone here feel the same way too? Do you find that your depression causes you to become a flakey person?It's like I would receive social invitations from people every now and then, and I would often find myself accepting those invitations&
Hi thereEarlier this year, I was diagnosed with bipolar II. I've had one or two major depressive episodes each year since about 17 (I'm 29 now). The worst episodes have left me suicidal, though I've always had good social supports and I've never made an a
Sorry if I'm adding on to someone’s post but I can’t figure out how to start a new one. I’m sitting in front of my computer crying because I don’t know how to start a new discussion. This is all it takes for me to cry lately. I've been o
So where to start.. I just quit my job after almost 12months.. Im sad im upset im scared worried all those things.. We were really good friends before management changed hands and i become 2ic and her the manager.. Things changed not straight away over th
I have been for about a week keeping my anxiety under control but today is very bad I feel. I'm having breathing difficulties and feeling on edge. I went to doctors and I feel like they just guess everything. Today I'm having panic attacks and have had to
Hello,I don't know if I belong here, I am on mild depression medication but I feel normal yet I know I'm not. I feel like I know what I should do but I don't.i have no desire for a relationship, I hide my self away on the weekends, feel really lazy and my
So I had one friend who messaged me going on about how I'm blaming my anxiety for everything lol, and has gone on about how she had anxiety. I said to her I'm not blaming my anxiety, I'm trying to find a way to deal with it in my own way. I explained that
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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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