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So happy that i got some positive feedback went walking today still feeling lonely but better than yesterday. Had a lot of very close friends and family die on me after I found out I had depressen which I realise made it a little tricky to deal with even
firstly this forum may have help a while ago. What a great idea. I want to know people's thoughts on something I wish to take to parliament. As people with mental illness we can be caught in a catch 22 situation, need to work to afford private h
Hi all - I'm a newbie here and first time contributor.Today I've got a mountain of things that need to be done - work, home, personal etc. It's not that I feel overwhelmed by the mountain of things I need to do; I don't. It's not that I'm anxious about th
I have cronic depression have had for years at the stage of my life (57) were my kids have grown up and left..thinking is this it for me my husband is not that into depression which leaves to fight this battle. Sometimes l feel sitting on my own we lived
Been married 56 years. Now my wife has parkinsons with increasing dementure. Short term and some long term memory loss is now serious. When confused she'll wander about looking for something she can recognise, or stumble upon something s
This weekend I feel like I am back on the struggle street of depression. All my habits of covering how I am feeling are back in place and no one in my life knows the turmoil and emotions going on inside me. I also struggle with trust so feel I have no one
I attempted suicide the other day and spent a few days in hospital. Since getting out I feel even more alone as people who i thought were friends no longer want to talk to me or have anything to do with me as "its affected them"
Hello. After being dianosed 4 years ago at age 34 i have been slowly trying to figure out how this illness works and where
Hi everyone. I am a 44 year old single mother of 3 teenage boys. I have anxiety and depression. I have been on Eleva for past three years. I have been to the Dr twice asking if I should increase my dose (have been on the same dose since starting 100mg) bu
I have been on medication for around 3 years for my bipolar, but they seemed to stop working as effectively as they once were. I have now been put on an antidepressent for the depression side of things but now that seems to have made me very irritable and
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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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