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Over last few years ive had exeriences where ive admitted to people some of the things that trouble me in life and otheers where ive hoped to pass as normal. It seems like to those ive admitted mental issues the default stance is that they think you lying
I have been with a friend through a lot and helped this person through a prison stint making his life easier. We stayed together for a while but him continueously telling me that he just wanted to be my friend but he didn't want me to be with anyone else.
I was wondering has anyone ever felt like their stuck at home with little support at home besides the professional people sees you now and then? I have very little friends and they have more things to do than me. And they also have mental health issues. &
I'm pretty open with telling people I have BPD. I think I'm trying to see if someone will say they have it to.Most of the time someone will say they know someone with depression or they sometimes get nervous too. But not BPD.Mental health is getting great
Hi all,I have been dignosed with BPD, Post Tramantic Depression/Anxiety. I am really struggling at the moment. I am only just getting help now at the age of 37. Two weeks ago I really, really want to not be in this world any more. I had to ask my 16 year
I am in my fifties. I have just identified Complex Post Tramuatic Stress Disorder as the essential cause of the "daemons" that have intermittently haunted me for most of my life, and the periods of struggle I have had through adulthood - having
Hello, I am new to SANE Forums and I guess I came here to ask for your help, and to provide any help that I can in return. I am currently in year 12 and studying units 3 and 4 in art. We have been assigned to choose a theme to base our body of work on tha
Hi, Im new here. I have bipolar but rather than feeling euphoric when manic I feel dysphoric. This usually includes thuoghts of violence towards others and or thoughts that people are trying to get me. I become so highly strung and irritated that even the
Hi everyone, Over the past 1.5 years here on the Forums, I have noticed many people refer to 'normal' Things like 'I just want to feel/be normal', 'I'm back to normal', 'recovery is about being normal' and then on the other end of the spectrum 'Normal is
so my seventeen year old granddaughter has just got her bottom lip pierced twice. To say I don't approve is the understatement of the century. Now I know it could be much worse. She could be sleeping around, doing drugs over indulging in
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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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