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Hey guys,I have CTPSD from my childhood and developed behaviours through adulthood to protect myself and stay safe.These behaviours have caused my wife a lot of pain over the last 30yrs. It has come to a point where she cannot see any future with me. I'm
Hi, I am just trying to reach out and chat with people who struggle with mental health issues.
I'm getting so jealous of my friends and getting so angry with myself, I'm 20 years old and still on my learners and yet my friends younger then me have got there red ps, I just want to yell but also get my red ps but somthings holding me back and I don't
Come from a background where both parents were abusive narcissists. Not one person in my childhood tried to help in any way. Jumped from the frying pan into the fire. Married an abusive narcissist. Partner is considered almost a saint in my community and
TW: Abuse **Chapter 1: The Hidden Nightmare** Christine was eight years old when the nightmare began. In a quiet town where everyone knew everyone, she was the girl with the radiant smile, the loving mother, and the father who was admired by
I was close one of my siblings but maybe like a lot of things in my life I misread that, I grew up with that sibling because they other had moved out, for the first 5 years of life dad was in prison, mum drank and parental care was the older siblings and
Hello, i'm new here. I'm a female living in Australia, and well, I came here because I feel like its too much to handle. I dont want to die, never. But...I also dont enjoy my life anymore. My friends are depressed and I feel like they are slowly drifting
I have Type I bipolar disorder. I’ve been diagnosed and medicated for over twenty years, and I thought I had a veritable armoury of coping tools. But over the past couple of months I’ve realised that the only tool I’ve really been using is a shovel to dig
Hi, I am struggling so badly at the moment, and feel like I have hit rock bottom. Although in a very supportive relationship(which is now suffering) as we are both butting heads with communication issues cause all of a sudden my partner has decided he's a
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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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