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Hi everyone,I'm brand new to this forum (only found it tonight) so I'm a bit nervous about my first post.I want to reach out and share my story to see if anyone else has had a similar experience.When I was 19 I had a brief episode of psychosis and was hos
I have a long Psychiatric history which began in 1972. I guess like many others I have amassed an array of diagnosis's and have paced the corridors of many inpatient Psychiatric units.
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Hi, I am new to this forum and have never posted on a forum on the internet ... go easy on me 🙂 I have suffered with depression and anxiety for well over 20 years (as an adult) and no doubt longer as a kid. I come in and out of it and various treatments h
Hi all, I have finally found something in writing about the links between these two. The more I have understood my own trauma and MI (and learned about others') the more I have had a strong sense that all these different diagnoses are different presentati
I live in a small rural area, where i receive alot of stigma for having a mental illness,and there is very little support. Any idea's for combating this would be much appreciated.
Hello,it's my first post.I talk to myself a lot , I have since I can remember but other people have noticed now at work and they look at me strangely . I feel very uncomfortable right now.
Hello Everyone, I have just signed up and decided to tell my story and reach out to this community who may understand me and what has happened in my life. I have just been diagnosed with BPD after 15 years of suffering and wrong diagnoses. I'm not sure ho
Hi Anne @PeppiPatty, I don't see those qualities you have described about me, maybe i am just an enigma, maybe i don't really exist, i don't know any more, Karen and all of you are special to me as you guys are the only contact i have with the outsid
Hi everybody'I am new here and looking forward to communicating with others who are suffering with mental health problems. For many years I suffered alone, the effects of depression and anxiety was at times devastating. I made many wrong choic
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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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