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Hey everyone, I'm Rosie. My diagnosis of schizophrenia has me down. I have been taking meds and living again with family for nearly three years, and almost all the symptoms have gone, my delusions and hullucinations are less recurrent and I can
Hi all,I write with a tear in my eye as I feel so low am unsure how to get out of it. I've been seeing a psychiatrist for 7 months now but feel I'm at my worst. Not sure exactly what to write as feeling a victim and ditesting myself for this. &
HiThe third day in a row I have been totally over taken with just extreme sadness. My house is now two extremely depressed people a dog and 29 fish. Now that my wife has spiraled down she has just recently been diagnosed with extreme depression
Hi everyone, I'm new here and I'm desperately seeking some advice. I've never opened up about this problem before and I've barely realized it and it's come to my attention that I cannot continue like this any longer.Ever since I was in elementary sch
Hi everyone. Very new to talking about my situation in a forum environment. A bit of back story. I was first diagnosed Severe Depression and severe anxiety in Early 2011 in my mid 30's. After several months of denying finally medicated in december
Hi I'm rick I have complex pTSD from 14 years of torture. I have been ill for over 30 years. I've still managed to accomplish many things and have had successful careers in youth work and the entertainment industry. I'm not used to discussing this t
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Hey peeps I'm new to this forum and I really want to try and found a support group in Perth. I don't really want to go too much into detail about my history atm but I have depression and BPD. I don't have any friends at all, ive got an extremely dysfuncti
Considering what I've been through and how I'm coping now its been a long road.What gets me down in my moments of weakness is the fact that I live on my own with anxiety.I had a carer but they themselves became ill.I get by with a little help once a week
I wasn't sure where to post this article but it so resonates with @Rick 's sign-off that I thoiught I would just start a new thread with that title I guess I could also have put it under my question about recovery too. But here it is! - Any tho
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