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Goodevening to everyone.Thanks for the kind messages. I dont know whether i am coming or going sometimes.I sometimes just want to dissapear for hours doing nothing except thinking.I am 65 and basicly retired but having trouble adapting to having time on m
Hi all and happy ME week, if that makes sense. I have depression and anxiety. My psychologist has got me to do more of the things that I enjoy as part of the therapy. She asked me how high are the highs compared to the depths of the lows. Now, I don't hav
I have been suffering with IBS now for number of years, everyday travel is a battleWorrying if im going to have an "episode" on the train or in the car or a plane.i take pills but they then block me up etc etc.I find deep breatbing helps,but it is making
Hi, By way of introduction my name is 'Jake' and I am a male around 58 years old, divorced, live alone in a small country town and have been diagnosed with both BPD and DID. Pretty heavy labels to carry around, they could well have been PTSD or Anxiety Di
Hi guys, Yay for my first post! I guess I just wanted to share my story as a way of working through my feelings. Basically a couple of years ago I realised I was gay, and at first I didn't want to accept it at all. My whole perception of myself cha
I have recently had a high level of success with behavioural change, and while we are all not the same we have much in common and so perhaps this "technique" (well it worked for one person thats 100% result right :)). I'll leave out the specifics, and gen
It was interesting to listen to the discussion with patients and generally about the medication used to treat mental illness. You had to pay attention to notice it but the mention of the drugs used to treat MI patients with bipolar affective disorder
Hi NikNik and all, my first post for awhile and I'm not sure if this is the right place or if I should start a new thread.<BR /><BR />I have clinical depression, PTSD, acute anxiety ( heaps of panic attacks) and am also an alcoholic/addiction
I've just joined this forum thanks to MH week and ABC Moral Compass shown on Sunday night, Oct 5.In a really, really quick nutshell: After 35 years as a computer techie with no social skills and getting into lots of trouble by saying and doing the wrong t
Apart from the support given by the medical profession, family and friends, I am wondering if people find support from other people with MI. My flatmate is a paranoid schizophrenic and my best buddy has Tourettes. Even though they have their own is
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