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Well the Government and Opposition have made their great big contribution to Mental Health Week. They have passed laws to make all people under 35 who qualified for the DSP between 2008 and 2011 get reassessed. This is to move as many people off the DSP a
Well I have no idea what has happened or how this came to be. My darling wife has left me and made sure that I could not plea. Forgiveness is all I ask Police was all I could see I haven't been able to speak to her Or see that she is ok Apparently my memo
How do you handle it when some of the people you care about are scared of you because they don't understand your illness? I was young and sick and engaged in some reckless behaviour and got dumped as a result because the person didn't know what was happen
Hello. After 40+ years of thinking I was insane, yesterday my psych confirmed it's actually rapid cycling bipolar 2. The overwhelming emotion I feel though is grief for all the years I was so afraid. It will pass, I know, but I needed to tell someone safe
The trees are speaking to me, the music plays as words, there are messages for me on every station. My psychic ability is khaos. Where have those 6 years gone? Am I no closer to achieving something? Everyday I swallow my pride and pray it's not a bad day.
I have been reading a whole lot written about mental illness, disability,and other discrimination over the last month. From all this material it makes you wonder where we with MI fit. The Minister for Social Services, who by the way is opening s
I'm almost at the tail end of wedding planning and something familiar is starting to rear its ugly head...anxiety!!The feeling of wanting to give up or run away is niggling away at me when it should be one of the happiest times of my life.I'm excited abou
How many of you can relate to agoraphobia? There's a lot of us out there. Here's where I got it.In 2000 I discovered I have chronic fatigue syndrome(cfs).It stopped me walking from my home to the carport some 12 metres(40 ft) away.I was constantly getting
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That subject is quoted from a letter from my GP to my erstwhile employers. In it, she counselled against my ever returning there. I've been dealing (or not, more to the point) with depression for years now, but last year my head imploded. I
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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.
SANE values diversity. We are committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive service for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.
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