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Hey forum..so there has been something I've been struggling with for years...I'm not sure when it started..maybe in high school..but I think this how my brain has just been wired....but I have become really insecure in my late teens and it has lasted till
I would be interested in knowing if anyone has found difficulty with people because MI might not be an obvious and visible disability. My disability employment advisor certainly has problems in fitting me into a disability box.
Hi all, This is an area where I think the current government and the media have been going to town, particularly on people with MIs - with "leaner" paint. I, for one, am fed up. Yesterday's article about Hockey's (no) idea of "poor" and the petrol ex
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Common Ground If you have the eyes to seeThrough black and whitePast this mask I must wearInto many shades of greyPerhaps you may recogniseThat you and IHave so much in common –Commonly known as humanity © August 2013
With all the one sided debate about the supposed plague of disability welfare recipients on the ordinary tax payer, I have been trying to work through the more rational elements put forward. I have had great difficulty in finding truthful unbias
Hello forum! I'm a 22 year old who suffers from anxiety, depression and maybe other things...I wont get fully depth into what May have caused these things, I'm not exactly sure...so I was diagnosed with depression a while I ago, ( years) and anxiety is so
Greetings everyone I am prepared to be open about my experiences in the appropriate circles, but don't think for one minute that I run around the neighbourhood telling everyone my story! I would describe myself as introverted and
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