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Survival on the edge of death with a smile on my face is a torture I will never forget I put up a fight the way you wanted me to Not to save me but to save you Worried faces looked me in the eyes and I told lies I did it all to protect you and I don’t kno
My whole life I was a fit, healthy and mostly happy person. However at the very start of the year, at the age of 29, an incident out of my control occurred which has now left me with severe, chronic and debilitating pain in both of my legs. I struggle eve
Hi Everyone, I hope you're all doing well, or are trying to keep on top of your mental health (like I have been) 😊 I thought that I would go into further detail of my Big Emotions thread, without exposing anyone's identity. I'd also like to
At first you were comforting A safety I was desperate to feel Control was ours and we could take on the worldEvery kilo down the closer we were to a better life Emotions we couldn’t feelThen the lines blurred and we divertedWe ended up in a hospital bedWe
So turns out I have C-PTSD. Mostly from school. Dumb reason I know. Does anyone else have this? Can we talk?
Now please, I just want someone who has had a similar experience. I am aware I give alot of myself to those around me. I can identify I have a "giving" personality per say. I am learning my limits. But why do people continue to take so much from me?!
Hi, I'm 55, male, divorced, 2 kids. I've struggled with anxiety since I could remember. I grew up in a household where there was often intense psychological abuse and occasional violence. My very earliest memory of my father was abject terror. My mot
Hi Everyone I havnt had stable employment for over 3 years now and it's really weighing down on my self esteem. I find myself having nothing to do and relying on my partner to get me to do things. My depression is quite bad as I can't seem to g
To preface this, I'm currently actively seeking work, and was heavily encouraged recently to use the career-social platform LinkedIn. For anyone who doesn't frequent it, it's basically a job seeking website, with an added social posting board; something a
I found out as an adult that I was donor conceived in the eighties. I was in shock when I found out. This helped to explain why something felt 'off' when I was growing up. And why my sibling and I were so unalike. Why I had never f
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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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