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Hi Everyone,There are a lot of mental health issues/ lived experience/ diagnosis that I don't know anything about and i would like to learn. I would like to start with Schizophrenia. On the weekend I noticed that misunderstanding /miscommunicat
Hi. I’m so glad I found this space. This is my first post and it’s going to be a very long rant, but I desperately need to get it out there. I’m a 53 year old single woman. Was married for 20 years and separated about 3 yea
Hi, Im new here but just looking for a helping hand as i don’t have many friends to help me out. I recently broke my partner’s trust by talking to my ex behind his back. I was hanging out with a new friend and had only just gotten off
TW: abuse, child protection Hi everyone, my story is very long, and complex, but currently I am going through court with my ex partner who was severely abusive but I experienced a lot of abuse through childhood, so I just thought it was normal, until I ha
Morning everyone! So 7 years and 2 diagnoses later, I've come to accept that BPD is a real part of my life. I'd love to know how others decided on what form of therapy they decided to take with the same diagnosis....DBT, CBT etc. I am prepa
I’ve been posting a lot but I am going going through a difficult patch and finding that posting helps and great to connect with people who have similar experiences. Has anyone’s anxiety been impacted by cost of living pressures? I find that’s added a
Hello everyone, Thankyou for giving me a platform to share my story I'm 38 years old and was first diagnosed and medicated for depression at 14 (no therapy) the older I got the more I struggled I had a few instances of SA but always "presented well"
Hi Forum Friends Does anyone else feel this way like you feel like when your quote resting that you should be doing more with your day ? is it a sign of depressive symptoms or lonlieness when you feel like this like Im doing the everyday things but that s
I am 34; I have bipolar and c-ptsd, I am medication compliant, I work hard - I try every single day to be better, to be strong and to survive. But I feel like I fail. Today I lost my cool, I can't sleep or eat, I am exhausted. I yelled, I was mean an
Edit Feb 2018: This thread has evolved into a chat thread, which is fine by me. In addition, I encourage other members to feel free to post their own 'long raves' in here too if wished. I will continue to post my own longer raves from time to time, as wel
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