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Hi. Does anyone else have difficulty maintaining friendships? I’ve just lost another friend - possibly two - and am feeling distressed and anxious. Just lately I feel I am masking to present a happy, together person to the world, at the same time wonderin
So it’s often suggested EMDR is great for those with trauma. Have tried it over a prolong period and found it made things worse or next to useless.It didn’t really change by distress from traumaIt didn’t really change by beliefs but psychologist sugggest
Hello SANE crew, I love this space already and have only been here a short while 😊. I am in my mid fifties and have lived with CPTSD since I was 17, I didn't even know what was wrong with me until I hit my 40's, and found my "best fit" therapist
I've spent most of my life taking the metaphorical 'knives' out of my back from desperate attention-seekers. I'm so used to it it doesn't even bother me anymore. There are long-seated cultural reasons for this, but after nearly 40 years of it I'm pretty w
Trigger Warning: Abuse Abandonment, rejection and betrayal. These are the core elements of how I have been treated all my life. Now in my late 40's I am in a very deep, very hopeless hole. I am a sincere person, I don't like attention, I don't embe
Hi, im new here.Several years ago I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and it's been an ongoing struggle to keep myself stable. Recently all my years of hard work in therapy have gone down the drain. My relationship with my husband is in ruins
Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone here has ever heard of 16p11.2 deletion syndrome ?
I found this book so helpful for myself and my family
Here's an insight that is rarely available: Body shaming of men is not only tolerated, but it is celebrated and encouraged. We all have pressures, men to be tall, hairless, muscular, women to be thin, pretty, etc. But me, I have suffered my whol
“Patterns of protection have replaced patterns of connection” Today, I learned that Im not crazy and the reasons behind my actions. Amped - Up Fight/ Flight/ Active Freeze- Sympathetic NS • protection through Action (mobili
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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.
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