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Dear all,I just got this in email inbox. I think it's an excellent article and very true. Not sure but I think someone else on the forum put me onto this author in the first place. Anyway check it out if you are intereseted http://www.everydayhealth.
The cookie crumbs keep promoting these weighted blankets to me--like I have anxiety/stress related issues pfft.. I've been really struggling with sleep again lately averaging around 4 hours a night. And I periodically wrestle with PTSD related symptoms th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-bw8rVdF9M The most recent comment posted mentioned, they found it more therapeutic to watch this doco. What do you find therapeutic ... I dont mean distracting feelgood activities which has become th
Hello, I'll do a small introduction first...It's coming up three years since my schizophrenia diagnosis, and things are going ok. I'm on stable medication, feeling good, but seem to be stuck in a little trap. I do well for a few days, and then spontaneous
Gday all So, I've been doing this bipolar shit for about 30 years, 15 of them diagnosed. I've seen countless psychiatrists, psychologists and gp's about it. I was involved in a website that operated as a support site for people with BP for about
Hi everyone, hope you're going okay. CW: parent death, cancer I've been living with generalised anxiety and periods of major depression probably since childhood, but through my 20s, 30s, early 40s, I was working, seeing friends, stud
Hi all I will need to change names to keep it anonymous so here goes. I need some advice over how to process what happened 2 days ago at work. On Tuesday afternoon at work I was sitting there doing whatever work I'm meant to. The manager (call h
So managing bipolar has 3 main aspects - medication (psychiatrist), therapy (psychologist) and self management, including the main one being sleep 'hygeine' (google it), monitoring - for me I keep daily charts; self discipline, diversion of energy into th
I have Schizophrenia and my main symptom is intrusive thoughts. My intrusive thoughts are mainly gross sexual things. I'm constantly worried about accidentally saying something obscene. I'm on medication for it but the thoughts never com
I thought I would start this thread. Music has got me by in life, Most times it's been my only friend and I like music because at times that's the only real true thing in my life. I thought we could share music we love. Maybe learn some new artists and it
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