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So i have MDD and Anxiety. Have had it for 6 years. But around September last year i started feeling better. Noticed i wasn't feeling depressed. Rather than excite me, i told myself it was just a short reprieve and the depression would be back to haunt me
This is not an exhaustive list of hard things to accept about a mental breakdown, there are too many to list. There is one thing I'm finding very hard to accept. The truth that at the moment my ability to work is very much limited. .For at le
I'm slowly coming to the realisation that re-buildijg my life after my recent mental breakdown is inevitable. In some ways, I feel relief. The old has to go. I know it sounds so simple but it will take time. Nine months of constant pressure t
https://youtu.be/6uLtyzRgmyI Wasn't sure where to put this, can't always apply it to myself either. Just thought I would share. @NatureLover @Emelia8@outlander @Shaz51 @Maggie There's probably more I s
I ended my relationship last night. It's the right thing for me. I'm not choosing for her, I'm choosing it for me. This toxic, negative and destructive cycle needed to end. The only way to put an end to it in my life was to end the relationship.
Up until last week, it had been over a decade since anyone (aside from my partner) asked about my old self harm scars. I'd wondered if perhaps they'd faded enough to not be noticeable. Apparently not. I had a lie at the ready. I'd prepared it in ad
Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to this community but I have an idea for a thread that might be helpful for some of us. I thought we could post about representations of mental illness in film, TV, books etc. that we have found comfort and truth in. The i
Every body who cares to answer. Are people out there finding it hard to hold it together ? or is it just me. I dont have a problem with self isolation ,I do that frequently, helps me keep it together. I am thinking it is maybe the hype,
There is not really any information I can find on the stages of a mental breakdown. Not like grief where there are seven stages, although they do not work in order. I don't know if I'm still "in my mental breakdown" had it or coming out of it
I'm struggling at the moment to do the basics. Get up shower, wear clean clothes, brush my hair. I am letting household tasks get overwhelming because I can't do a loud of washingn without feeling like I have to tackle the 16 baskets... or getting t
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