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Hi all. Hope you are keeping well! I have a working diagnosis of bipolar and I really struggle to sleep often, it’s problematic. Does anyone have any tips on how to *rest*. If I can’t sleep I find its better that I rest than not at night. I am, brain malf
Hey friends, hope you are all well. Does anyone have any advice on building confidence and resilience post diagnosis and throughout sickness, please. I got diagnosed with bipolar at the end of 2018 and got hit with the worst of the depressive episode
I'm suicidal AF. My doctor in hospital is not provinding any support or help. What can I do to improve my situation or help myself?
Lifeline is as useful as a raw potato. Suicide callback service has had me on hold for over an hour. How does one get 'help'?
Hi, no matter what mood I'm in, I force myself to go to the gym and very morning, have a shower, tidy up the house before I go to work, cook healthy meals for my family and clean a lot. I finding cleaning it's helping me a lot, the more depressed I am, th
I've been feeling impulsive. Maybe as a way to let myself off the hook. Dunno. It would be easy to give in to the thoughts.Trying to choose something better though. (Ehhh dunno about tagging here but hi @CheerBear I figured I'd take the lea
Hi all. Haven't posted anything for ages. Just wanted to share something with you. I used to have trouble with thoughts entering my head when i was trying to get to sleep. It was usually the same thoughts relating back to when i was a kid. I w
thought id start up a topic about surviving, i'v had mental health iusses now for about 16 years and been in and out of work, i suffer from paranoid schizophrenia ptsd panic attacks depression, anxiety, now i'm currently living alone and on the disability
The journey has begun. Today I joined a gym and bought some clothes to train in. I want to slim down and prevent the risk of type 2 diabetes. I thought I’d start a thread for my journey and start posting about the journey. Hopefully it will see an improve
'It' being my life. I have recently become aware of multiple things that were holding me back in my health and I've been feeling the benefits of letting them go. I find myself expecting to be very well very quickly but seem to flail at the sight of any ex
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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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