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Just jumping on to express my renewed faith in the system. My daughter had her court hearing today. Instead of a conviction, she was given a Section 14. It was explained to us how counter productive incarceration would be for a 14yo girl. So off
The last 6 months have been a rollercoaster - but over the last month particularly, I have hit rock bottom withdrawing from drugs and stopping ADHD medication. [edited by moderator] I have PTSD from childhood neglect and growing up with an addict mother,
Hi all so last night I had a nightmare and couldn't sleep all night. I was feeling sick in the head but now I'm starting to get better. Just wondering if anybody else has been through this and if so what to do about the after effects?
It can be hard to remember coping skills when we are distressed. I thought it would be nice to have a compilation of all the coping strategies that work for us or that we think might work for others (especially any unusual ones!). Hot/cold showers.Ho
Hey All I'm on my recovery journey from depression and anxiety was off work for a couple of months and have started to get back into it. Of course with that comes anxiety and I am really trying to follow the process of exposure to my triggers w
Hi All, This is my last post (opposite of a welcome post) I came here looking to connect with peers, others with “schizophrenia” and specifically the symptom “hearing voices”. Sadly I found this forum to be too heavily moderated [
G'day all, Really struggling recently with keeping in recovery the most ive managed in the last few years is about 6 weeks. Im in and out of AA a hell of a lot, but I just fall off the wagon im not an everyday drinker but if I have one im out un
I am failing at no contact. My ex cancelled the wedding 6 weeks before it was supposed to happen, then did 3 months couples counselling and he still ended it because he couldn’t give even the bare minimum. Through counselling we found out he has been negl
I’d just like to thank whoever suggested the ‘Finch’ app in group. I have been using it for 4 days and it has a lot of really helpful things such as the breathing exercises which I like and setting daily goals, which start with the basics like getting up
So I'd heard about peer support groups before (thanks mostly to everyone here) and did some research into them, ones near me.Today I went to an information session about the one starting near me (next week actually).It made me wonder what my fellow forumi
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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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