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Hi there, My mother suffers from Schizophrenia and it has been nearly 20 years since her last episode. She is currently showing signs of relapse and stopped taking her medication over a year ago and our family are looking for ways to get ahead of it
Back to work tomorrow. Not feeling entirely ok, but as we all know that's ok.Hopefully it will be a welcome distraction to the mornings anxiety. 7am starts can be quite helpful. Wish me luck.
TW: I was delusional, paranoid, psychotic and manic for about a year. Then I was depressed for all of last year. This year I am normal/flat/down/better than normal/in recovery. I have come to terms with all the delusions I had when I was psychotic and why
My main diagnoses are that I have anxiety and very severe social anxiety, I also have depression and ADHD. I am due to review my therapy plan my next visit and I was encouraged to think about SMART goals between sessions, but I can't really think of anyth
Today I had group discussion in recovery club around "connection". I can honestly say out of each group discussion I have been a part of, particularly in Hope (had this one twice 1st time I contributed, second time I was a bystander had zero spoons), Iden
Does anybody know what Therapy Goals are? I can't get pass the initial Psychology Assessment in order to receive counselling without a therapy goal. An example I was given is "I would like to go to the gym but feel anxious about it". Doesn't work for me.
I have explained to myself that my recovery started when the Black Dog returned. So today dealing with my anxiety was looking to see what I was perceiving as a threat. The is none, apart from the fact that it's raining and the logistics of
I have been thinking about my goals and values on my path to recovery and this website and CHIME and what I wanted to achieve by joining sane forums and recovery club and posting and what I need from the community here and how to ask for help.I guess toni
I have been on the medication train for persistent bipolar depression and cPTSD for a few years but the past two, nothing is really working. I'm taking 15 pills a day plus PRN. My psychiatrist has suggested an admission to withdraw off basically everythin
Hi everybody I've been feeling crazy today and not sure what to do about it. The hospital is too far away and I'm not alright right now. I'm just posting this to see if anyone has got some suggestions? Thanks roses86
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