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Really struggling with emotions after needing to cut off all contact with family for physical and mental safety due to malignant narcissist mother and her previous attempt to end my life. Feeling so much grief, have a psychiatrist but am not able to see h
Hi everyone, I wanted to make this thread as a bit of community for parents managing their mental health. I thought this wasn’t as appropriate for the Carers section as such because we are the ones managing our mental health as opposed to
I've just come out of a 5 year relationship that isolated me from family and friends. He was a romance scammer. Please don't tell me I was stupid. I'm extremely intelligent and he was the most amazing fake I've ever known. If you haven't been through it y
My psychiatrist has suggested I consider applying for DSP. I know its really hard to get. My spinal specialist has suggested it in the past too. I dont really want to stop working, but Im not sure how I can keep going.
When do you feel a sense of 'common humanity' - the sense that we're all in this world together and negative emotions, stress and hard times are common elements of being human? The song "My Eyes" approaches it for me, but I'm not sure it's really hea
There's more context to this of course. I saw a (EAP) counsellor for the first time in a while. As it was the first session I didn't expect to work on anything, just talk through the problems and let her know what did and didn't work for me. I though
Hi in this society, day in age. We forget about ourselves. Giving up on our hopes and dreams. Not seeing the worth we are. I guess that part of looking after ourselves, what are our aspirations. What moves you. How do you see yourself in the fu
Hi, I am new here!I am 36 I have a diagnosis of EUPD, severe anxiety and depression disorders and more recently been diagnosed with ADHD. I have my own website where I blog about mental health awareness and self care. I am always happy to chat
Does anyone have advice about anxiety that makes you physically sick to you stomach? Like the kind that makes you want to throw up and it stops you from doing things. Does anyone know how to manage it?
Lots of good things are said about mindfulness and meditation. I struggle with meditation but find mindfulness helpful. I'm trying to increase my hours of mindful activity to overcome depression. Short guided meditations are good too but I haven't do
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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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