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6 months ago I left an emotionally abusive relationship, on the urging of my therapist. Since then I have been "homeless" - sleeping at an aunts place and on a few occasions in the car. The reason being is that my partner and I have a mortgage and I
Hi everyone, My coping mechanism is humour, laughing always makes my family feel better after a bad day. When my kids seem a little down, I give a little roar and within seconds I have 2 little, big ROAR's back 😊When my 24yo was younger t
Normally I'm on here supporting other people but this time I need a boost of support. I'm nearly 40 and I'm grieving not having had children. It's been so hard. I can't do it on my own financially or otherwise and it just tears me apart.
Well I am back from my therapy session after an intense week. I just let it all out crying and sobbing and saying that I couldn’t do this anymore and that I’ve tried and tried. It was a deep place to get to but afterwards I felt grounded again. It was goo
For those that have followed my dribble lately, you know that my routines are pretty important to me and I have found it more difficult to manage without them with the situation with my sister. Anyhow, this morning I woke up at 5am, routine sta
One of the things that helps me with anxiety is feeling strong in my body. I never used to go to the gym until about 10 or so years ago. When I feel strength in my body it gives me a sense of solidness that can be good to counteract the way anxiety makes
A few weeks ago a guy I was seeing (I identify as a queer male) told me that I was very insecure. i was thinking tonight about how there is a difference between ‘I am insecure’ versus ‘I feel insecure’. The first is really about stigmatising and sham
Im home and Im all clear on the cancer front for 9 months this time. Very happy
Hi Everyone, So it feels like I've been so busy this week due to school going back. Even worse I have a finger brace on my pointer finger as it feels broken, no nose picking for me lol ( I'm joking, it's too big to fit in my little nose) 😁 What
I have had a crisis moment this week. I was going to act on a problematic behaviour because of a traumatic experience. So I contacted my psychologist for DBT and practiced crisis survival skills as in exercise, drinking water/tea and yoga. I am just
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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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