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When darkness breaksand it surely willwhen light shines throughwhen you get stillWhen deep within youstirs a feelingthen you will realisethe start of healingWe often try in vain for yearswith little result, frustration, tears?We over analyse and searchwe
Gooood aftermorning peeps! Hope everyone is feeling okay.Time for a fun little metaphor - I was thinking of this walking back home, hope it makes sense.I worked for a corporate place in the city and they used to give us our own coded access card to get in
Life is like a canvasstarts out blank, but then we paint our story in colour and linewe add brushstrokes of different thicknesses and sometimes we stipple our way throughbut the picture slowly emerges.Sometimes the picture is what we expected, other times
I wanted to share something I believe to be very significant for me moving upward again in my life (sorry, I just detest the corporate-speak "Moving forward....'uggggh, sorry just too many bad experiences with inexperienced young people who think they kno
Hey there! I am currently dealing with trauma-related issues and being out of work. It is extremely tight money-wise and I won't lie, it has not been easy. However, I remain defiant - ha! I wanted to post a little friendly challenge on here (only just joi
Something for you...if you don't like what you see in the "mirror"In the mirror, there you arelooking back at youwhat you see is up to youyour mind, your body, your heartThe picture is subjective thoughits what we currently feelit makes us feel a certain
Hello,Does anyone here have any useful strategies to manage the feelings of emptiness and suffocation in the chest from anxiety? I find that usual distraction doesn’t work as I couldn’t focus and be mindful of the things that are meant to distract me. I a
This last 4 days have been extremely hard for me this is my only venting space I have. My son and his girlfriend were 25 weeks pregnant and the baby died, she had to give birth and I had to travel 2.5 hrs with my 15 year old autistic/add daughter to look
printed it out grateful for coloured paper and printer and computer. Grateful for electricity and shelter and heating Grateful for living at home
Hi! I've had an account here for a couple months now but haven't really engaged. I was diagnosed a couple days ago with Complex PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder and I'm having trouble coping with receiving these ne
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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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