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I am a person on the autism spectrum and I am very grateful for these forums. One of the main ways that my autism affects me is that it causes me to experience significant difficulties in verbally expressing my distress. But when I have the space here tha
I can't count the number of times I've read advice akin to: "If you are depressed, try distracting yourself by listening to music, watching a movie, playing videogames, ect." on websites just like this one. Last night I watched a news story about thi
I'm not sure if this topic fits under this banner, but I figure establishing boundaries is self care and I'd like to share a boundary I just implemented with my son's father via text message today. He has the habit of diminishing me as 'crazy'
Hi everyone! My first time posting 🙂 I (25f) currently live with my family, it is a very unhealthy living situation and I am being supported by my team to move out. The thing is it’s not easy, my mother and brother are great! It’s my dad that’s
Hi there, There are various things that go against our head, ie natural and manmade frequencies. When they sound like voices it's because it effects the audio cortex. **If you disseminate [spread out] these voices as you discern them you wi
This is my first time engaging in a saneforum. I just signed up today.This forum was recommended to me from a consult today through our Employee Assistance Program (Uprise). I am looking for resources to help me reach my 2023 goal of not needing medicatio
Hi, I went to my psychologist the other day. We are working on inner child work for all the unsafe feelings I’ve had in my life. (Which give me anxiety ptsd) affirming things likeI’m holding you tight.we’re together.you’re safe with me.i’m here for y
I've just been reading a few research papers that tell me that there is a relationship between bullying in childhood and mental illness in adulthood. Please share any experiences you have had of being bullied in childhood...
Thanks for the encouragement @Jynx I put it in the Looking After Ourselves section as I believe the forums social spaces do a good job, of allowing the online community to get together in various social ways. I am more interested in
i have ocd and despite being in private health and able to access indigenous healthcare, i still find it extremely hard to get help with a psychologist. i used to see one at my local indigenous health centre but they are always so swamped and even though
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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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