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Hi Just wondering if there are any support groups for adults who have had a life with a bi polar mother/ parent?SydneyI've only ever met (briefly) one other person who grew up like me .Ideally face to face but I guess online group might also work.Thx
Im feeling so sad and lonely right now.I have so much emotional pain bottled up ninside that im in agony. I cant cry, I can feel it all welling up I side me and the pressure builds like a storm but I cannot seem to relaseNy of it.I've realized I don't fee
In my last post, I mentioned that I got fired. I accepted the offer of a new job today, to start in a couple of weeks. That was quick, huh?!Well, it could have been so much quicker. I applied for another job, and I nailed the interview. They give everyone
Hi SANE forumites, I know the BPD subtypes aren’t formally recognised but does anyone with the “discouraged” or “self-destructive” subtype have any advice for how cope when you feel like you don’t deserve something and self-sabotage by getting overwh
Hello Sane Forum, I am writing to you today from one of Brisbane’s finest psychiatric wards after experiencing my first bipolar blackout and very nearly ending up dead. Feeling fine aside from when trigger topics come up. I’m now being treat
To be whole again Hey all. Ever wonder why things don't go right or why life is distorted and difficult to understand ? I was once experiencing these facts of life. It took me a few years to understand my purpose and function in life. As I overcame m
Hi.... I learnt today that hospitals in Victoria have surveys called "YES surveys" which consumers fill out and give in about how they find the service. Have never used it because I thought it just goes back to the service and I know from experi
ever wonder why Hello to all those who read this post. I have read a lot of fascinating and wonderful posts of late. Our lives can be dictated by influences that are not so nice. However there are influences that are nice. To be influenced by things
Hi Everyone I’ve talked to myself to varying degrees for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I get very loud, vocal and at times very angry. Sometimes the content is harmless, other times it is grotesque and shameful. Sometimes it is a quiet mumblin
ever wonder why Hello all. My apologies for being dormant the past couple of weeks. I am in the process of beginning a new film project. A lot to do and a lot to organize. I have been extremely busy as I have begun doing computer courses to get mysel
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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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