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Hi all, posted awhile back about my struggles with severe health anxiety. They haven’t gotten any better and my overall depression and anxiety have gotten much, much worse. today I start my journey with antidepressants/ anti anxiety med
I’m new here. Trying to figure out how it all works. I have a chronic health condition and a very afraid of the intense physical pain it causes me. It’s really affecting my mental health
you know when you're trying to express how distressed you are about your situation, and people pay lip service to being concerned but actually they're deliberately withholding and putting it all back onto you? isn't that sick and twisted?
the worst type of abuse is when you try to reach out to people for support and they ignore you and make it really conspicuous that they are doing that conspicuous how? making noncommittal remarks that look on the surface like support, but are ac
Hi, I really hope this is ok to post; I have read the guidelines so think it is ok. Please let me know if it isn’t. TW: Intimacy My partner of 2 years has just told me about a fetish he has. Content/trigger warning (Highlight to read)We have
I want to die, but I can't leave my family behind, I don't want to worsen there mental health too.
of course I'm alone, that's the whole point withhold all genuine support and crank up the emotional abuse, manipulation and gaslighting even here, which was expected because everyone here is anonymous torturing someone feels great doesn't i
paranoia is the "unrealistic belief that other people want to harm us" (daniel freeman) if the belief is realistic, then it's not paranoia corrupt cops are trying to make my life miserable because they can't do their job properly and have decide
I just don't feel like doing anything, I just want to sleep forever.
Pretty much the title. I have been under a lot of stress for a couple weeks. There was a bad breakup to a friendship. I'm trying to study, etc. Just stuff really. Emotionally I had a little bit of a forest fire going a week ago. Then I did something which
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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.
SANE acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.
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