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I hope this is the right place to post, still new here. I guess I’m wondering if anyone else feels like I do, I am not fully diagnosed for a plethora of reasons but the main one is that I’m scared and I would have a lot of trouble trying to explain w
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For months I have been having bad dreams and waking up distressed and upset that this is my reality. I feel so defeated
A couple of months ago, I was screened for ASD and ADHD. I meet the DSM 5 criteria for autism and inattentive type adhd. ADHD has been on my radar for ages, but autism came as quite a shock. Now I'm noticing more than ever some of my autistic traits. Toda
My response to fear is paranoia, searching for potential threats and aggression to scare off any harm I might suffer. This does not help when I am doing these things with the woman I very much love and want to spend my life with. She is traumatised by my
I'm in my early 20's now and I thought these would be my wonder years, they're filled with spikes of anxiety, eyes on me and rather than using alcohol as a way to party with my friends I've been using it as a coping mechanism without even realising it. I
I posted something last night at like 10:30pm come back on just now at 1:30 and it’s been moved why what did I do
I’m at my breaking point. Everything is happening at once and I just can’t cope anymore. I feel like crying all the time
(TW: Discussion of an eating disorder.) I recently had some testing done, and today the results came back. My ED has caused internal physical damage. I didn't even know that this type of damage could occur in someone like me, since I'm still relative
Hi all, happy Tuesday. So I have crippling anxiety and ocd which was well managed for years until mid last year after a panic attack I had a major set back and I’m still no where near back on track. I can barely leave the house besides going to
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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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