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Hi,I’ve been battling bad depression for a few weeks and I’ve tried to reach out for online help but it hasn’t been useful. I have a referral for a new psych and sen my GP and put in placemy usual skills (which I learnt for anxiety) but this is a horrible
Hi there. I am feeling like I'm taking a huge risk by posting this. I am a 50 year old virgin. I am still not 100% about how I got here. Apologies for the very long post by the way. I think the issue started when I was in primary school where I was
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I have had a panic attack not long ago, I have bipolar and bpd and I'm in a bad way but can't figure out how to get out of this but I'm ready to leave tonight and I have no one I can go to that will understand. I hate this life I hate everything about it.
For years I have wanted a clean start, new job, new house, new town, new relationship. My marriage is broken but I had to return back to the family home when covid hit and I had a lot of troubles with kids and work. I have since returned to uni and m
At different times during the last few decades I’ve had people tell me I show OCD signs, things they refer to I have got used to doing but know they are not the same as most people. Looking for any one else who do similar things or OCD in general.
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I have been really struggling with panic attacks today. My anxiety just won’t seem to settle down and I can’t sleep. Im scared if I go to sleep I won’t wake up and im a single mum it’s just me and my son. There is no reason to feel like this. Im phys
Ok so I don’t know if I am being unreasonable about this situation. Basically I keep seeing all these teens and young people close to my age self diagnosing off TikTok with mental illnesses most of them are autism and adhd but some of them are diagn
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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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