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I feel this immense pain in my heart and trauma in my body that sucks me down to oblivion very quickly.I have people who care but...the stress is too great for them,or they don't get it, they just feel helpless to change anything,or they just have th
A friend of mine crossed boundaries in a way that had a major impact on me. It made a horrible situation so much worse for me. I know she didn't intend harm in fact she probably thought she was doing good, and I know she was influenced by others but I hav
Hi all new to this forum.My story started 3 years ago when I developed multiple symptoms without a diagnosis and being stuck daily with pain. It started with stabbing ear pain in both ears and moved onto stabbing pain in both temples and soreness bot
Im feeling pretty overwhelmed today. Pain wise is pretty hard. I tried to call my Pain Specialist but their office is shut Thursday's and Friday's so I rang my GP Clinic and they were able to squeeze me in. One of the reasons I like them is they kn
Heya all, I have never joined a community or posted anywhere about anything like this, but I have complex PTSD which has been compounding and gone completely untreated for 18 years, since everything started. I have always held things toge
I'm no stranger to dark thoughts but this is probably the worst it has been in a long time. This court stuff is my final breaking point. Everything has stacked up to this point and it's actually all come down now. Can't bare any more weight or hurt. I can
Today I got told by the 4th psychiatrist that I have been referred to that they are not taking on new patients and that they don’t have a waiting list so I have to try someone else. I’m so over this. I have paid my GP 4 times now for theses referrals and
Ten weeks wait to see a general counsellor... I actually bit into my lip. It's the first time I've done that on purpose. It felt good.
I’m not coping well today., The SH and Suicidal ideation and urges has intensified… I don’t I can hold it off much longer… all I can think of is how to end my own life., the constant vivid imagery of ways and how’s to do it as well the real like feeling o
Bitter is the only word I can think of but it is stronger than that. As many of you know I have had a few migranes the last 2 days. Today I feel like absolute crap, pretty light sensitive. Kinda like its trying to have another migrane. Many wou
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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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