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im sorry about the rant. its been 3 weeks of nonstop fear and dread and intrusive thought spirals. i havent gone an hour without thinking about the things that scare me most. i started medication on thursday but all its done is make me feel worse nor
I have multiple mental illnesses including Bipolar 2, cptsd, OCD, social anxiety. I’m also neurodivergent, ADHD and ASD. I already have tons of labels and a lot going on. I’m getting assessed for an ED on Monday during my psych appointment, I reckon I mee
Hi, I'm in my 40s [edited by moderator], I suffer from long term chronic illness that causes severe fatigue, permanent headache, prevents me from working (I've been on a disability pension for most of my adult life, but I'm not on the NDIS). I'm su
How do we restablish confidence in ourselves? I'm quite happy to give advice to other people and console a friend if they were feeling discouraged. Yet, why is it so hard for me to deal that same kindness to myself? I constantly find mysel
18M. I’ve been diagnosed with depression and screened as likely level 1 ASD with ADHD. I’ve been struggling for over three years now, and earlier on I was very active in trying to find solutions and develop coping strategies. So at this point I have a ver
Hi, This will be my first experience with any mental health support. A few weeks ago, I may have experienced my first "panic attack." I don't want to diagnose myself, but I was struggling to breathe and needed to force myself to do heavy breathing fo
I know people here are not doctors but I was wondering if anyone has had anything like this happen to them. So was sitting down the other day and lost all feeling from waist down not pins and needles it was as if the lower part of the body was just turned
I am currently in a rehab facility. Was doing well, then had a PTSD trigger. Rehab is not the place to dive into my unhealed trauma but im struggling to stop the flashbacks. I know I need to focus on my recovery so I am more equipped & stronger t
Hey all, So I work a full time job now, its not in my field of study so I still need to search for a job in my field. Though, my field which is in AI is hard to get into as a graduate, and so with that I also need to build a portfolio of my wor
20F. I've always struggled with intrusive thoughts to an uncomfortable extent but I seem to be in a spiral I can't escape from and it's been upsetting me for weeks. Deeply upsetting existential thoughts and images have bee. common for the past two weeks a
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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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