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Content/trigger warning (Highlight to read)I'm a 36 year old mother of two. I've struggled with compulsive eating all my life, have been treated for my eating disorder before, but it continues weighting on me each day and bringing me down. Motherhood hasn
There only seems to be one way out of this right now. I've tried other avenues but it all just leads me right back here. Can't take it anymore.
Does anyone sometimes when their having a really bad day, think of self harm but don’t have plans to act on it. It’s kinda like a thought u think of that clams u down or makes the pain go away for a little bit just to know there is way out if things get t
So today my support worker asked me regarding my mental health if there was any kind of indication that it ran in my family. She's young and didn't mean for it to be hurtful in any way, she was just being curious, I think. She's been with me f
I’m sitting here tonight, pondering the acceptance of what I’m going through instead of fighting it.!! Christmas has been really tough for me the last three years due to a traumatic event I’ve been healing through trauma counselling and it’s been re
Hello, I live alone, widowed and my children live many many hours drive away….I live in a remote area of NSW…..I only get seldom message every so often from one of them….the other two I don’t hear from…if I ring them they don’t answer my calls
I’m struggling with my head it just keeps going around and around lately. Trying to distract. I just feel like this cycle is going to keep happening. I get ok and I revert back to old patterns of shame, anxiety and just feeling low. Just running on empty
Hi everyone I just got out of hospital yesterday after being there for about 6 weeks and while I am excited to be home I am struggling to adjust a little which I know is totally normal but idk how to make it a little easier cause I just feel so odd at the
@tyme hey hun I've fallen off the surf board. Feeling overwhelmed. No money to move waiting on housing to pay bond hopefully they do. Hope I get the Nils loan next week. Just so much on my shoulders. Flatmate has been un
I have been experiencing severe anxiety and depression since June when I submitted my honours thesis. I have survived years of bullying at school and in the workplace. I am really struggling at the moment and have had thoughts about self harm. I am ok now
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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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