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I want to be honest. I have been on the Disability Support Pension since 1983. I have had many ups and downs. Mainly downs. Right now I have never been in such a trough. Never before have I actually made plans for suicide. I have actually started making p
Hey so I don’t really know what to say but I’ve always been depressed and low on life for as long as I've known, was always the shy kid and it's no different at 25. The biggest issue at the forefront of my mind is that I don’t know how to be sociable, I d
This is my first post so not sure if I'm doing the right thing.I've been struggling these past few weeks with my mental health getting worse. I have CPTSD, dissociative amnesia and depression and they are all causing problems. I've been getting new memori
Hi forumites, I am returning to the forums after a break, with a new user name. I have schizoaffective disorder with depression. I was hospitalised for a psychotic episode late last year and after some tweaking of medication I have now recovered fro
Hello All, i hope you’re well & have something to look forward to on the weekend. i have a question. Up until I had a major breakdown that required hospitalisation in my late 30s I never knew there was something ‘wrong’ with me. I never knew
I’m so anxious and stressed about this new medication nobody told me what meds I can take and not take, I’ve asked my doctors clinic they don’t know, called my pharmacy they didn’t want to hear it. It interferes with some of my other meds that I take. I’v
So much for free health care in Australia! Sure i had heaps of mental health support growing up and as a young adult but now im nearing 30 with a diagnosis of bipolar, depression and anxiety plus probably also undiagnosed OCD and PTSD. Theres
good evening I have been on a particular medication for a month now, will take many more months, so it wait and see.I have tried many other mainly. With middle age and other minor uses. I was wondering if anyone has experience and can explain how it impac
Distance dividing me from the world.I am here existing, but only that.All around me are the props of my loneliness.I am an extra that did not merit a credit.I can no longer be shunned or scornedFor I exist not, to those who would.The days grow longe
Hey there everyone. I'm a complete newby here. Feel a bit awkward sharing my situation. I've been with my current wife for over 30 years. We have 2 beautiful daughters together and have been through alot of ups and downs. Things changed dramatically when
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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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