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I said online that I was feeling lonely, because no-one has ever liked me. Oh, no-one's going to love you the second they meet you. I mean REALLY don't like me. I've never been invited anywhere, or had anyone approach me. Not even out of sympath
Hey there, everyone. Just feeling more than a little terror-struck at the moment and had to put my thoughts down as a record of my life unravelling. I went to a local social place yesterday to see if I could break out of this slipstream and meet new
Hi, I've had depression and anxiety since I was roughly 10 years old and I'm now going to be 27 this year. I've had a pretty rough go of things. I was raised by a single Mum who didn't have support who was also mentally ill and made some pretty poor
Hi, I’m new here. Diagnosed bipoar for years and usually nicely under control. A single mum of two amazing kids. The last few months I’ve been in the darkest hole I’ve ever been in and trying all I can to claw out of it. My ex is amazing, we have a great
The first step is to learn how to spell the word "harassment". I have mandatory sexual harassment training for my new job soon. This is the first time I've really done it. There was a short presentation we had to go through at my previous job, and I
I feel like I am going mad. Post menopause and no more estrogen and daily heat flashes and body aches and pains, plenty of anxiety and being misunderstood by the gp. I told her I am an anxious person, she said dont be anxious, I have anxiety with hea
Hi everyone, First post for me. I have Depression & take medication. I am not feeling unhappy, am not anxious at all, just feel extremely flat, unmotivated, like everything that needs doing is huge & I just cant manage it. The objectiv
My talk-therapist (lets call her Dr D) has become frustrated with me, and declared me to be repeatedly resistant to change, even occasionally combative. I am inclined to reject the claim when stated as strongly and as generalised as that. However, I under
I am a reject.Unemployed, health issues, broke & useless but for some reason the world is bent on keeping me alive and torturing me. After a recent stroke I am now in the position of giving up my health care because I can't afford to travel and a
I feel like I'm quickly falling into a black twisted hole I can't get out of. I have years of mental torture with PTSD and suicidal ideation. I wrote this the other night after a nightmare woke me with physical pain. It's not a suicide letter, it's j
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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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