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Has anyone done this in regards to how they have been treated in the public health system? Both my psychologist and case manager have encouraged me to put in a complaint. Not something that I would usually do, and feels like too much of an effort, bu
Right now i feel like im fighting every cell in my body to not self harm. Its taken years to get out of the habit but it still seems to be the first thought when things get rough. Right now things are still extremely rough and just the next thing t
Hi. Ive battled alcohol most of my adult life just to stop the thoughts that I have flying through my brain.Ive been sober now for 5+ years but have had an opoid habit (ceased) since then. I have always been put as a paranoid schizophrenic. Recently thoug
So much for a fresh start and a good year
I don't know what to do. I'm suicidal around the clock with random good times when I get a break and it seems that all is well. I can't find help anywhere. There is an array of supposed helpful places and numbers to call, but nothing that helps me develop
Sometimes I struggle to understand what is actually real.. so much of our psychological and physical experience is based on how we are molded by our lives. There are so many points of view and perspectives these days.. how can we sort out fact from f
Does anyone feel like there's more than one conciousness within them? It's hard to describe and is not like dissociative identify disorder with alters etc. My experience is more like I have me, the concious mind I'm aware of, but then feel like my body ha
I'm currently not feeling right. Not actively suicidal but I don't want to be here, chronic cannabis dependency, a questionable BPD diagnosis, pmdd, just to name a few. I've been looking at my private mental health hospital options in NSW and I'm so overw
So i was meant to see my pdoc today and the whole plan fell through. Apparently "due to covid" the doctor wasn't even told i was in the office. Work that out. He rang me instead, but my phone is on silent... not the point. It's like they were using covid
I thought therapists were more like doctors or dentists where you would get some sort of straight answer and it would be extremely professional. I had no idea it would be talk therapy if I did I wouldn't have gone. Anyway I had a nightmarish childhood lon
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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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