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So it's been a rather challenging week eh?R U OK?No I'm not but I'll be fine. I've just go to pull my head in and bust my gut working to the very best of my ability.R U using work as an escapism?Yes I guess I am but it's better than any other alternatives
Hi. Is there anyone else who would be permitted or even encouraged to work from home, but just can't handle it?I'm anxious as hell, after being pretty much free of anxiety/PTSD for a few years until March. Work lets me work from work, but my bos
Hello, I'm new to the forum and really just reaching out. Loving mother of two teenage kids and wife, I have Bipolar 1. I find that all things considered, I've been the best mum and wife I can be and have an amazing husband as support. Mostly, we liv
Hello, this is the first time I am sharing about my mental health on a public forum such as this. It is very daunting however I am at my wits end. I am not sure if this will do anything or help at all, I am mostly hoping I could find a likeminded person t
hello. I've been in the forums for years, but don't post much. I'm diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. I've been on and off antipsychotics for 27 years (eek). I have noticed that my tongue doesn't stay completely still sometimes. I'
I was drugged by my ex. It was mdma. I thought I was going hysterical. he would often abuse me and sexually abuse me. he hurt me bad before he suicided. He drugged me a few times to my knowledge . I know now he used a lot of drugs.😔I don
Just to help you know why there is a trigger warning I was sexually abused from a very young age and I mean it started when I was well under 5years old till I was 19. I still struggle immensely but for some reason I find some things easier to say in the f
Seems to me that a lot of us got here through trauma as a result of crimes against us. They took away our sense of control. What do you think is the secret to getting it back?
In the last few days my OCD and intrusive thoughts have gotten really bad and I'm struggling. I can barely sleep, eat or do anything or even remember anything coherently. I know I have no intent on my thoughts or impulses but I have to do my compulsions a
Unfortunately or maybe even fortunately I cannot go back and trace family mental health history. I think I know enough anyway. On my mother's side, my mother's mother I believe had mental health issues. I'm not sure what exactly but mental health issues.
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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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