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In the last 2 years life has been shockingly horrific for me. In September 2024 my husband died & 2 days later I found out he’d been cheating. In the January of 2025 my mum fell & broke her hip. She also has Alzheimers & after surgery she was
Does anyone have advice for finding ways to rest when in neurodivergent burnout that don’t cause you to spiral more?I know I should take time off work, but I know at the moment I don’t have capacity to make myself do even recovery-oriented activities with
Does anyone who struggles with OCD ever had an experience with derealisation? it’s been happening for the past couple days and it’s so scary.
Hi everyone,Following on from some chats in the welcome space, I wanted to create a dedicated thread for anyone navigating PMDD, perimenopause, or the chaotic overlap of both.They’re big buzzwords at the moment, but living through the physical and emotion
Hi. My sister just died. Police and Ambos came and left. I'm a 4hr drive away. My grandma's going to wake up soon to me and my husband being there and will know something is up. Mum is also at risk at dying of a broken heart or suiciding. How do I/we tell
i feel so trapped and alone because of my chronic pain. i hate having to wake up in pain, thinking of the worst situations, having to think twice over actions before acting on it to prevent aggravating the pain, even when making slight moves or shifts whi
Advice needed please. I cannot stop picking my skin, it is without thought as soon as my hands aren't busy, they are automatically searching for something to fidget with - and subconsciously it is my own skin. Mostly the face, it looks horrible and is rea
I don’t know if this appropriate to post here but here goes.I don’t know how much longer I can do this. Not a day goes by where I’m not being bombarded by some comment about how dumb, evil, and wrong whatever gender, race, age demographic, side of the pol
hey, im so frustrated at myself. anxiety and panic keep getting in the way of my life at times and it makes me feel really down. for example: i was going to go for a walk somewhere today and as i was driving i feel anxiety and panic start to creep in and
Yesterday attended a medication workshop I felt myself I think slipping into and out of phyosis superviser was softly spoken the slides were small writing got my glasses out to read them that didn't help. As in a earlier post I was caught on the job smoki
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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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