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Hello community. I’m reaching out for support and encouragement. I’ve been in APARC for over two weeks. They started a tapering off my medicine so I can start a new medicine 9 days ago. The tapering had been very very fast and I’m totally not coping. The
I was diagnosed in 2018, in my early 40's, when I began hearing persecutory religious voices, predominantly Christian in nature and threatening eternal hell beyond the grave, very devastating and potent for a religious believer. I never took recreational
Hi everyone, I want to preface this with that I do not have, nor do I want, a diagnosis of BPD. I know it’s quite commonly comorbid with my diagnoses (ASD, CPTSD, DID, and formerly Schizophreniform Disorder), and I do experience BPD-specific symptoms that
Good news: I recently found a way to tell my family that I have OCD, and specifically about the aspects of my Self-Harm OCD which really frighten me. They've been supportive, although I'm not sure they fully grasp how devastating this is to live with... W
Good morning everyone Just a little bitnof encouragement. If you are reading this younare still here. Even when you are feeling good or ok. It's alright to know that sometimes you won't. As long as you are
Trigger warning Content/trigger warning (Highlight to read)I was violated, I’ve never felt right since I was a child I felt something bad had happened to me and it took a mental snap for it to flood back I was sexually abused from 8 through to 13 u
Life is really kicking my ass right now, and I feel like I keep making descions that dont align with me. But I also dont really have a sense of who I am and where Im going. I just left a 4 year relationship. Its been tearing me up inside. I havent ha
I went to see my GP this morning. What a waste of time. It's been brewing for a while. I never feel understood. He doesn't communicate with me directly but spends his time, sideways to me, putting together a report on his computer. I try to develop a rapp
I have a good heart. I know I have a lot to offer and a lot of love to give. I deserve close friends in my life like anyone else. One day the right people will stay no matter how badly I mess up. No matter how my mental health manifests itself.
Just in a bad mood today. I didn't have a good session with my psych at the start of the week and now I dunno when my next appointment is (maybe the week after next, maybe the following?) and asking him about it is not an option. I yel
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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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