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Hello, im really upset about people, trashy news channels included, taking the piss out of children’s education to protect them from harm. Every child has the right to decide who touches them and when and it is important that they learn about their
To start with, I’m a 30 year old female. I’ve been in treatment for mental illness since I was 16 - initially anorexia and depression - and my diagnoses have changed so much over the years. Most recently I was told I had bipolar 2 and OSFED. This was by a
I hope my internet will be back on in the morning....I called the ISP and they said 1 hr wait time so I let it go
I feel like the "better" I seem to be coping with depression-like symptoms, the more the space they had been taking up gets filled with an existential ennui which feels different but is no less bothersome. I'm outwardly a very functional person - I have a
How do you put into words how you are feeling and not coping. Trying to reach out and getting no where. Oh we’re having another episode. Just want to go back to sleep. Its peaceful there if no nightmares.
Hey everyone. I am new (only just signed up tonight, as per recommendations by my psychologist).I am looking for some words or wisdom of finding hope. I feel like I am in this dark void, that seems to be consuming me terribly. I am allowing it to consume
So I am not sure what types of social media people use but i have noticed that it is getting quite common on some platforms for younger people espceially to "self diagnose" with mental health issues. I know not everyone in the world has access to medical
Hi everybody, I'm new here and have been reading posts last night to get me through this cavernous loneliness I'm experiencing. It's a constant spectre and when it is at it's worst, it feels like I'm being swallowed up into an abyss. Everything makes me s
I've been seeing the same psychologist since 2010 and he practices CBT. I really don't think that it's working anymore or maybe it never did at all because my thoughts haven't changed like they are meant to. So I'm wondering if anything else would. I stil
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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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