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I just went to a counselling session told the lady - "I feel like I'm having a breakdown- I don't know what a breakdown feels like- but I feel like I'm having one "- told her I'd been on crisis line call all morning crying & feeling like I'm about to
I feel so trapped- i v let my daughter down so much iv made terrible decisions & now I aM trapped in a corner with no way out. I can't function or live in the real world because I was never taught how by my family who abused me all my life
I feel like screaming at the top of my lungs but won’t even be noticed. or I feel like I’m riding the rapids in a leaky boat about to tumble over the cascades. Nothing brings me pleasure not even chocolate. I’m just going through the motions day in
Hi. I have a couple questions regarding auditory hallucinations. When should I be concerned? For those who have experienced this, how often did it occur? I'm a 27 yo male. I've had 4 or 5 over the span of 3 years. The first one really freaked m
Hello everyone, I am sure I am not the only one who struggles with this, so I thought I’d start a threat where we can all share our experience. I’ve become quite a hermit in the past few years, got worse after losing job, friends... and I’ve isolat
i am not sure what to do meds are not an option as i have tried nearly all of them (my psychiatrist even says there isnt anything left to try) but i am having a hard time i am not even sure if it is psychosis or if it is real but i guess most people
I feel awful. I’ve been crying all the way home. Struggling to cope. Could really use a friendly ear right about now. Voices going beserk! I’ve been averaging only a few hours of sleep per night and then pulling 13hrs out of the house working. This cannot
I have just recently been discharged from hospital after receiving ECT therapy for a depressive episode however I am now confused as my discharge summary doesn’t have bipolar as the main diagnoses but depression with complications from borderline personal
Hello.I'm not coping at all. I miss my husband so much i lived for him.
I am so fed up with all of this. i try and do something "good" and it just screws everything up. i tried going to bed early because i thought i needed to get up and that it would be good to go to bed before freaking 5am but no i couldnt sleep and just lay
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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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