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How has people's mental illness effected their children? I worry what my mental illness is doing to my children. In the last couple of years I am not the same mother I once was. My mental illness has changed me in so many ways and I worry how it effects t
I am FURIOUS!! by accident my daughters Literacy school book came home today- ( I thought it was homework book) -Let me tell you - the number of MISTAKES in her spelling- pages that have been MARKED by the TEACHER - & the spelling mistakes NOT CORRECT
Sunday afternoon and Monday mornings.. tend to be my hardest times. My anxiety creeps in until it tries to over run my system. I have weekends off work and go back each Monday. I generally like my work too. But I hate this feeling. I hate the hot flu
Hi I’m new to this forum and I just needed a place to talk.I moved to a new city over a year ago where I don’t know anyone apart from my partner and I’m so depressed I can barely breathe. I cry everyday, I have totally lost the will to live, I hardly go o
My wife has a mental illness. I have been struggling for the past two years to get her help but the health professionals do not think that she has an illness. She has no insight and doesn't think she is ill. I have young children in her care and are at ri
Hi to all wonderful forum people, sometimes I find that the journey just will not end. I strive to "fix it" and ignore it and keep ongoing. As per usual I have no ability to shift denial for the first month. It is so much better to do the stoicism thing.
Are bipolar and ocd connected? Do you get OCD from childhood trauma. My son has extreme OCD as well as me. Is it hereditry?
I am getting a little worried but also i am not sure if i should be i havent been to sleep before 4am for weeks and i go nearly all day without eating or drinking and have been very physically active and studying 4-5 or more hours a day. i am up at 8am mo
I've been a shut in for the past 5 years now and I don't know what to do. I dropped out of school and I've never had a job before either. I don't ever leave the house and these last few weeks I've rarely left my own room and skipped taking care of my own
I was diagnosed with anxiety 5 years ago. Went on and off medication initially because I wanted to ‘tough it out’. I accepted the medication and therapy and have been off medication for 3 years. Just before Christmas my psychologist (who I have been worki
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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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