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Hi this is my first post i had anxiety for most of my life i have my ups and down i started taking large amounts of magics mushroom evey couple of days while i was depressed for a year which ended me trying to hurt myself while i was on mushro
Today my adult son who has been manipulated @& brainwashed against me his entire life by my narcissitic mother ( who's died) & her very evil narcissitic husband-& his absent father & his toxic family- told me he wished I had died inst
The title really says it all. Life is not treating me kindly. I guess nobody has smooth sailing in life, but it (life) just gets me down. I read somewhere that my brain chemistry is unlikely to ever be the way it was before mental illness, I guess it is t
Hello all, I wonder if others feel like this sometimes. im having a hard time reconnecting with my care team after the silly season and a suicide attempt about two months ago. I feel something is broken and I can’t put my hand on it and ther
I've never been on here before but feel like I need to talk to people who might get my struggle. I have chronic depression and anxiety and ptsd. I'm 32 and in past 2.5 years i have burnt out from my welfare job, ended my 12 year relationship, moved in wit
Hi, This is the first time posting here. I'm a man in my early 30's and I have social anxiety and quite severe and persistant depression. Up until early October last year, I was living with my Dad. My Dad unfortunately passed away suddenly in h
I am so depressed & overwhelmed- I literally do not want to exist anymore-I am not suicidal or going to harm myself or anyone else- I just don't want to exist . I am Trauma Bonded to my mother who is dead -she was a covert narcissist & abusive &am
Today I had two hours when my daughter went to a school friends house for a play- this is LITERALLY the first time we have spent apart since school holidays broke out last year as she has been with me 100% sleeping in my bed at night & with me a
I’m not a real person. I’m a bad person. I shouldn’t be alive. How can I go on knowing I’m so bad I’m not real? Why was I created only to fail? What do I do now?
Hello All, Coming back to Sane Forums after Two fairly longish breaks has been emotional because of all of you writing to me of your affection and I've noticed how you have all managed your lives in quite physically difficult and twisty emotional tim
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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.
SANE values diversity. We are committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive service for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.
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