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Hi all, so just some background,Im 22 this year. I've had 4 past depressive episodes ever since I was 16. For the past 4 times, I always end up withdrawing from and losing most my friends and family(was never really close to them from the start)
So I know that this is a question I myself can only answer, but I just don’t know. I can’t answer that for myself. I dont know how to explain what’s going on inside my head but I’ll try the best I can. I am, 20 years old, engaged
I’ve been to a few therapists and always leave feeling unsatisfied. I have issues dealing with loss and coping with insecurities. Each time I go to a therapist I feel like I’m sitting there talking to myself for 45 minutes. Maybe I don’t understand what t
i have been in a relationship for almost 6 years now and i know him so well, he thinks he has me fooled but I have lived with that before, he is a liar but I have lived with worse and again I am bidding my time...when I have the resources I am out of ther
I proposed to my boyfriend a few months ago. It was spur of the moment but something that had been on my mind several months. He said he wasnt ready. Ever since then I feel like I'm looking at everything as signs he never wants to get married or move in t
Background20 years ago I left my husband and daughters.Big vicious custody battle.Eldest daughter wouldn't speak to me for 5 years.Eldest and youngest daughters lived with there father.Middle daughter lived with me.I remarried 16 years ago, to a wonderful
Hi, I have a long time friend on facebook, great looking guy, within an hours drive. I told him ages back that I was atttacted to him, at which point he told me he was in a relationship. That was it for me, the sisterhood before men. Any
Hi there,A bit about myself - I was diagnosed with first-episode psychosis in 2014 and I've been on antipsychotic medication ever since. Currently, I am still experiencing what my psychiatrist calls negative symptoms of schizophrenia, such as lack of
This may seem weird, but I need help:If I tell you to conceptualize something like: "she's not happy ", what happens in your mind? Or "there are no bananas left in the fridge". Or ''Not all the kids were big''. When you guys read a text or listen to someo
I have BPD and I know it stems from childhood abuse. My mother was abusive to me in every way possible. Anyhow, it's affecting my current relationship with my boyfriend of 5 years. We've lived together for the last 4.5 years. I'm not always honest with hi
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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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