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For the past few weeks I've been starting to get worried about how I'm going to deal with my parents who I'll be living with for about 2 wks over the Xmas/New Year period (I live interstate and visit them). We get on well enough, but it's difficult going
You know, because having it once a year isn’t enough. 😏😏 I had shingles 6 months ago, and after an itchy day yesterday and last night the tingling/burning started along with the rash. Quick trip to local hossie this morning, caught it in ti
Hi everyone my question is - how do you make big life decisions when you have a mental illness ? i’m not referring to decisions about health care in this case, I have to make a decision about a job. How do you know when your thoughts about the decis
Hi, my papers for NDIS arrived and I have an appt with the gp to fill them out tomorrow morning. Problem is I have known him for almost 20 years and he has treated all the family; he's part doc, part friend. I feel really uncomfortable about s
I was diagnosed with BP2 earlier this year and have been taking my medicine since. (around 3 months). I hate it. I am confused, have trouble concentrating, I am anxious, my feelings are dull or non existent, I am not as alert, my creative side has be
Hello all, I am writing this post because I feel like I've exhausted all of my options in regards to treatment over the previous four years and am not much better off for it so I've found myself hopeless beyond speaking about my experience and hoping
Hello. I have never spoken out before about my Mental health, however, I do know that I am suffering in silence.I tried once to have a discusson with my mother, and she told me that I was being silly and that I had to much to be thankful for.
I am having a rough time with bad thoughts slipping back in and it makes me feel sick to my stomach. I have no one to reach out to, not that I would have the guts to anyway. There is part of me that wants to be able to move on with my life but then there
Today, for the first time in 40years I’ve confronted the absolute horror of my childhood. How dare these people steal my life and leave such a screwed up f###ing mess behind. I’m so angry and hurt I just want to scream. I just w
Hi, I received 12 sessions of ECT in May this year for treatment of a bipolar mixed episode. OK sure it got rid of my symptoms but has left me with a feeling of permanent disconnect from reality - it's a sensory thing, my experience of the world is v
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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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