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I am on a number of online help forums, and find the time limit put there not enough, eg. lifeline.org give you 30 mins chatting to someone and then you have to start again. I find when I write I express better, but also find the other party
Hi All, To cut right to it; I am at a point where some issues have tipped over the point of being able to manage on my own and really in need of some support/guidance/advice on a next step. I'm someone that has battled bouts of depressi
Hi, I’ve just discovered this site and have read a few discussions and I am amazed and encouraged by how supportive and open everyone is here. I am working through complex PTSD with a Psychiatrist and also a Psychologist using CBD, also Exposure Ther
Well not only has my psychiatrist and mental health nurse said no to me giving up my medications but my psychologist said the same today .... I have completely lost my identity thanks to my mi and now my medications. I am neither one nor the other. Neithe
I have given up now - no one can say it was not without a fight. But then no one on heaven and earth would give a damn anyway. I gave from the heart and it was a joy to help others. I felt such peace with that. I never did it for anything in return ever,
Hi there. I am wondering whether anyone out there is going through perimenopause or menopause with diagnosed bipolar disorder. Any treatments or ideas to counter the extreme effects? I'm not coping at all and it is affecting my work, life and the small nu
I’m not sure what posting here is going to do or what I’m hoping for.. I guess I’m just alone and.. I don’t know.. I’m tired. Physically and mentally. I am constantly full of anxiety and overwhelmed by life. I feel like I’ve tried. I’ve tried for ov
Hi, I don't know what to say really it's pretty hard, I don't talk about feelings. But I saw this on tv and thought it might help. So a quick background I am manic depressive, and some other things in not sure what they really mean, some psychotic disorde
Hi first time poster. So on the 7th of October I broke down in front of my friends for the first time. I’ve always been pretty good at hiding it. I’d had a couple of drinks but it seemed I couldn’t really hold back. I had to leave and
Hi, I’ve had pretty bad anxiety for as l can remember. I think it’s bordering being obsessive compulsive. This is going to be a long post but I need reassurance that this is all my anxiety and I’m not a terrible person. I’m 21 and I have a 6 month old dau
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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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