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I have an email that I have to reply to, ideally by tomorrow. When I first read the email yesterday afternoon I couldn't make it through to the end without becoming intensely angry. The second time, just glancing at it brought back the same anger.
(This may be triggering)A letter to my brother who sexually abused me when I was 9-12 yrs old - Dear (brother)I am writing to you to tell you that I hate you for what you did to me as a child. You abused me whe
Hi, I have been on the last few days talking about being suicidal and threatening to end therapy, etc. I saw my therapist tonight. He doesn't seem to be willing to give up on me or realize that I am a hopeless case. He's not afraid of my
Therapy on Tuesday. Nerves are setting in. I've had eight therapists in my lifetime. Only two were good therapists, the one I am seeing and the previous one which left due to a new job. The rest were hopeless a couple of them were
Hi all,Has anyone been so overcome with anxiety that their throat has become tight and they're terrified to eat for dear of choking??I was doing OK after my last post - thank you everyone for your support and great tips - and was making progress. I was ea
My mother died in a dementia unit August 28 this year at 82. I'm one of 4 sibling sisters. One of them is narcisistic and ruined our relationship with our mother for 3 of us sisters, we could not have a relationship with our mother so we not in her life f
Hello, I’m new here, and maybe not particularly great with introductions in my current state of mind. I’ve struggled with mental illness for over half my life now, moments where I felt I was “rid of my illness” only to heavily relapse two years ago which
Hi, I have been married for 14 years now and have a 11 year old son. I walked out of his home 7 years back when I couldnt get along with his parents and he wasnt ready to live separately with him. He would come and see me and my son on weekends. But as my
I'm struggling with black and white thinking big time. I had been in recovery a very long time where I could recognized these thoughts before I even said them. Then my grandpa died this summer and then I started watching myself say crazy black and white t
I applied for and was granted my dream job then I had to fill in a online document and answer a few questions including mental health history. Well I didn't admit to having any mental health history and now I am worried that they will find out.
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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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