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Hi everyone,So I have GAD, Hypochondria and Obsessive thoughts as well as a few compulsions and I'm on SSRI's for my various anxiety disorders and it's been brilliant and i'm only on 10mg a low does and I have been for months and it's been great but both
Thinking this would help someone, I wanted to tell you about my serious bouts with panic attacks this year, how it progressed and how I eventually got better. It started the last week of February of 2018. I was sitting in my office when I had s
Hi, I’m in a bit of a hole, stuck and trying to figure out what my psych is saying about involving my carer and friend. I can see the adverts about the you can talk campaign and various other campaigns to break the stigma and also RUOK day com
I have been smoking for several years. I am a hard smoker and now I understand that it harms my health, especially now, when my husband and I begin thinking about a baby. I decided to quit cold turkey of course, but now I realize that it is a hard wa
I have no idea why but I am feeling really triggered right now which is making me irritable. I just snapped at my partner for giving me a hug but I just want space I need my bubble why can't he understand that
I have just been diagnosed with MCI (mild cognitive impairment) by a geriatrician. I am in my fifties so seeing a geriatrician is not something I thought I would be doing. Have to admit there is relief to find out what is going on. I thought I was going m
trying to keep calm but in a major don't know what to do situation. Heard screaming next door some yelling then a crash more screaming and now it's quite but I don't know if I should call police or just leave it, I don't know if someone needs h
I fall to pieces when my lover has the shits with me. Why? I cannot bare to be disliked and if someone should think I have done something wrong when I have not, it's like I have been accused of treason. I am too sensitive.Then, when the worry and the fear
Can't find my other post I posted a while ago so I'm sorry to start a new one... My self harm free streak is gone I screwed up and self harmed.Things just feel too hard so overwhelming and I have no one
With all that is going wrong in my life and the major struggles I’m finding myself wanting so self harm. I have been self harm free for a while and I swear it’s due to my meds that I am now coming off of it’s like they took the urges away as well as keepi
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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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