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I have a question, if you could get rid of your mental illness completely and be totally "normal" would you? I would not. My mental illness helps define my personality, it is part of the truth of my existence. Others might feel differently, ho
None of my supports are listening my psychiatrist isnt my gp isnt my psychologists cant do anything my family cant help even when i try and tell people what is going on they dont want to hear it they just ignore important things and pretend that i havent
My mind runs wildMy body so stiffThe wind rushes through meMaking me damp and coldMy heart thumping As fast as it can goWith no where to turnAnd nothing to seeThe pain is so realIt hurts so deep insideI see nothing but blackMy head spinning fastI fee
There are times when the brain makes things turn inside out. A few words spoken/typed no boundaries in place because I am in an irritable state (mixed state - bi polar - hypomanic with depressive features) becomes a catastrophe in a friendship. It ha
It's all a fing joke. None of this is real. None of us are real. We're just pond scum, floating on the sea of life. We're cast out, not whole and never to be real. F it all. We're just broken pieces of crap. No one regards us a
"Head under waterAnd they tell me to breathe easy for a whileThe breathing gets harder, even I know that"
I'm suppose to vote today but third try and I still can't make it past the leaflet people they just won't give me space and I freak out
Hello everyone, I'm new here Just wanted to connect. Feeling lost and alone and like i have no-one. I know that thsi isn't true but it still feels that why. I think this feeling is from the past when I was little and treated badl.
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