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TW: post mentions topics of food, diet, appetite, grief, unhealthy coping mechanisms, etc. I am currently going through a period of chronic extreme stress - it's been approx six months of it being really bad, and has intensified to unbearable the l
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I feel trapped, inside my own head. I've been having some quite serious paranoid thoughts, even though recently I've been trying to better myself bit by bit. Exercise, sleeping better, trying to socialize. But every fibre of my being is struggling wi
Hi All, I consider trying an app. I don’t even know what to call it, AI or?? Anyway. I’m looking for something that can help me to access my strategies (I forget them when I’m triggered) like sensory grounding… help me guide through DBT exercises…? S
Hello if i constantly have heart palpation, could it be from ptsd? it got a bit more worse this year compared to last year... emergency dept bc it hurts.. and this year there is a time where it hurt 17 days in a row, well its on and off.. and yea i
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It has been a long, long time since I have posted.I got a new job. I wasn't fired from my last job, it just ran its course nicely. I found the new one in six days.It's been OK, but I am genuinely wondering whether it's bad juju or something.I've been in t
There just doesn't seem to be any way to avoid this. I do things, I read, learn, connect, put myself out there and try so hard to make some kind of difference... an impact... to be heard, respected, heck... even an argument or disagreement woul
Hey there, Hi, Hello, Something different is going on. The last 12 months have seen Peri menopause, surgery, swapping medication [edited by moderator], the euthanasia of my dog and heavy grief, I got Covid for the first time, and now a
I've had issues around eating/weight in the past but it's always been related to my physical health conditions. But lately (2-3 months or so) something has changed, I think triggered by a quick weight loss after an infection. Content/trigger warning (High
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