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My career as a Fire Fighhter ended when a back injury kept me out of the career I loved. I also had a bitter divorce because of my addcition to pain medication and infedelity on HER part.I was diagnosed with PTSD and discarded into a world that I feared.
Hi guys, just wondering if anyone is around. I’m having a few symptoms that I’m not too sure how to cope with at the moment and was wondering if anyone could shed some light? I’ve been feeling really detatched from my feelings for the past week and numb.
I feel very lonely, because all my family are overseasI only have my husband and I realised how difficult and depressing is to raise a baby by myselfApart from that i suffer from anxiety and always worrying about stupid things....I always blame my husband
Lol, yep, the fourth time round. I cannot be the only one who gets these feelings for their therapist. One time, I fell for a female therapist which was interesting considering we are both female and I am heterosexual. It's not being in love, in the usual
32 year old male here. I suffer from BPD, severe anxiety and chornic depression, and have been managing it pretty decently for a while (I was diagnosed at 13).I got into the 'wrong' job over 18 months back, because I was desperate for work and was about t
On the outside I have the perfect life so why do I find life so hard? A wife , 2 great kids, good suburb and working. Yet I hate my job, I visit brothels and my Christian faith is more a burden rather than a joy. I feel dirty, unfaithful
Hi allI’m new here and just need some advice or even just a kind word.I’m 26 and have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder and generalised anxiety disorder since I was 20. Something about this never sat quite right with me - my moods have always
Hi all,This won’t be as verbose or indeed interesting as others on this forum but needed to talk to people and thought this would be the best place to come.I was diagnosed with anxiety around a year ago. I was taking medication for this and all was well.
@Former-Member I'm going through a difficult time. There are moments when I am thinking some dark thoughts, times when I am more steady. During the dark times I am thinking of deleting my account. I don't really want to, please refuse my requests to delet
I’m not planning anything but my thoughts are thinking suicide. Every time I close my eyes I see myself doing it. I’m scared. I don’t trust anyone. Idk how to make friends. I quit my job because I thought they were messing with me which they were. Idk who
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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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