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Life becomes so hard when nothing seems like it's going to look up anymore. I'm so overwhelmed with emotions that everything I say or do seems to just create more issues for me. I now understand why people look to death, it has that sort of feeling where
New here not sure how this works.I have had a sudden spiral into depression, paranoia, agoraphobia, have seen a GP. But I guess what I am looking for in this forum is mybe some ways to distract myself. Or someone who has had the same experience.
Hi, I have always been a fairly anxious person but i never considered it that bad or a problem but people in my life say i'm extremely anxious. I cant actually tell when i'm anxious anymore its so normal but lately it has escalated and my family and my sc
As long as I can remember I've always thought any illness I heard about I had.At a young age if 7 my first memory I heard about aids and really had zero clue how you got it except if you got it you died. I asked an adult and obviously they aren't ready to
Let alone having Bipolar making me feel different I just in general feel defective.My graduating class and friends well majority of them are married with children.They are doing what "Life" is meant to be. Education, Travel, Love, Work, House, Children, R
I am a bipolar on meds. Things have been better recently i am going through less episodes. But once per week a dejavu knocks on my door..It was much frequent before so i dont see it as a really big problem. Actually i havent told anyone including my docto
Hi guys. I really feel like I need to talk to someone. I'm not really in a crisis at the moment so feel silly calling a crisis number. I've just got so much crap going through my head and can't sort it out. One of the friends I usually talk to has ju
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Hi i havent been on here in a while but i was recently diagnosed with bipolar 1 and i am on medication but it is not working neirther is the DBT nothing is. my eating issues are awful right now i am getting paranoid again and i am so depressed i can hardl
Hello, I visit the forum on and off. I am pretty bad with consistency in anything. I don't even know where it starts and where it ends. All I know is that slowly but surely not only my past is being stripped away, but I am losing my identity in life. Soon
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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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