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Hi all. (sorry if this is in the wrong place - no idea where to put it)I have an appointment coming up soon where I am thinking I will be receiving a referral to a psychiatrist. It's taken years for me to even consider this as an option, because of really
Hi Saneforums,I've been really busy with my studies so I haven't participated in the forums as much as I'd like but I've returned now.I've been through something that I don't even want to share with my doctor and therapist because I fear they'd think I wa
Hi All,For the last few days I feel totally disconnected from my family... I guess I SHOULD say my gf's family (including my gf). I'm already estranged (but not by my choice) from my own family.Don't get me wrong, I love them like crazy and I am still pla
As you all know medication has been throwing me around. It's made me violently ill and feeling like I'm losing my mind. My latest one I'm on makes me feel so dumb. I literally can not multi task. I can't get words out and I feel it in my head. Like I feel
If someone ends their life - does this mean they have to come back and do it all again? Or is there just peace and quiet
Hi SANE forums, So I haven't been too flash lately, still suffering from OCD and depression. Still trapped in a negative cycle where I don't get out of bed till after lunch. Still plagued by health anxiety and self-defeating thinking. But the agoraphobia
Hi I'm so sorry to post again but I'm really alone. I started researching 4 months ago I started obsessing over having schizophrenia to the point where I checked myself into the psych ward etc I was fully convinced I had this disease.. then it moved onto
HiI'm new to sane and I am hoping to get some support. I find it difficult going to my family for support sometimes because I feel like a burdon and I can't tell them everything.I have been getting help for anxiety and depression for just over 2 years now
Do you ever feel like your mental illness consumes your life? Like it's your identity?I find with most conversations I have with friends always my mental health comes up. I know they are just concerned and not mad at them but I'm more then that.With my fa
I have been derailing for near 2 months now and I just can't stop myself.Saw my psychiatrist today and the walls were literally closing in on me both metaphorically and visually (hallucination) and I was a complete freakin anxiety mess and elevated all in
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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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