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I live with Schizoaffective disorder. During a recent depressive episode I started on an atypical antidepressant. The next day after taking it I noticed a marked improvement in my mood and energy though I still felt slightly flat. Yesterday evening I
My anxiety and depression have been pretty okay the last few weeks. However my daughter is going to spend the first week and a bit of the school holidays with her Dad and I'm going to be by myself for the first time in my life and I'm worried how it's goi
Hi, im 33 and female. I have recently been doing a lot of soul searching and reflecting over my life and realised that so many people have had a bad experience with me, or seem my 'dark side' which i have little control over and i have never understood wh
Evening All, Just feel like I need to get everything out and vent a bit. I'm struggling a bit at the moment with managing my work life and personal life. I'm currently going through a particularly heavy period of work and am working full days (w
So my partner and I have had a lot of problems in the relationship recently around cheating and after a lot of communicating and opening up we have started to work through it.He has been trying his best to regain my trust and listening to me when I tell h
Hi everyone,I wanted to share something that’s been weighing on me. Lately, I’ve been feeling really anxious about seeing my psychiatrist. She asks a lot of questions, and I know it’s part of the process, but I struggle with it—especially because my answe
Good afternoon, Anyone else who is neurodivergent feel affected strongly by unrecognised childhood trauma/PTSD....I feel only a milder trigger for trauma is needed compared to neurotypical people. Anyone else feel the same?Thank you for any response.
My 2 grandsons are in state care and the department unfairly took advantage of me as a person living with mental health in regards to placing children with family. I am the maternal grandfather, raised my daughter on my own with a final order in the
Hi I’ve got a Micropenis which I’ve been ashamed of for as long as I can remember. Now at middle age I can finally to see the merit of getting counselling about it. What are other people’s experience of it? btw… I don’t mind who answers this post
In January last year, we got the devastating news that my mum‘s breast cancer had returned and was metastatic. She tried some fantastic treatment and we were absolutely overjoyed in early September to learn that while she would never be cancer free, at 83
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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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