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even writing this is hard, dont know where to start...feel extremely alone and unloved, feel as if I was no longer around I wouldnt be missed...I dont think I make a difference...I have 5 kids all grown up and 2 arent talking to me at the moment, because
Hi there,I am new to these forums, I just wanted to reach out a to someone at the moment and share a bit of my story/situation.I have been living with schizophrenia, depression and anxiety for 6 years now and have recently discovered that I have an alcoho
Hi, i've been reduced off my antidepressants by my doctor and have been completely off them for 9 days now......the withdrawal side effects have been hard, electric shock feelings, headaches, dreams......now it's settled into so much anxiety and ange
Is it all worth it when you wake up every day and wish you were not there.
I'm finding it hard to cope with life, stress and daily struggles with my issues. Then throw mental depression and anxiety in on it and I'm so emotional and negative and I don't know where to turn too. I don't know where to turn too and I feel so isolated
So after months of struggling with my mental illness (bipolar I rapid cycling with mixed features and BPD) I think im going crazy.My mood has been all over the place for weeks, 1min I could be fine the next im manic or suicidal. I have not been home in al
Hey everyone,I have suffered depression and anxiety for 15 years now. I have on and off self harmed since I was 11. The last few weeks have been really hard and I have relapsed and self harmed twice in the last week. I just feel so stuck. My depression cy
Hi. I spend most of my time "being ok" and "fine". I've heard myself described as unflappable; a rock. When I was a kid my family knew better. I could barely venture outside and I wasn't functional. Anxiety, depression, blah blah, ocd, blah. It was a worr
I was very scatty vulnerable and talking down on myself but made myself go into town and do my 3 things.The first thing was the hardest ... I did not know where the coroners court was .. but eventually found it and lodged my 2 requests for inquests on my
I saw a counseller for help becuse I was sexually assaulted (of the most serious type in law, I see that the simple word for the crime I was a victim of isn't permitted on this forum) and he sexually assualted me (of the most serious type in law), saying
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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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