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Bad day today. Feeling very depressed this morning. Realky needed my husbands presence as I did not want to be alone by myself as my thoughts were consuming ne and what does he do he goes out to spend tine with his mate. Well that just set me off because
I know I have a lot on my plate, I know I've been incredibly hurt, I know I look after everyone but it's happened before & is again now, whereby I feel incredibly irritated, and paranoid that in one sense people are against me. It's ridiculous when my
Why is it that when your really ill but have a mental illness that's hard to treat you just get passed around and no one cares and then there are so many psychiatrists that don't even believe in you Dx so you essentially get worse. It seems people and psy
Hi All, I need ideas with how to deal with my feelings of fear moving forward. I have had lots of counselling to confront my painful memories, now I am comimg out of my worst MI ever & i want to start slowly doing things again, like have a shower, jus
I don't know what the hell is wrong with me. Yesterday I woke up feeling great. Today I am rock bottom. I feel psycho, that much that I thought of being self destructive by getting drunk. I don't drink ever and if I did this I would be in a worse place th
I think I'm suffering depression. Actually I'm sure I am, as I have affected by it in the past but never really dedicated myself to treatment. I also suffer from a form of social anxiety.I really hate talking to professionals about my problems. I just hat
Hi, I am new here. Due to long term childhood trauma I am diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder, dissociative disorder, panic/anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive personality disorder and in the last 2 months I have been experiencing psychosis on ne
I've been asked by the nurses to try and keep tabs on when, how intense and the content of my hallucinations (the ones I know are really hallucinations). I'm also to do more reality checking at present as my auditory and visual hallucinations are really g
i sit alone in painful times as I seem to in all times, I sit and look upon the world and wonder why..........why.........why is it the world is driven by narcacissm, hubris and the ever increasing need for instant self gratification, a world of beauty tr
Hi all - just joined so first time posting! I won't go into my story all at once but I'm just feeling like....blah...like I don't know how to describe my emotions. I had a counselling session today and just brought up a whole range of things. I took mysel
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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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