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I spend my life changing/increasing meds - find a balance for a while, then wham! here we go again. Find myself thinking that seeing as they aren't working, stopping might be better. Disordered thinking I know, but it doesn't stop the urges.
Ever since early years of high school I constantly feel/felt afraid of the opinion and thoughts of others around me. It feels like a claw latfhed into he back of my mind, slowly tugging at my conciousness.As a person that was physically smaller than other
I'm in my mid forties and have found myself hermiting more over recent years. My early 20's were filled with housesharing, parties and study. I had my first major manic and psychotic episode aged 25 and life changed....a lot. Friends dropped o
Yesterday I took a big step and saw a psychiatrist and was diagnosed with bipolar. It didn't really hit me and I was like oh well what ever. <br><br>Today though it has sunken in. Today I feel defective like I'm not a normal human. Like I'm no
I am broken down and crying in despair. I find work so hard, my workload too much to cope with and I just don't have it in me to push through the busy period ahead. I cry before, during and after work, my heart thumps and breath disappears as I walk in th
I can't cope with people being upset with me or my children in any way.Currently my husband is very upset with me and my kids and I feel sick - literally. I also can't control my crying. It just springs out when he's annoyed or critical. I'm trying to sta
Hi all, well this is my first time on here and well I guess here goes. I've suffered with Anxiety and depression for years and recently have recently been diagnosed with OCD. I feel so tormented right now because the OCD I have isn't the OCD where you hav
When is the right time to self admit to a clinic/hospital? Have you done it? I'm scared it may have a negative impact on me. I have 2 kids, pregnant with my third. I have always struggled with depression/anxiety and it's worse during and after pregnancy.
.....if its not repressed dreams or my parents is this stress. Am I too sensetive? Two years ago, my childhood sweetheart and i broke up. It was very sad but i had to keep myself safe. He is diagnosed chronic ( meaning all the time...) parano
I'm finding things really difficult. Theres just too much happening at once, and very little of it i have any control over. the mental health worker who visits has said its all too much to cope with and nobody could cope with it all but that i just need t
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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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