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Hi, I am new here, this is my second post. I have oodles of lived experience, negotiating services etc and a way of recovery I have cobbled together along the way. Just looking to connect with peers for those lonesome moments I guess. Habits of isolation
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Hi everyone, I’m newly diagnosed with ptsd,bpd,depression and anxiety, I’m learning how to manage it but it’s very overwhelming especially having a toddler with developmental delays, being non verbal and symptoms of autism. I’m really hoping to make frien
Reading through people's confessions, I feel that mine it's not important enough or worthy. People have gone through more, and I feel I have no right to waste their time by putting mine out there. I had a great childhood. Functioning parents, si
Tiny background which has led me to now.... I have scarily strong dissociative disorders that absolutely cripple and control every part of my life.... Because of my avoidant behaviours.... I'm now only finally trying to see a specialist psych.
So dealing with the fact l now have a label that now describles my disfunctionality , my anxieties , my panic attacks and why l self harm without a care factor for my well being , l am constantly remindered that l am a very Unwell person and have no contr
I have been married to my wife for 11 months, we have been together 3.5 years.She has had anxiety for a long time (over 10 years), and sees clinicians regularly. She carries no stigma about her mental health. She has had one major depressive e
Hello.I'm new to this so I am not sure what to say. I suffered OCD and Anxiety in my 20s and 30s but was weaned off medication an have been ok.Last week, very suddenly, I was hit it a wall of crippling Anxiety and have not physically been able to go
I apologise for not being on this site for a while, still coming to terms with my Mother's death, struggling with grief and wrestling with the ideas of mortality and an after life. This poem is a product of me, mulling over these and other questions.
I wouldn't trade you for another Or a trillion dollar sum You are my beloved Mother I'll miss you so much Mum
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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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