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I live alone. A man. I have 3 children and 4 grandchildren who live interstate. I generally enjoy solitude and do have a network of friends. However, when days such as Christmas Day or New Years or Birthday or Fathers Day arrive My sense of loneliness and
Hi there SANE Lived Experience Community 🙂 As we approach the end of the year, we are planning ahead for 2022! We would love to hear from you what discussions, topics or events you would like to see here in 2022. You are are welcome t
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Hi I'm looking for some reassureance and guidance. I have been married for many years and my wife often withdrew when she couldn't cope. Silence, stayed in bed, and just shut us all out. In the past, she would recover and be very remourseful.
My husband was diagnosed with Biploar 2 over 3 years ago but it has been a bit of an uphill battle for a long time prior to that. In the past and when he is in a mood swing he goes into a self destruction mode. Secret drinking, agitated, anger
Hi all, I'm new here. I joined because I was sexually abused when I was 14 and have pushed it out of my mind for the past 20 years, but all the trauma is now resurfacing and I cannot handle it. I have never told anyone this before. Long story short, my un
Hello everyone. Just writing to express my pain. I don't know what else to do. My unit refurbishment was completed on Wednesday – as much as they are going to do, anyway. I've never heard of painting which didn't include skirting boards, timb
Hi all first time posting but I suffer daily with #Agoraphobia#Asthma#Body Dismorphia#Bladder Prolapse#Bipolar Effective Disorder#Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder#Carpel Tunnel both hands#Chronic Back Pain#Diverticulitis Disease#Depressive Anxi
Hi support people I'm new! I am just hoping someone has some/any advice or info to help our family I have a beautiful brother who has battled paranoid depression, anxiety (I think he's been diagnosed with schizophrenia - he doesn't talk ab
Hi, I'm going to definitely need this group. My daughter has been through so much. Finally the medical professionals are seeing what we have been seeing. She is 13 and in her first psychotic episode which has been going on for a month. We are still underg
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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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