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Hi everyone does anyone get anxiety just out of the blue? I get it and it's a pain in the backside, I could be watching tv, sleeping, working anything and bang anxiety comes on. It's been going on for a while now, I have seen my doctor and has given me me
Been some what stable for a few months now. But beginning to become aware more of some side affects of my medication. Some good some not so good. I feel like I can see the world for what it is now. during manic ep I honestly thought I was upcoming, s
There is so much going on i really don't know how to put it into words.Head is spinning. Feel like nothing is making sense.I hate being able to hear their voices, feel their touches and smell them. I don't know how to stop that. It scares me, that i keep
Hi, Not sure if anyone else does this but I've been constantly sucking in and biting my lower lip for probably weeks now, kind of realised I was doing it but not really, and it's gotten really sore from it. I'm assuming it's an anxiety thing (us
Hi there everyone,I'm new to this site, lm a mother of a beautiful boy who has struggled with schizophrenia for the past very hard 3years (since he was 19). On Friday his mental health worker issued a treatment order and the police and ambulance took him
Hello I am new to the forum. I am the mum of 4 kids, two adult step daughters, and 2 teen sons. Our oldest son is 17 and was diagnosed with OCD and psychosis in August 2020. He has been on medication since then, but has had a few ti
Hi there, cutting a long story short (and I'd be happy elaborate anywhere). I'm occasional? amphetamine user. Just a quick question (and I perhaps understand any answer could be as vague I'm being right here) - but has anyone ever heard of family, c
Hi, my beautiful 18 year old daughter is becoming increasingly self destructive. In the past 4 years she went through a period of self harm and I managed to get her to a doctor who diagnosed her with anxiety. She has never been on medication bu
I have had my sister living with me for the last 3 years. I bought a house to create a safe space for us as she could not live with anyone else and had nowhere else to go. The entire time has been a constant battle and it is now at the point where I am mo
I am completely just so mentally, physically and emotionally just done with everything in my life. Everything feels so cold, lonely, isolating and hopeless that I just don't want to do anything anymore and would honestly wish not to live any longer.
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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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