Carer
My adult son has just walked out. He is depressed and anxious? I am not sure what to do.
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I’m done
Hi all, I have no hope that this will help me in any way. I have tried talking to people and found it completely useless and a waste of time. I am coming to a point where something has to give. Anti depressants have kept me barely functioning for al
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Communication
Hi, I struggle with harsh periods of depression. And sometimes I feel it would be better if I can talk to someone. I have a therapist but to someone I could reach out to when needed outside of therapy hours. I don't have friends in which I can commun
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TW: Teenager Self-Harming
I'm not sure where to start, about 6 months ago I found evidence of my 13yr old daughter self-harming [edited by moderator] herself, I removed all sharp tools from her and told her it was ok, she wasn't in trouble I am just worried. I stopped finding anyt
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Recovery from a loss to suicide. An unfulfilling journey.
This is a reluctant post, I'm not fully coherent and lack clarity at best. Even though I've been maintaining sobriety through July to this moment. Almost fooled myself into believing I could get by working a job in an effort to keep up with social expecta
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Spiralling
I've been feeling off for a while now I did get put on stronger meds to try help everything calm down and helped a bit for a while but now it's getting bad again I really want my head to be quiet I haven't had quiet in my head since I was 14 its really te
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How and why do I get to this stage?
I’d had enough in 2013 and tried to end it all but was stopped by a stranger and ended up in a mental health hospital for 2 weeks. I was diagnosed with PTSD and MDD. 6 years later I tried again 3 times. I thought I’d recovered and regained my life. But 2
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Duty of care
Content/trigger warning (Highlight to read) It's nice when humans care for each other. I appreciate every hug and gentle word when I've been at my worst, and the sense of camaraderie, of family, that I feel with my loved ones has pulled me back fro
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What deep depression reads like. TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide.
I don’t know why, but I enjoy writing these. I have been told that you enjoy reading them.I don’t have the energy to go all Stephen King on you, but I’ll try.I’ll put my hands up and admit. I have been suicidal. Passively. It’s been surrounding me. L
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Trust and find safety in myself
I’ve been advised to go within and seek to find the answers and safety within me. I often seek to look through an Eastern lens highlighting the connection between mind, body, spirit. How then can I increase my confident self image/view of my achievements
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