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Anyone willing to share advice on how to handle a BPD and C-PTSD diagnosis? On one hand I realise it is probably the best thing to happen to me in a long while as it addresses things that I've struggled with my whole life and might offer a clearer pa
HI, My partner has been diagnosed woth cptsd just over a year ago now and i was just looking into how to support her in those trigger times, I can trigger her by saying/doing something and i really dont mean to upset her, she calls me out and most t
i have trauma from healthcare servicesi trust not a single soul, besides for my GPpeople are pushing me into public care, public care is pushing me into private, and and everyone claims the NDIS can do everything NDIS is full of strange workers - luc
Hey Everyone, In these past few weeks I've been in the process of leaving a church environment that was unhealthy and somewhat unwelcoming. It was a Pentecostal church and I was there on and off for nearly 4 years - This place has caused me more
My past has a way of dragging behind me, its like a chain I can't escape. No matter how well im doing, or how much my life has improved and changed, or all the work I did on myself to cope; the scars dont go, the physical and the invisible ones. I can't p
TW: mentions child abuse, etc. I have made my way to age 41 'slipped through the cracks' of childhood neglect/trauma/etc. I have done a lot of therapy in my life, I have achieved a lot of things. Yet inside my heart is a broken clock and I h
I am new to this space and i am struggling at the moment. I suffered domestic violence about 3 years ago pretty badly and i thought that i was doing so well now. That part of my life was over and i had moved on but in the last 6mths i have been havin
Hey folks!! This thread serves as a safe space for discussions around C-PTSD and childhood trauma, how it impacts us, and how we can cope and recover. @Healandlove @Shaz51 help me kick things off? Who else would be keen on joining?&
There's a difference between loneliness and grief that I don't think people quite know how to see or articulate. It's that depth of connection that you have with a family, with siblings and parents, the mum growing to be a friend, brothers to b
I’ve been struggling to find ways to talk about what I’ve been through this year without going into too much detail and being potentially triggering. I’m hoping I’ll find a way at some point but for now I figure talking about how the aftermath of everythi
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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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