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This is my first post here. I wanted to share an incident that happened to me about a month ago. My colleague and I were in a shop when my colleague accidentally spilled some drink on the floor while opening a bottle. I glanced at the man behind the count
This isn't something I've talked about much to anyone. I'm feeling uncharacteristically protective of my birthday. Historically when the day rolls around, I often get really anxious, and when the day nears I learned downplay it's mea
This poem I found hits so close to home. appointment with new lawyer today, her words at one point made me feel uncomfortable. Now keep hearing the words over and over. Feeling like was being chastised and told off for decisions I made ye
Just this year I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. I wondered why I was granted such little sympathy, empathy or respect. Over the past year I have been battling immensely with a hard wake up call to my behaviours and traumas. Most of wh
Recently came across this poem that struck a cord
I have been thinking...I had a friend... she often told me that everyone's trauma is valid...That growing up in a low socioeconomic neighbourhood is a type of traumaHow having to say no to a child is traumaHow helping someone declutter and pack a bedroom
Hi,How do you find hope qnd purpose to keep going when you feel so defeated. Its like I'm constantly stuck in my thoughts, and alone. I can't find words to express it.When I'm around others I completely disassociate, Ita liks I'm a p
Do parts get stuck from 30 years ago and only know what it was like then. I can talk when I'm stressed out in a dangerous place as if I'm in the past. E.g no mobiles, no computers etc. thanks any help will be greatly appreciated.@tyme
Hi! I'm new here and I got a question. I just wonder, if you were hospitalised with manic bipolar symptoms and mentioned sexual assault, and that was totally ignored, is it how it supposed to be?basically, what matter is that you talk fast, jump
Hi everyone I am new to this forum. I suffer from BPD, Depression, Anxiety, unmedicated ADHD and @Panic Disorder which has been Acute recently due to some EXTREMELY distressing things I'm facing. I had managed to really get a grip on it quite well however
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