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Hi everyone..I’m new here.. I’ve been struggling with anxiety, depression and ptsd for years now..in February my dad passed away..his passing has really affected me a lot. He was the only family I had that cared for me.. all my other family abandoned me a
I've lost count of the doctors I've seen this past week for a reoccurring infection I know how to treat. I had bad news from neurologist with no way of diagnosis something in foreseeable future. I was sent to ER by GP (not mine) who talked pass me to my p
I don't mean things that happened during school and/or work. I mean from the institutions themselves.Been talking to a new therapist recently and have discovered that a lot of my trauma probably comes from "being institutionalised" during school and later
I think I have D.I.D but I don't know how to tell my doctors because my "parts" or "alters" won't "let" me. its almost like my brain shuts off the second I start to talk about what's happening and I immediately dissociate. sometimes the dissociation is so
I’ve recently learnt about the fight flight freeze and fawn responses and there are others too, but my response to things doesn’t fit with any of them. I’d like to know if there’s some name for my response. When in those situations that put you in that re
I used to be a good man. A responsible father with 2 sons and a loving husband to the love of my life, a Christian that loves God and actively served in my church. Divorce has utterly destroyed my spirit, my self confidence, my will fight on, my I feel ab
TW: I don't really know what to put here but I really struggle daily with ptsd flashbacks from the night my father left this world by his own hand. What are peoples coping strategies because over the last three years nothing has seeme
Yesterday I was doing the dishes and accidentally broke a glass belonging to the girl I am currently dating. I freaked out and panicked. I tried to glue it back together but it looked terrible. I took time off work spending hours on Google trying to find
Domestic violence in my family has had a huge impact on my life. My father has anger issues which led to a lot of conflict with my mother. Growing up they were always fighting, Content/trigger warning (Highlight to read)I got belted by my dad and sometime
Hi,This may be a long shot, are there any in person groups in Melb inner south or south east? Or even just a moderated on line peer support space?Thanks
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