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Hey Gang Reaching out today...feeling overwhelmed by a new cut on an old favourite...the old fave being rejection trauma and the new cut that 'I am not wanted'...ouch...and its showing up everywhere. Not just in all my relationships, but how I naviga
Hi,I’ve never shared here before, I live with Complex PTSD, MDD, Anxiety, Agoraphobia and a Sleep Disorder and I’m really struggling right now, I’m dealing with serious health issues while Housing NSW are taking me to NCAT.I’m trauma informed and have bee
Another weekend of fighting the Melbourne rental crisis. I show up to inspections where the photos online are so AI altered that it boarders on false advertising. Everything in my price range is a barely habitable dump, but I am still fighting at lea
I’ve made this space to have somewhere safe to talk and share things.to chat with every one who has shown concern about and for me.I have spent almost all my life masking, from as far back as primary school (possibly younger).almost no one knows the
Feeling very lonely isolated; combo of struggle to get out of bed most mornings and crying.Can't seem to stop crying today.My particular neurodivergence means I feel things in greater intensity which makes feelings and emotions harder to deal withPosting
Hi everyone,This is my first post here. I started my healing c-ptsd journey last year, and one of the things I really struggle with is how to figure out how to tell close people in my life what happened. So far, only one person has responded in a really s
"Behind every strong person is a story that gave them no choice" My life is all about a lack of choice. I'm alive because death would've outed him, it would have sealed his fate in prison. TW: cultic, rape, trafficking, torture &
Hi all and hope the day has been kind. I have been diagnosed with ptsd. A life full of hard times and now in my 40s I know I need to make massive change but it feels too big and overwhelming. I need to rest more, work less (i do this to distract myself) a
Has anyone had a GP complete a Chronic condition management plan? if yes,- does patient need to sign it?- does GP need to include reason/s for referral to specific allied health provider?- does patient need to have a copy prior to contacting the alli
After my CSA at 3 1/2 and ensuing events I knew at 4 I was alone and desolate and wicked and irredeemable, and feared death. At 5 I realised I'd never have my own family, and that's how it worked out. Neglect abuse and bullying were everyday events.
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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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