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🙇‍♂️ Stress Awareness Month - April 2026🙇‍♀️
April is Stress Awareness Month. This years theme is #BeTheChange. The key is to shift focus from awareness, to recognition and taking practical steps to manage it. We experience stress in many aspects of life, which can impact our mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing. There are actions that we can take though, small…
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Suicidal Feelings
If you are struggling regarding suicidal feelings, it can be a difficult and frightening time. MIND is a Mental Health charity that offers support, information and advice, here are some links to their website that might be helpful to you. You are not alone, you are a member of our community and we appreciate you. If you…
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Support from Bipolar UKđź§
If you or someone you care about is affected by bipolar, Bipolar UK offers a wide range of free peer support, digital resources, and training. Peer Support Services Bipolar UK’s peer support is run by people who understand bipolar from lived experience: • 1–1 call back and email support • Peer Support Groups – in-person…
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Mental health
One mental health worker I visited told me I have EUPD . I was also given medication to help anxiety too .
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Tardive Dyskinesia from anti-psychotics.
I have been treated for severe depression for many years. Over the last year or so, I have been cutting down on my meds. One of those was a low dose anti-psychotic. Since stopping it, I have developed tardive dyskinesia, involuntary rolling of the tongue and lip smacking. I was wondering if anyone else has had this…
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A Negative Experience With A Mental Health Service
I am not looking for toxic positivity or to be told how I should feel. Please do not redirect me to focus on my strengths. I just want my experience to be validated and acknowledged. During a session at a mental health service, I shared the distress of being misunderstood by a university staff member. My former worker…
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Fed up
I'm done, I can't and don't want to live. My life is ****, I ask for help, made to go to someone else, and someone else and someone else. You kno I have to deal with flashbacks of every single encounter. I havent got the energy to exist. Do you want my dog? I thought I could do it but I can't. Wanted to die for last 22…
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Why do my emotions feel so different from my parents?
Lately I’ve been struggling with my emotions, especially around my parents.I feel like my emotional reactions are much stronger and more unstable compared to theirs. I get anxious very easily, I get frustrated quickly, and sometimes I feel really alone even when I’m with them. It’s confusing because they seem calm or…
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Suicide Prevention Letters (Reasons to Stay)
Hi. A family member just told me about this amazing international suicide prevention organisation called "Reasons to Stay" that is based on letter writing. You can read and/or write letters to encourage people to rethink committing suicide. What you read is picked at random, and what you write is sent at random. I've read…
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Therapy starts tomorrow - very anxious
Morning all, Tomorrow I start mentalisation based therapy (MBT). Its an hour a week 1-2-1 (the bit that starts tomorrow) and 1.5 hours online group sessions. I know the therapist even though he has never been mine before. I know I'm reasonably comfortable with him but its a different thing when it comes to being vulnerable…
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The Mental Health Toll Of Some Inaccessible Disability Services
I am not looking for toxic positivity or to be told how I should feel. Please do not redirect me to focus on my strengths. I just want my experience to be validated and acknowledged. The Failure Of The Standard Model I have been using a supported living, move-on service that claims to be disability-specific. However, it…
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Feeling Fed Up and Unheard
Sorry for the long post not sure what i need advice or just get it off my chest. Not sure where to start.. Only posted on here twice both to do with Work Capability being refused and trying to fight the decision. My Work Capability update got citizens advice with getting a Tribunal Appeal so waiting for a date for that.…
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Where To Report Side Effects / Expereinces of Medication?
TW... I saw the GP today, and we both believe the Promethazine that I have been on, various doses for 6 months, to help my sleep. The drug seems to have really ruined me personally. I've experienced dissociation, numbness and disconnection every day for the past 6 months. My experience with Promethazine hasn't been great…
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Exploding head syndrome and anxiety waking
Hi guys does anyone have this? when i got housed after homelessness i had this frequently like a few times a month for a while (i blamed the neighbour, the door latches, possible birds at window, dodgy pipe) and i realised it was always three loud knock. I havent told doctor as it said to be harmless and i needed help with…
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Types of Meditation
@Rosie_Scope and @Kookee and I were talking about meditation in another thread, and I suggested that I start this thread so people can talk about the different types of meditation they've done. Just a disclaimer here that I am simply a meditation consumer - not an expert or advocate or therapist or specialist or anything…
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Paranoid about social media
Since late last year, I have had this paranoia that someone is watching my social media for anything that I might post. They might find out my username and take screenshots like they did last time to build up evidence against me again. I wouldn't know about these screenshots until it was too late, like last time. This…
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medication go back to normal after overdose
Hi scope, Im worried that after i failed to overdose on my meds while i failed to get through to samaritans im worried this is going to effect my prescriptions. I explained my regret and there has been distance since i failed this attempt. I truely repent. I still struggle and i with help i was discussed to go prescribed…
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I suffer from depression and stress and alcohol addiction
I suffer from depression and stress, but I'm finding it hard to get any help, because I used to have a alcohol addiction. But I have that under control now.
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My Dad died and I'm despairing
My Dad died 48 hours ago after five weeks in hospital. Cancer. But it was more traumatic because we thought he was early stage and it turned out he was end stage, so we were working towards getting him discharged, and instead he went downhill fast just as we thought we were close to this goal. That was so hard. It's like…
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Side effects from nerve blocks
Back at the end of February I had L4 L5 nerve block injections, I've never had them before. Straight afterwards I mentioned that my right thigh was hurting, they said it was a natural side effect and will wear off. It hasn't. I phoned the hospital 2 weeks ago and said the pain was getting worse, they told me to wait 2…
