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Year of Gratitude- 2013

amarettosour
  • By amarettosour · New reply 10:02 am
  • Journal · 369 replies
  • Happy New Years To All Inspire Members! I have decided to start a journal for gratitude for the new year. 2012 is behind us and its time to move forward. I know that life has it's challenges and I have ...

Help with anxiety

Venedd
  • By Venedd · New reply 6:44 am
  • Discussion in Anxiety and phobias · 9 replies
  • I think that I have some sort of anxiety problem. I go to see my doctor on Thursday and want to ensure that I get something done. The reason I say this usually I don't seem to get any relief going to ...

RE: ME > ME

silver2row
  • By silver2row · Posted 6:13 am
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hello, I am not better than what I have done! Please let me be selfish for a bit. Please look over my sites. I have many listed on this site. I want everyone to go to www.schizophrenics-anonymous.org ...

I went away to come to Life!!

Billie_Jo
  • By Billie_Jo · New reply 2:58 am
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • Hi Everyone.... First, let me apologize for my random absences.... That's why some of you have my email, and even phone to text.... I kind of have a habit of disappearing for a time, then popping back ...

Take a moment

aty
  • By aty · New reply yesterday at 10:22 pm
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Say a prayer for the people in Texas and Oklahoma it is so sad so many people have passed away in this mess. All we can do is take a quiet moment. There all in our thoughts. Thank you Vickie ...

I need a support system for my forever depression PTSD & ADHD

Jujusings
  • By Jujusings · New reply yesterday at 4:01 pm
  • Discussion in Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) · 2 replies
  • I had to "pick A topic". Hello, I just joined this site. I guess I will start with my ptsd. I never knew what I had until last year when given the diagnosis of ADHD depression PTSD and now possible fibromyalgia ...

Lady Passed Over Rainbow Bridge Yesterday

gentle-huggies-annie
  • By gentle-huggies-annie · New reply yesterday at 1:00 am
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • Hey, Y'all... Some of you know that Lady's daddy is an ex of mine, and is now my roommate. I knew Lady, a mostly white Shih Tsu with bits of grey and tan (kept in a short puppy cut), when she was still ...

Rainy Day

jmills
  • By jmills · New reply May 19, 2013
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • This is one of those times where I wish it was later so I could just go to sleep and have the day be over with. It's still bright outside, so I feel like I can't go to sleep just yet, but I have no interest ...

Not Going Back

jmills
  • By jmills · New reply May 19, 2013
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • So...I went to see this therapist last week that my psychiatrist recommended I see. I didn't like it.The building was purple, the walls were pink, the carpet was green, and there were hummingbird things ...

My Experiences With Bullying

Glides
  • By Glides · New reply May 19, 2013
  • Journal · 22 replies
  • Lessee here...general verbal abuse from both students and teachers throughout elementary school. Middle school: transferred to a preppy private school and was beaten and humiliated almost daily, distinctly ...

Mental Health

NubianaLove
  • By NubianaLove · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Does anyone suffer with depression? How do you all deal with it ...

Do you Feel Like JOB Sometimes?

chaplainstevens
  • By chaplainstevens · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • Job has no idea there is a devil trying to destroy him. And he assumes it is the Lord, Job is partially right. Why? Because the Lord allowed the devil to attack him! Look at verse eight: “Hast thou considered ...

Five million

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 205 replies
  • Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

Be Encouraged...Life isn't over yet!

chaplainstevens
  • By chaplainstevens · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • Some days I am in so much pain I just tire of living...but then God will let something happen to remind you you still have work to do. I had a lady that I met in the Psych Hospital last year that was ...

Celebrate With Me!

jmills
  • By jmills · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • I finished my OS3 Exam 3 parts 2 and 3 today!! All done with in-house exams, woohoo!!! Now I just have a neurobio miniboard next Tuesday and a cumulative miniboard next Friday. One...More...Week...I can ...

Pseudoseizures+conversion movement disorder

JennayB
  • By JennayB · New reply May 16, 2013
  • Discussion in Coping with the stigma of mental illness · 9 replies
  • I am confused. My quality of life is much improved yet these pseudoseizures are becoming more frequent and longer lasting. I AM SO EXHAUSTED by people saying I need psychotherapy and "don't be so stressed ...

I'm Back

jmills
  • By jmills · New reply May 15, 2013
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • Sorry I've been gone, I haven't been feeling well. I wound up staying with my brother's godmother for a few days, but then my dad came up to take care of me, so I'm back at my apartment now. He cleaned ...

Schizoaffective Disorder/Bipolar Type Friends wanted!

BlackDaisy
  • By BlackDaisy · New reply May 15, 2013
  • Discussion in Other issues · 45 replies
  • Hello there! I'm looking to meet others that have Schizoaffective Disorder. I'm finding it hard to chat with anyone who understands this illness. If you're looking for new friends too, please respond ...

Psuedoseizure

ladygonewild
  • By ladygonewild · New reply May 13, 2013
  • Discussion in Other issues · 4 replies
  • My daughter started having psuedoseizures 2 years ago. They are not getting better but worse. They were lasting for 2 minutes now they have progressed to 3 hours. The doctors just dope her up with meds ...

Dealing with holiday

Nattalie
  • By Nattalie · New reply May 13, 2013
  • Discussion in Depression · 2 replies
  • I have always had issues with Mother's Day due to my infertility. But this one seems particularly hard. Not because of the entire mother thing but because of something else. Millions of people suffer ...

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