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does this make me mean?
- By hkfg81 · Posted yesterday at 11:38 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- I'm at my breaking point with my family. I'm 700 miles away and they still hurt me. I am engaged and I have not told them. I really don't want them at my wedding. They hurt me so much. Someday I can forgive ...
Today
- By CaseyFacey · New reply yesterday at 4:28 pm
- Journal · 2 replies
- today i realized that your deepest darkest secrets can eat you up and they have i dont know how much longer itll take for whats gonna happen to happen but i know that i feel like i can not let myself ...
Schizoaffective Disorder/Bipolar Type Friends wanted!
- By BlackDaisy · New reply yesterday at 12:21 am
- Discussion in Other issues · 6 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 ...
I need lot of support and prayer for a friend
- By sham1313 · New reply May 19, 2012
- Journal · 43 replies
- cece is inthe method-this hospital and was told some very bad news.today i have to back up some and let you know she is a die-a-bet-ic and only has one leg to do that and a stupid nurse put her in her ...
Overcoming your fears
- By Soapyman1 · New reply May 18, 2012
- Discussion in Anxiety and phobias · 4 replies
- Please always remember that fear can be a powerful motivator, rather than a painful detterent!!! Also.... Failure, no matter how large it seems is only temporary, success, no matter how insignificant ...
Scars New and OLd
- By CaseyFacey · New reply May 18, 2012
- Discussion in Self-injury · 5 replies
- Hi my Name is Casey im 24 i was diganosed with bi polar and depression and anxiety at 13 ive always had a hard time coping with my life my childhood was pretty good but i still had problems up until about ...
calm after the storm
- By hkfg81 · New reply May 18, 2012
- Journal · 3 replies
- For anyone here suffering from an eating disorder... I know what you are going through. I am in remission now but at age 16-18 I was anorexic. I dropped so low that at 18 I was told that I could die without ...
Lost in Time
- By SurroundingHope · New reply May 17, 2012
- Journal · 3 replies
- My birthfather and step mother send me videos and pics of them. Good right? Not to me.. They live in a different country from me and I cant even see my new little siblings grow up. When i meet them ill ...
A question
- By lamikens · Posted May 17, 2012
- Discussion in Schizophrenia · 0 replies
- For anyone who has been clinically diagnosed with schizophrenia, what is it like? I know that's a very broad question, so I'll try to be more specific. What I'm wondering about is how the positive symptoms ...
An early night.
- By cinny58 · New reply May 17, 2012
- Journal · 1 reply
- I am so exhausted. Too few hours of sleep. Tomorrow is my 54th birthday and I wish that everyone would just leave me alone. I don't want to celebrate it. I am done with that. My partner of 17 plus years ...
12:13am
- By cinny58 · New reply May 16, 2012
- Journal · 1 reply
- I have a hard time sleeping. I am so exhausted throughout the day, but when it's time to go to bed, I am wide awake. I met with a new therapist today. I don't know if I like her. I didn't feel that instant ...
Poem... Her Final Day
- By hkfg81 · New reply May 16, 2012
- Journal · 10 replies
- THIS POEM IS ABOUT MY PERSONAL LIFE EXPERIENCES WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND LOW SELF ESTEEM. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO HURT OR INSULT ANYONE HERE. THIS IS A FORM OF EXPRESSION FOR ME. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO READ ...
It COULD be worse. You could be ME.
- By Sandyzk12 · New reply May 15, 2012
- Journal · 11 replies
- Taking control of your life in times of severe tension and pain is something we do automatically - we adapt or we perish. Here is the piece of my life I wish I could forget and which I hope will help ...
codependency
- By drrah · New reply May 14, 2012
- Discussion in Co-dependency · 1 reply
- The membership literature notes codedependency as a diagnosis. It is not. That is, it is not listed in the DSM IV, therefore not professionally recognized as a mental disease,disorder or defect. The reason ...
Texas Day Three
- By kaseymathews · Posted May 14, 2012
- Journal · 0 replies
- Read about my conference talk at the National Association of Neonatal Therapist (NANT) conference! http://www.kaseymathews.com/texas-day-th ree ...
31 weeks
- By Alicesmommy87 · New reply May 13, 2012
- Journal · 6 replies
- Well I am going to be 31 weeks along with my pregnancy and everything is looking up for me. I am sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have had no access to a computer for a while. My FM is ...
59 More days to go....
- By Alicesmommy87 · New reply May 13, 2012
- Journal · 9 replies
- Well I am counting down the days until I meet my litte girl. I am facing a lot of hardships and hard realities in this whole thing and it is so hard and frustrating I wish that it would be just simple ...
Poem: stitches
- By hkfg81 · Posted May 12, 2012
- Journal · 0 replies
- I'll tear my chest open So you can see my heart It's covered with so many scars It should've already fallen apart But somehow I keep it together Sometimes it's hard to hold in place Pain has become the ...
"Life after Death" aka The Elastic Woman Fights Back.
- By Sandyzk12 · New reply May 11, 2012
- Journal · 6 replies
- It has been around 6 months since my life was forever changed by a nasty set of coronary arteries. I went back to work within a month of surgery and was relocated (politically correct term for GO! DO ...
Texas Travels!
- By kaseymathews · New reply May 9, 2012
- Journal · 1 reply
- I feel so honored and blessed to meet all these folks involved with preemies! http://www.kaseymathews.com/texas-day-tw o-finally ...
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