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Hi all I've just joined, I had no idea see me existed but I saw a poster at university and wanted to get in touch, I'm annoyed I miss the creative writing. Will there be anymore?

My mum has suffered from depression since I was about 10, I'm 22 now. I love her to pieces but I hate that as a grown up i'll never get to really know the mum she was before. My brother who was even younger can't remember her at all before she became ill.

I wrote about it here if you…

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im stuck solid in this life where my body is my prison and my mind is my jailer,i had to give up my f/t job in 2010 as i had been on long term sick and would not get better,since then ive been at home i dont drive so theres no independance,if i go on a bus i feel everyones eyes on me,i have a collapsed vertabrae,cervical stenosis,chronic pain,s/j/s which means i cant take pain relief,i self harm and ive got serious depression,ive tried to kill myself twice in the past year i failed of course…

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Audrey Grant runs the Woman's Group at Castle Craig addiction treatment centre in Scotland, an activity that helps women in treatment to "open up" and find the courage to face their past and move on into a new life without drugs or alcohol.

In this video clip Audrey…

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I lack confidence,

* Not taken seriously

* feel denied the right to find men attractive

* Belittled and thought of as of low intellegence

* Made to feel bad and unlovable or unlikable (people feel unconfortable around me)

* I'm a cheery easy going person, love music, comedy film, those help

  me cope with being a loner but not a pathetic loner, still get on with things, i struggle but

  still try to keep going.

* I'm friendly, people…

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Sitting here wondering how did it come to this least all the people a see get cash a have had 3 Physiatrists 7 support workers a have a cardioligist as well they spend £18,000 on a ICD Implantable cardio difibulator and £3000 on a stent sudden death seems to be good cash in it well if your dealing with it no living with it oh the Physiatrist there good anger management a can,t take antipsychotics. So lets give him diazepam and busperone won,t do much good but well a have been to the…

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Hi Everyone,

 

I have thought about adding myself to this site for a while and have finally decided to do it.  To be honest I have experienced small bouts of depression and anxiety after having both my children but all is well now and I can get through every day without medication.

 

I decided over a year ago that the one thing I wanted to do in life was to help others who have been affected by Mental Illness whether long term or short term.  I am now in my 1st…

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Over the years, many people have been placed into an invidious position of having conferred upon them a diagnosis of 'schizophrenia' - a real conversation-stopper, even in circles like this one, where a lot of people will find this familiar territory but will be reluctant to be drawn into discussion for fear of treading a path of negativity where there is a distinct lack of constructional redeeming features in the landscape for people so diagnosed.  

 

I am seeking here to…

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Hey,

seen this advertised on a letter when i was in the hospital tonight so thought i would join.

i have and eating deisorder and depression, i also hear something talking to me when there is no one there i haver spoke to anybody with the same problems as me. i haven't had a bad life and just wonder what the hell am…

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How to beat depression - without drugs



Dr Steve Ilardi is slim and enthusiastic, with intense eyes. The clinical psychologist is 4,400 miles away, in Kansas, and we are chatting about his new book via Skype, the online videophone… Continue

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Hi all 'see me' forum members,

We really appraciate that the discussions have been picking up on this forum. However, I would like to draw some attention to the issue of sharing personal information in these lively discussion.

Could everyone take care of not sharing any identifiable information about anyone else - a friend, family member, colleague, or health professional - without their consent.

While we encourage people to be open about their…

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jul/08/andrea-adams-care-leaver-death-inquest… Continue

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Hello to every one out there not used to this blogging!! Good idea" See Me" for putting us all in contact.My son suffered from depression for many years Philip completed suicide in 2004 it is good to talk to people who understand.

In the context of mental illness I think the only shame should be laid at the feet of those who stigmatise it in society. It is one of the lowest forms of human behaviour and only serves to display ignorance and fear. In my experience the louder somebody proclaims: "It would never happen to me" the more fearful they are that it could. Having now had first hand experience myself I am quite open about my experiences and talking to people about it. Often I find people saying:"Do you mind me asking… Continue

Dear all,



I am part of a research group investigating mental illness in the brain called SINAPSE. We are currently hosting a series of talks talking about the potential impact of brain imaging on society, such as its increasing use in the courts, as a lie-detector or in marketing research (… Continue