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Each month we are encouraging our bloggers to write about a themed topic. The topic for June is motivation.
Share your thoughts/experiences with the SANE Community here.
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Remember, if you're in need of support, our confidential services are always here.
Feeling a little better since the last blog.
Had a good session with my councellor on Monday. He's on my wavelength, which has really helped. Theres certain thoughts you think when...
I wake up suddenly at 4am, usual time, the sound of a church bell ringing in my head. I am sweating. I go downstairs to make a drink, the churchbell continually ringing. A tear rol...
So. After 3 weeks of not having had a single full-nights sleep, I started sleeping pills. Unfortunately, this has made my dissociation a lot worse. I've got scratch-marks all the w...
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It Was and Is A Daily Process.....
After the Postpartum OCD left, I was grateful to be alive and grateful to have a chance to raise my son. Thrilled even. However, the symptoms I w...
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Surely This Was Hell....
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I have been dreading writing this post for as long as I have been blogging. It is uncomfortable and scary. It...
Hi everyone,
Thank you for taking the time to read this, this forum means a lot to me.
My story started when myself, my brother and sister were caring for our terminally ill mum an...
It's the beginning of a new year. I've had a fantastic Christmas break. In a really great place mentally, and physically. it has been the first festive break, in many many years, t...
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I had a few weeks of quiet as my OCD recharged into finding a new way to scare me or make me uncomfortable. OCD is very much it's own entity. It is after all your mind, and how doe...
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When Sane UK asked me to write a blog article I did jump at the chance, thinking if I can at least help one person with my personal account of suffering mental illness, then it&rsq...
Having family members with mental health problems can be challenging. Following my brother’s diagnosis of Post traumatic stress disorder the first thing I did was read up about wha...
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