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Thread 'My life with Knee Pain'
My knees have been a constant problem for as long as I can remember. They aren’t like most people’s knees. The kneecaps don’t have a natural resting point because the bone groove that should guide and hold them in place simply isn’t there. Without that groove, my kneecaps shift and slip around, putting constant strain on my ligaments — ligaments that are already damaged. That combination means pain is part of my everyday life. It’s not the kind of pain that comes and goes after an injury...
Thread 'Sexual Assault'
⚠️⚠️ Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault ⚠️⚠️ This article discusses sexual assault, its impact, and what steps someone can take afterward. It contains sensitive topics that may be distressing. Please only read if you feel safe to do so. Understanding Sexual Assault Sexual assault is any sexual act carried out against someone’s will, without their consent, or when they are unable to give consent. It can take many forms — from unwanted touching to rape — and it’s important to recognize that none...
Thread 'Navigating the World of Trans Mental Health'
Having mental health issues is a hard enough thing to deal with in this day and age. Better than in years past, yes, but a struggle to be sure. Finding a therapist that will deal with you, that you connect with, and that “understands” you is paramount to receiving good care for any patient in the mental health realm, but factor in a growing number of closing doors for trans patients, a normalization of misrepresenting and shaming trans people simply for being trans, and a fear from...
Thread 'What is Andy's Man Club?'
I never thought I’d be in a group of men discussing my emotions. Honestly, the concept would have bothered me about three months ago. Like countless others, I was brought up with the belief that to be male was to be quiet, get on with things and handle the hardships of life on your own. But that silence was consuming me from the inside out. Two months back, I followed my heart and stepped into Andy's Man Club with no idea what lay ahead of me and not even knowing if I'd be able to say...
Lee reacted to ebonywillowtigger's post in the thread Ghosties with Love Love.
I must be a polterghost
⚠️⚠️ Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault ⚠️⚠️ This article discusses sexual assault, its impact, and what steps someone can take afterward...
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Lee replied to the thread Ghosties.
Polterghost :D I might come back and haunt people when the time comes 👿
If you're looking to support your team’s mental wellbeing, getting trained yourself—or training your managers—is a powerful step. Here...
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We all go through rough patches, and sometimes it shows at work. Maybe someone’s quieter than usual, missing deadlines, or just seems a...
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ebonywillowtigger replied to the thread Ghosties.
I must be a polterghost
For a long time, a lot of what we take for granted gets overlooked, some may cry out or start a witch hunt attempting to cancel any...
Would the very obvious experience of actually hearing voices be not only a type of malicious broadcast in a very real sense, as they...
Having been a longterm patient due to experiencing distressing and at the time unexplained symptoms like thought broadcasting, hearing...
I would like to put forward the concept of biometric data with regards to addressing the often described as 'Thought broadcasting' (upon...
Nous posted the thread Institutional Grooming in Mental Health.
Grooming is when a narcissist goes on a publicity campaign to promote themselves as a lovely person, rational, fair and charming. They...
It would be good to one day see this come to light in full disclosure and to hear the accounts and testimonies of others who also...
As some sufferers due to the way this used to be conducted and portrayed in the wider consciousness of the general pubic, online with...
I wouldn't necessary say that I am in need of release or anything like that, as these are attempt to recant my own personal testimony...
As I understand it especially since COVID even more than what's normal to suffer from a serious condition like Schizophrenia, now are...
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