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What are your thoughts on the Bill Gov. Newsom recently signed? (Mental Health Services Act, and Assembly Bill 531) It looks like they're increasing funding for mental health which is good, but I'm concerned about the possibility of involuntary treatment. Am I catastrophizing that they may decide to put anyone with MH issues bad enough to warrant disability into an asylum? I don't believe California would do that but I live in a predominately right ...

Over a decade or so, i have been facing issues with social support. It seems like most of the times, i don't want to be in touch with people, and some times the ones from whom i seek advice or support tend to ignore me in a toxic way.

Friends don't take up my call. And, sometimes they ignore me in many things. All i lack is faking skills which keep friendships intact. But, i ...

Hi everyone--first time poster. Female, mid-30s, currently on 15mg Zyprexa daily (and going down to 12.5mg next week).

I need help with two debilitating side effects of the meds and want to know if anyone has had any success with getting these under control. I'm hoping the lower dose will help both, but I've got issues here.

First is lymphatic drainage. My face is really, really puffy. It seems to get worse when I eat ...

So let me start off by saying when I was about 6 or 7 I was reading a magazine at a local store while my mother went shopping. This woman came over to me and whispered in my ear “your evil”

To this day I 100% believe her! I can be one of the nicest person you can ever meet on the outside and how I conduct myself in public. On the inside is a ...

I was a kid who grew up in a bar. It was the family business, owned by my parents. The bar was attached to the house and I lived there from birth to the time I left for college.

Now, decades later, I feel depressed and unhappy. I feel unsatisfied with my career and most of my social relationships. To use a figure of speech, my life is going nowhere. Looking back, I don't think ...

hi all. i'm female 45 and i live in the UK. i have schizo-affective disorder or schizophrenia.
i have had voices a lot all the time for years now. my voices have stopped now.
now my voices have stopped i can't keep occupied in my flat. its horrible that now. and now my voices have stopped i can't think in my head now and i have a blank head now and thats horrible now too. ...

I had an instance where I strongly disagreed with my therapist's point of view recently. Was hoping I could hash it out here to get some more thoughts.

Most of you are probably familiar with the concept of cognitive distortions - if not, and you're struggling in any way with mental health, they can be a VALUABLE weapon in your fight for recovery. Mind-reading, minimization, maximization, personalization, fortune-telling, projecting - these are just SOME examples ...

There have been a lot of studies how people with mental illness are attracted to other who have mental illness.

I was wondering if someone whose parent is mentally ill tends to seek out partners/spouses who are mentally ill?

My mother had an undiagnosed mental illness that may have been schizophrenia and my spouse was diagnosed with bipolar disease.

I have searched and found no studies that looked at this connection, but it seems unlikely ...

I’m looking for advice and possible ideas of what could be going on With several mental health issues that I’ve struggled with since middle school but seem to be getting worse. I’m 37 and single if it matters.

First I’m struggling with my addictive personality. I’m currently participating in a spiritual exercise at church. A group of men agrees to pray, fast, and give up unnecessary computer/screen usage, and purchases together to grow closer to ...

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Governor Newsom's Mental Health Bill

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I might be the most evil person in history

Children Who Grew Up in Bars

my voices have stopped and i can't keep occupiedinmyflat now

cognitive distortion - mind-reading

Connection between your parents/spouses and mental illness?

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