I'm not very good with change,to put it mildly. I used to be a regular poster here before the debacle of Sane closing down private messages. Hordes of people left because of it ,including many I had had a good bond with. I've struggled to feel I belong here since then . It's been hard for me to bond...

The neighbourhood has changed dramatically.

Since almost all the people I knew here quit several years ago. Moved to Wiltshire in September 2017 to be near my youngest stepdaughter who has been a great support. After years of the issue being ignored in Essex my new pdoc here referred me for an autism assessment in October 2018 . On Monday ,af...

Posted by Jennifer Collom, Maria Giorgalli>, Derek Tracy Aug 3 2018 A recent study showed that over half of those who receive Crisis Resolution Team (CRT) intervention, relapse to the point of requiring hospital readmission within a year (Werbeloff et al, 2017). This extracts an enormous toll: prima...

I'm glad no one here has learning difficulties. It means they get better care.

Those of us who work in mental health services, be that for the NHS or in social care settings receive both payment and training for our efforts. However, there’s an army of unpaid, informal mental health carers who receive neither, despite the fact that without their contributions the whole system...

Just found out from a poster on a forum I use that a mental health charity worker he knows has said learning difficulties(UK terminology) don't affect functioning. I would hate to think this falsehood is prevalent in the mental health field. If so it could explain why those of us with mental illness...

I miss a lot of people on the forum after the great exodus due to the shutting down of private messages. I do have some of them as friends on facebook though.

Hi-I hope you're doing as well as possible.