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These might interest you. https://www.reacttoolkit.co.uk/ https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/caring-psychosis-schizophrenia https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/psychosis/for-friends-and-family/#.WZsIeMaQzIU http://www.ei-team-media.org.uk/doc/booklet%20(copin...

@gabry. Currently filled with a lot of nervous apprehension/anxiety. Re the move I've talked about previously- my stepdaughter who has been orchestrating things made a successful bid for a place for me. They now have to do various checks to see whether I'm suitable.

Whilst there is nothing wrong with a good measure of independence better to swallow your pride and accept you sometimes need help, and support, than to struggle unnecessarily through stubborn pride. Of course accepting you need help and support and getting it are two different matters. It's possible...

In the UK I wonder if many people or professionals know the difference between a learning difficulty and a learning disability. A learning difficulty(which I most probably have) involves an area or areas of cognitive difficulty within an overall average or above average intelligence. A learning disa...

I can't speak about schizophrenia specifically as I no longer have the dx,but I am on risperdal consta 25 mgs. Here is my self assessment of it. Paranoia-moderate effect. Still there but less likely to go off the deep end because of it. Weird thoughts/delusions?- strong effect. Intrusive thoughts/ps...

I was a member of BPD world for a while as I saw myself as having some borderline traits. I paid to get into a members only area. When I'd paid and couldn't get into the paid area I complained. The reaction to that was to ban me. That alone tells me JC is a scam artist. I know during the time I was ...

"I wouldn't commit suicide but sometimes I wouldn't mind dying". I think Stephen Fry once said something similar. Certainly for those of us who are avoidant it would be the ultimate release from the anxieties and stresses that beset us and mar our enjoyment of life. It would be good to hav...

I could see where severely restricting what you eat in the quest for healthy living,as opposed to severely restricting how much you eat, could cause problems. Then again It depends on what one would call healthy eating, and how important one thinks it is to have a balanced diet. Eating crap is obvio...

We’re bombarded by blogs and social media with rules for healthy eating: quit sugar, go gluten-free, cut out carbs, eat paleo or only raw foods. But taking the rules too far could lead to an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating, and and overly restricted diet that loses important nutrition. It’s...