Hi, my name's Luci. I'm 15, and I have been struggling with mental illness for years. I was first diagnosed with anxiety when I was eight, and since I have been diagnosed with depression and major depressive disorder, and I struggle with chronic suicidal ideation. In the last year my diagnosis was changed to Schizoaffective Disorder (bipolar type). I also have ADHD, and recently I have been looking to get an autism screening. Haha, I know it's a lot. My main question is, is their anyone else here who struggles with some of this, who has any general advice on life, emotion/overstimulation regulation, trauma processing, or tips for school?

Hi! My name is GloriousPurpose! So I've been learning more about POTS and I've been thinking maybe I should look into going to the doctor about it. (Also how do I go about doing that?) I've been having dizzy spells since I was a little kid, I lose my eyesight, my whole body gets really heavy, I'm really dizzy and swaying, I get a pounding headache, and sometimes I collapse. I've never fainted though, and there not always that bad. I also bruise really easily, am super pale, get nose bleeds incredibly easy and for long periods of time, sometimes my feet swell too, I'm always cold and I have hand tremors (though I don't know if those are a symptom of POTS). But we think I'm anemic and I know I'm super dehydrated so it might just be that. People with POTS and other types of Dysautonomia, what do you think?

My name is Kylee I'm in the 5th grade and I have adhd autism and anxiety and I always get teased for covering my ears and taking breaks when it's too loud at school I also get bullied for being honest how can I explain this to my classmates (Edit) the class knows because I asked my teacher to do a read aloud for calm classroom so then I told the class

Hello! (Just want to say that my tics have only present for a bit over three months.) One time my friend tried to give me a tic which was really frustrating and I don't know what to say if people do this, (same friend also one time asked, "What if your just faking all of this?") But also how you deal with people teasing you at school. Some kids at school were mocking one of my tics and laughing right in front of me in my math class. I kind of just hid in the bathroom for 5 minutes and never ended up telling my teacher. I didn't know how to tell my teacher as it hasn't happened since. I know I should tell one of the teachers, and they should know why thats not ok. How do I deal with this if it happens in the future? (This happened over a month ago so I don't know what to do, sorry.) (Sorry this whole paragraph is very confusing and hard to read-)

Hi all! I'm Autistic, with ADHD, Depression, Anxiety AND C-PTSD. I'm wondering how y'all manage to function day to day? How do you manage to not overextend/over exert yourself?! 🥴 I decided I was going to string Christmas lights outside yesterday after my maintenance massage (my other chronic physical stuff thanks me for it!) buuuut then got into a mild fender bender with a really rude lady-using that term rather loosely! Then today I wanted to build my new bedframe. I will now be spending the rest of the weekend recuperating and I get frustrated because I just don't know how to pace myself. 🙃 Also, I'm always on the hunt for the next best fidget toy, people's favorite sensory support tools/devices. I look forward to the open discussions that will happen here. MANY thanks to Zara for setting this up!! I really love some of the earrings you've been selling, look forward to snagging some other ones next release, as I could only grab one pair by the time I saw her post. Very excited she's got soooo much traction already! ❤️

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Weird question dose anyone else love jelly cat teddies. I love them as some are extremely soft and the small ones lovey to hold. If people know and like jellycat please leave recommendations below as looking to buy more as obsesed sorry for asking a very random question it just popped into my head. Thank you.

I have FND and PNES. I'm training my dog to be a service dog. Any tips?

Does anyone have any tips for GCSEs? I'm currently waiting for an autism assessment and in year 10 and I am struggling with it all and my school isn't that helpful so I was wondering if anyone else had some advice?

Hi, I have a question.. For many years now I have had episodes of dissociation of which sometimes I am aware that I am in an episode, but many times I do not realize until after someone asks me what happened to me? And I would like to know, how can I differentiate if what I have is dissociative identity disorder or a non-epileptic seizure, or something else?.. I almost forgot to mention that many times a day I usually have spasms that I don't know what they are due to. Thanks so much for reading! 🌻