Newbie's Social Club - Come make some friends!

[Sequester]

Hello all

I’m new to here. My Certificate IV in Mental Health (Peer Support) required I contribute to strengths based and recovery oriented support. I have Autism and looking at ADHD but I am treated as if I were with a Psychotic condition. I would welcome your input as I am moving forward in every day I can. Kind regards

[wildflower444]

@Ru-bee Thank you! Very nice to know this place exists and hope to get some good use out of it. Thanks for the welcome!

[TrixieCat]

Thanks for the welcome shoutout! Looking forward to reading about people’s journeys and making some new connections through lived experience. 

[tyme]

Welcome @Sequester @wildflower444 @TrixieCat !

Great to have you all with us today.

Sounds great that you can utilise this space to help you in your studies @Sequester . We have this thread over here if you are interested 2025 - study group 

@wildflower444 @TrixieCat , yes, we all have our own individual journey and it's important we celebrate these the best way we can.

[Sequester]

Thank you. I’ve introduced myself over there

[Sweet123]

Hey everyone 💗💗

thanks for the welcome

Im 24 and currently just come out of a very debilitating psychotic episode that started November last year and had led me to a month long hospital stay in a mental health facility and off work for 3 months. I’ve just been diagnosed officially with bipolar 1 and it’s so difficult coming to terms with it and the fact I have to take medication for decades to come but I’m glad I found these forums so hopefully I can feel less alone with the things I’ve been through even just reading through them is helpful! 

[tyme]

Welcome to the forums! I hear where you are coming from @Sweet123 

Accepting the fact that you need to take medication can be a difficult one. I think what helped me was, do I prefer to take meds and be well, or not take meds and not live life?

Then the choice was easy.

I look forward to connecting with you more on the forums!

[yggdrasil]

Hello 👋 

[RiverSeal]

Hey @yggdrasil, welcome to the Forums and thank you for saying hello!!

Love to hear more about you if you want to share something in a thread somewhere. 

Take care

RiverSeal 

[Oaktree]

@yggdrasil 

Hi and welcome to the forums.

I hope you will be happy here.

I have been a member for nearly 4 years and have mostly loved it. Found the forums to be very helpful for me.