Clinically Psyched

My mom is mentally ill. I’ve thought this for at least 10 years now. I thought she’d “become” mentally ill. But I’m coming to believe she just “is” and always has been mentally ill. I’m in my 40s and I’m remembering my childhood totally differently now that I am seeing things for what they are (were). Coming out of denial is very…[Read more]

I am lucky. I had a father who is normal. And what I mean by normal is that although he’s a heart patient, his mind functions within the realm of logic and reason. My mother, however, is mentally ill.

I was raised middle-middle class, with two college educated parents. My father, for many years, chalked my mother’s behavior up to being…[Read more]

I found this group, through this website earlier today; I thought I would join. I am 30 years old. My mother was diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder; growing up it was difficult having an ill parent. I have such a difficulty with how I was treated by my mother, I don’t see her that much now. I lived with my mother until I got married at age…[Read more]

I’d like to welcome you all to the Psychology Students group at Clinically Psyched. Thank you all for joining up.

We’d really like to make this community an active one which provides help and information for psychology students all over the world. We would appreciate it greatly if members could share their thoughts about their courses or…[Read more]

If members have any additional numbers or local contact details for prevention help lines, please feel free to post the contact details in the forum.

I will be looking to add more prevention line numbers and addresses over the next few weeks. Ideally, I would like to start building out contact pages for helplines in Canada, UK and Australia.

Any…[Read more]

Hoping some folks will drop by and share there story, or if your a Shrink feel free to ask a question!