Mending Minds Online Mental Health Community

  Mending Minds Mental Health Community      

Welcome to Mending Minds, your online mental health community Why not join us in chat or have a look around the forum .Mending Minds is for anyone who suffers from Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (ocd) Agoraphobia,Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd)  Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Self harm, Schizophrenia ect...

We are a supportive and caring online community . We are dedicated to helping people  try to cope with the  struggles that many mental illnesses and phobias cause in our everyday lives. We all need a hand at times in dealing with things even if its just having had a bad day, come to chat and talk about it or post about it in the Forums there are always caring people in both places who are more then willing to help. 

Come join us in chat where you will find warm, caring people who understand and are always willing to listen and offer help. Our goal is to try and help people to overcome and to try to better cope with the many obstacles that all of us that suffer with mental illness and phobias face on a daily basis.

  Mental illnesses present themselves in many different ways, what one person may expereince with illnesses such as depression can differ greatly from person to person.  There is also a distinctive difference between a panic attack and an anxiety attack, as there are differences between panic attacks and panic disorder.

Agoraphobia  is often misunderstood as a fear of crowds or a fear of open spaces. The clinical definition of agoraphobia is a fear of situations or places (read more).

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an illness that causes people to have unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and to repeat certain behaviors (compulsions) over and over again. We all have habits and routines in our daily lives, such as brushing our teeth before bed. However, for people with OCD, patterns of behavior get in the way of their daily lives.

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be brought on by unexpected events that take place  unexcpectedly in a persons life or can be caused by psychological trauma

If you have a spouse or family member that suffers from mental illness or Phobias we can try to help by sharing our personal experinces and stories with you, which may help you to grasp a better understanding on how to offer support and possibly be able to help them cope better.

Phobias and fears of spiders, dentist, domestic animals. driving, dying ect.. Each individual has his own fear, in one way or another, though some may say that they are fearless. Fear is just okay, rational fear that is. This is a fear that came about for the survival of an individual or species. Rational fears serve as our defense mechanism against things that pose danger in us. Examples of this kind of fear are fear of falling, fire, snakes, spiders, which are all just based on your instinct to react against them in order to survive.

The other kind of fear that is not good to have is irrational fear, or more popularly known as phobia. Irrational fear does not really help an individual in any way. It can even disrupt our daily activities. Those who have phobias can even miss out on a great opportunity ahead. Fears such as going to the dentist, riding an elevator, or going to an event are examples of irrational fears or phobia.

People who have phobia are aware that these kinds of fears are irrational but just can't afford to control it. Ross, director of the Ross Center for Anxiety, describes phobia as the fear of fear. It is the fear of being in a place or a situation, or with an object, where a person is afraid of the terrifying fear and do not know how to react.

Social Phobia (also sometimes called social anxiety) is a type of anxiety problem. Extreme feelings of shyness and self-consciousness build into a powerful fear. As a result, a person feels uncomfortable participating in everyday social situations.

People with social phobia can usually interact easily with family and a few close friends. But meeting new people, talking in a group, or speaking in public can cause their extreme shyness to kick in.

With social phobia, a person's extreme shyness, self-consciousness, and fears of embarrassment get in the way of life. Instead of enjoying social activities, people with social phobia might dread them — and avoid some of them altogether.                  

Any and all types of  mental illnesses and phobias can be very hard to deal with, it is a struggle that we have to face almost on a daily  basis, but we don't have to face it alone. Mending Minds is open to everyone who needs a place to go to and just talk and realize that they are  not alone in our fight nor do they need to be.

Peoples Thought about mending Minds

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.Discalimer: This site  provides general informaton and  support regarding mental health issues. Information provided is not a substitute for professional advice. If you feel that you may need medical advice, please consult a qualified health care professional.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

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