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[Sapphire2]

Hello everyone,

This is an opening for dealing with the "Beginning of Mental Illness". Mental health disorders occur at different times in life. So I am going to give you tips on mental health issues. 

It all begins with:

-have a GP on board twice a week

-seek treatment with a psychiatrist (if needed)

-the reason why it's a good idea to see a doctor twice a week is because of medication, changes in the behaviours, when too seek treatment for going to hospital

-seeking treatment for psychology depending what funding you get divide up the sessions

-bare in mind that each person has their own needs

-ask about hospital programs you may need to admitted for these programs

-research on other charity, government and please like "The Black Dog Institute, Butterfly Foundation (eating disorders), SANE Australia and many others etc

-the Butterfly Foundation runs counselling and support groups for eating disorders

-do that comes to my next thing when you're ready do a support group

Remember these things take time. It's hard to trust and take the first step remember the first step is the hardest but the long term results are amazing.

[RiverSeal]

Hey @Sapphire2, thank you for putting this together for the Forums community!

It can definitely be challenging when you first start to experience MH issues and I know I don't even know where to start and having some guidance like this would be very helpful indeed.

Thank you again for sharing your wisdom!

Take care

RiverSeal