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The United Nation's World Autism Awareness Day falls on April 2nd each year. It serves to encourage awareness, understanding, and advocacy for autistic individuals.

Many people prefer to celebrate the day as World Autism Acceptance Day or World Autism Understanding Day as the day is about more than... read more

Hi everyone, 

ReachOut are keen to learn about your experiences using the online community. Whether you’ve used ReachOut.com, the community or viewed our socials - we’d love to hear from you! 

We are looking for people who are 14-25 years old and living anywhere in Austra... read more

this is different for me to do but i might as well give it a go, recently ago my dad came to visit me and picked me up in his ‘new car’ which later i discovered was stolen, he took me back to his new house and we hung out for a few hours, he then took me to get a drink from the servo. on the way bac... read more

Hi everyone,

I really don't want to get too political on here, which is why I'm keeping this brief and this is entirely all my own opinion, but I know that a lot of others might share this same anxiety?

I'm really nervous about the results for the upcoming federal election on may 3rd. I know that I... read more

(Have no idea where to put this but rambling a bit so here should be fine XD)

Hello everyone

Bit if an odd day today

I was hanging out with friends at uni today it was all fun and cool. Then later on they start talking about their relationships and how amazing they are or maybe they are seeing someone... read more

I used to be a bright student back at my school. Passed out my school, entered in university and my brightness started dimming. After passing out from college, my brightness was gone. I had nothing in my head, no future plans, no strategies, no friends nothing. Now I'm turning 25 next month and my... read more

I have BPD and I’ve only been away from my FP (favourite person) for an hour and a half and I’m literally breaking down. I wish I didn’t have to live like this. If you have bpd, please share what helped you. People who don’t have it just can’t understand. 😞

Hi 

Just wondering when a ro worker will be  here again   I have a question  

I needed help with something thanks 

I’ve convinced myself that I have type 2 diabetes and I’m freaking out 😞

Type 1 and 2 both run in my family and I googled the symptoms which matches exactly how I’ve been feeling lately.Help 😞

Update..

Screw this.. for crying out loud, I received an email around 5 pm yesterday from the Witness Assistance officer that the sentencing will be delayed till 2pm today instead of 9:15am.

We already went to part 1 of sentencing about 2 weeks ago and that started at 2pm and the courts close either... read more

I was scrolling through my social media feed a while ago and saw some pictures of my school cricket final 6 years ago. 6 Years ago at this time my life was totally different then as it is today. I have different thoughts, different plans. I was a different person. I do not regret anything about how... read more

I am in year 10 and everyday is hard, I feel anxious in the morning then I am fine at school but when I get home if I am at hope between like 6pm and 11pm I just have debilitating anxiety. And all of this is from pressure to perform. Everyone I see all I think is they finished high school and they l... read more

Hi, I am an overseas student far away from my home. I have been living all by myself for more then a year and till now I have faced almost all sorts of things. I have been to good times bad times and worst situations during the time studying here. I came here with some visions and dreams. I chased t... read more

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I’m 14 years old and I’ve recently been diagnosed with BPD. I’m really struggling with low moods, splitting and overthinking. My OCD and AuDHD are also making it more difficult to manage. Can anyone relate and if so, what treatments have worked for you?

P.S. This is my first time using this so pleas... read more

I'm an international student who just started my second semester of study of university here in Australia. I'm living in a studio apartement for the first time as last semester I was in a dorm. I've become increasingly overwhelmed with all the things I need to do like cooking for myself, cleaning, s... read more

havent posted in a while, had a rough time, i currently feel sorta lost, i dont find anything fun anymore, i keep trying but i cant put any effort into my work at school, i cant put any time aside for my friends, all ive been doing is sitting down and just watching youtube (i dont want to but i need... read more

I’m really struggling with my body image at the moment. I’m very self conscious about my scars/skin imperfections and weight. What can I do to feel better? I don’t want to fall back into restricting but I don’t feel good about myself.

hey im 17 from VIC my pronouns are she/her and im bisexual.ive recently been struggling with a lot of anxiety and ive always had a hard time making friends,i struggle mainly at night when the world is quiet and everyone around me is asleep.ive recently gotten a lot worse and ive come on here to see... read more

Having recently stopped taking anxiety/depression medication (as discussed with my gp), everything is hitting hard—all emotions are more intense. All aspects of my life just feel so overwhelming. Keeping on track with uni (weekly content, classes and assessments), working on multiple art pieces for... read more

Sorry this post is gonna sound kinda aggressive, but I'm just super annoyed rn bc I keep hating my body (my love handles mainly) and it just feels unfair bc I don't know why I need to hate my body so much. It's genuinely reached the point where I feel like the only answer is to lose the weight, and... read more

Hi all,

I hope your 2025 has been good, and if it hasn't, I hope it gets better for you.

Before you start reading, I just want to let you know I'm gonna talk about self harm and suicide, so if it triggers you please go and get some help/talk to someone, do things that make you feel better or at the m... read more

I don’t think I’ll ever find love. For me, relationships are like war. No matter what happens, they always abandon me in the end. All my friends go out and do things and get into relationships and like people that like them back and have fun and do stupid things with their best friends and instead o... read more

This is a very long post because I basically went through the whole story of my experience with maladaptive daydreaming. Looking for support and advice please but make sure you're in the right space before you try to help me please

I struggle with maladaptive daydreaming, which is a dissociative pro... read more

I just wrote a really long post and it was kinda hard to write and now it's just gone. So that's making me feel shit. It was in this space and had a TW for dissociation, can anyone else see it?

Must be a tech bug but man I feel shit now

Hi guys I’m new, I come from khl circles, I got recommended to here because of overnight flagging there.

I’m struggling a fair bit tonight with dealing with CPTSD which is why I chose this topic but I would also love some advice with how this platform works.

I am terrible at introducing myself but my... read more

Hey everyone,

Haven't posted in a little while. Been stuck trying to figure everything out, last Tuesday I was forced by my in person councillor to finish my VIS (Victim Impact Statement.) I'm aware that it's something that'll never feel completed however after the DPP (Department of Public Prosecut... read more