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Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts

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Share personal goals for the next year and your proudest moments of this year!
The end-of-year often leads to reflections about the past year and the next to come. Share your personal goals/ aspirations for the next year and also what you were most proud of this year.
Announcement
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Dec 14, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Have you experienced PTS or PTSD following a breast cancer diagnosis?
Please share below your experiences with PTS (post-traumatic stress) or PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). How has this affected your life, the way you feel, your relationships, activities? And ho…
Announcement
Anxiety
Depression
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Most recent by aborayis
Jun 20, 2024
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How to Ease Stress
How to Ease Stress Apr 12, 2024 Dr. Pamela Ginsberg offers tools and tips on how to ease stress and anxiety after a breast cancer diagnosis. That being diagnosed with breast cancer is stressful is an …
Announcement
Anxiety
Podcast
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Apr 30, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Have you experienced cancer "ghosting"?
Have you experienced a withdrawal from any friends or family members since your cancer diagnosis? Please feel free to share your detailed experiences with others below.
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Poll
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Most recent by shanagirl
Apr 6, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Watch: Mental Health and Breast Cancer Webinar
This webinar brings the hidden traumas of breast cancer into the open for an honest conversation about mental health and cancer. Experts share tips on getting support for anyone who has struggled with…
Announcement
Anxiety
Depression
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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May 23, 2023
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Mental Health Resources from Breastcancer.org
Surprised it’s only 1 in 4? You’re not alone. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, it is common to experience many emotional highs and lows. For some people, the effects of trauma caused by breas…
Announcement
Anxiety
Depression
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Jan 14, 2023
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
STEAM ROOM FOR ANGER
This thread is meant to be for RANTS and RANTING. Then Rant again. We need a place to simply get rid of the anger. Write it here. Unleash it all. Get it out. This isn't meant for the Stupid comments(g…
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10835 comments
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Started by sas-schatzi
Most recent by bcincolorado
Mar 10, 2025
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Has your faith, spiritual, or religious beliefs changed since cancer?
Please take our poll, and share your thoughts and feelings below in the discussion.
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Most recent by salamandra
Feb 13, 2025
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What are your “Mantras” to get you through a test, treatment, a bad day?
We all need tools to get us through our most difficult moments. If you have a mantra, or strategy, please share here!
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Most recent by scchick
Feb 7, 2025
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
The Hermit Club
Hey all.....just got done reading a great thread under this topic about feeling like a hermit through this process, was wondering who else out there feels like cocooning themselves right now? I'm mid …
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11833 comments
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Started by Sissydi
Most recent by Amy1
Jan 30, 2025
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
What part of day-to-day life during your breast cancer experience has been most challenging for you?
Take our poll and share details in the thread below!
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Most recent by lovelau
Jan 25, 2025
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Do SSRIs Affect Hormones?
I'm hormone positive and recently started an SSRI for ongoing anxiety due to survivorship. A few weeks into it, I started having random side effects like increased sebum production, sore breasts, incr…
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Started by maiyen
Jan 10, 2025
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Alcohol, and surgeon general recommendations. Let's talk about it here.
What are your feelings about this and how does it affect you? On January 3, the surgeon general released an advisory on alcohol use and cancer risk, noting that alcohol use contributes to 100,000 canc…
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Most recent by rlschaller
Jan 9, 2025
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Triple negative breast cancer
hi I have had triple negative breast cancer I finished my 6 month of chemotherapy but my pathology response wasn’t good I have axillary detection because of my lymph nodes wasn’t clear. I have been of…
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Started by monika42
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Jan 6, 2025
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Anyone else currently in chemo?
Hi everyone, Me again Got through my second round of AC, just wondered if anyone else is currently going through it, just wanted some advice on how it’s mentally taking a toll and any advice on that? …
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Started by hvpxxx31
Most recent by moderators
Jan 4, 2025
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
The dumbest things people have said to you/about you
Ok, I know, it might sound mean to make fun of people or call them "stupid" or "idiots". But I am sure that in your journey you had quite a bit of stupid/insensitive or plain dumb stuff told to you. A…
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Started by Shrek4
Most recent by moderators
Dec 31, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
How do you feel about the "battle" terminology used about managing a breast cancer diagnosis?
How do you feel about the battle terminology (fight, warrior, strong) used about managing a breast cancer diagnosis? Take our poll and share your experiences below.
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Most recent by m0mmyof3
Dec 11, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Women with young children
Does the fear and sadness ever get easier? I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer 6 months ago, and I can't stop thinking about leaving my 2 year old daughter behind. I know there's women who have…
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Started by jenna1220x
Most recent by jenna1220x
Nov 8, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
When positive thinking doesn't work !
I am two weeks post surgery and I know I am incredibly lucky - with cancer diagnosed very early, isolated to one breast and nothing in the lymph nodes, I am counting my blessings every day. Up to now …
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Started by RachND
Most recent by baygrass
Sep 26, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Impostor Syndrome anyone??
So I started my breast cancer journey just 3 months ago. I went for my first mammogram and within 1 month I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Despite my diagnosis, I must say that I have been blessed.…
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Started by marie340
Most recent by rockym
Sep 26, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Comfort dogs
Okay, I am just throwing this out there: does anyone else feel closer to their dog than to humans through this roller coaster journey? I have a wonderful life and great support, but my little blind sh…
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2678 comments
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Started by sciencegal
Most recent by m0mmyof3
Jun 27, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
PTSD and cancer
https://www.breastcancer.org/community/podcasts/ptsd-20181220 I have read this transcript and it was simply amazing. I have developed PTSD type symptoms during cancer treatment and on top of other men…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Started by Phoenixrose8
Most recent by moderators
May 23, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
How well do you feel your family understands your diagnosis?
Please take our poll and share your experiences below on navigating a breast cancer diagnosis at any stage with your family!
Poll
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May 6, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Panic attack, sadness and breathing exercise
Hi everybody I'm usually happy and try to have my normal life, but sometimes I just feel like I'm going deeper snd deeper in to sadness, or having a strong panic attack . Especially now that I fpund o…
Anxiety
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Started by amel_83
Most recent by amel_83
Apr 18, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Warm & fuzzy owls, goats, kitties, dogs, birds ETC. PICS &LINKS
With W&F's take time to transfer your goodie connections---visual, youtube, short stories etc., or even go and find things to post here. It's a place our sisters and brothers can come to when they are…
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19685 comments
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Started by sas-schatzi
Most recent by m0mmyof3
Apr 7, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours
Welcome. This is called the insomnia thread, but we post 24/7/365. We call ourselves Owlettes :) No nastiness, bullying, stalking or such allowed. I would like to keep the kind fabric of this thread i…
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Started by sas-schatzi
Most recent by m0mmyof3
Mar 18, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Severe anxiety, depression, and insomnia following quitting progesterone cold turkey
My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in both breasts in December of last year. Prior to her diagnosis she was taking progesterone to treat the effects of menopause. She stopped taking the proges…
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Feb 26, 2024
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3 years out 2 nd time.
a woman who knew what I’ve been through came up to me put her hands on my Buddha belly and asked when I was due. I was in shock. Brought me to my knees in heart break. Had many friends supporting me b…
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Started by knitinvested
Most recent by knitinvested
Feb 23, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
I had a bilateral mastectomy over a year ago.
I don't know if I'm going crazy or what. I feel alone and nobody understands what I'm going through. I'm the first in both sides of my family to get breast cancer, first of all. And my mom and aunt's …
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Started by Elle67
Most recent by moderators
Feb 18, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
physically depressed due to ai & OS shot?
after changing AI from letrozole to anastrozole I had I initially thought the side effects were more tolerable. However, it’s been about 9 months and I feel that robbing my body if every scrap of estr…
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Started by ladyc2020
Most recent by moderators
Jan 29, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Scanxiety and results - can anyone relate?
I think I post something like this just about every year, but this forum is the only place where people really seem to understand. My five-year mammogram is coming up in about 10 days, and my scanxiet…
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Started by purplecat
Most recent by purplecat
Jan 23, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Feels unmotivated and tired all the time
I have stage IV triple negative breast cancer and is now on the third type of chemo drug, Paclitaxel. My life-long dream after 35 years is finally coming true, but I don't feel like doing anything. I …
Taxol (paclitaxel)
Depression
Fatigue
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Started by nmhei
Most recent by metastaticmom
Jan 5, 2024
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
What are your favorite ways to relax and destress during your breast cancer experience?
Choose one or more options below and feel free to elaborate and share specific recommendations in the comments below! We'd love to hear from you!
Poll
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Most recent by gailmary
Nov 27, 2023
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
A Retreat for Peaceful Contemplation
I have been told by many, that my pictures are so peaceful. So here is Picture #1 to start your journey. Come here to retreat whenever you like and remember to Breathe. Know that God and the ladies on…
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Started by gmafoley
Most recent by gmafoley
Nov 21, 2023
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Did breast cancer prematurely age your brain?
Hi, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 hormone positive BC when I was 54. I underwent a bilateral mastectomy and had 16 lymph nodes removed which caused lymphedema (albeit mild, luckily). I’m going to be 61…
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Started by toughcookie
Most recent by maggie15
Oct 30, 2023
Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts
Do not feel social
Is it normal to not want to be around people? While I enjoy being with friends and family I do not feel like being around people and having to say that it is fine when mentally I am not ok. I want to …
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Started by mdgauthier19
Most recent by greenbean2468
Jun 14, 2023
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