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All Topics → Forum: Emotional Crises: Anxiety, Depression & Other Emotional Effects

Forum: Emotional Crises: Anxiety, Depression & Other Emotional Effects

Meet and support others who are affected by these issues around breast cancer fears, diagnosis and treatment.

• Sense of Community Survey

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  Created by: Moderators on Feb 18, 2015 10:56AM

  Latest post: Feb 18, 2015 10:56AM by Moderators

• Breastcancer.org: Depression, Anxiety and PTSD pages

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  Created by: Moderators on Aug 12, 2011 03:48PM

  Latest post: Aug 12, 2011 03:48PM by Moderators

• Managing the Emotions of a Cancer Diagnosis

  18 Posts 848 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Apr 21, 2016 12:44PM

  Latest post: Aug 23, 2016 07:52PM by artistatheart

• Mom just passed from cancer and now I have it.

  18 Posts 270 Views

  Created by: natstar on Sep 23, 2016 05:36PM

  Latest post: 17 minutes ago by Lita57

• Depression for no good reason

  20 Posts 223 Views

  Created by: Mom2fourplusmore on Aug 29, 2016 03:08PM

  Latest post: 4 hours ago by Mom2fourplusmore

• INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

  38,475 Posts 475,867 Views

  Created by: sas-schatzi on Apr 8, 2011 12:45PM

  Latest post: 7 hours ago by susan3

• A Retreat for Peaceful Contemplation

  3,428 Posts 44,475 Views

  Created by: GmaFoley on Dec 16, 2013 07:23AM

  Latest post: 8 hours ago by OncoWarrior

• Seriously depressed!

  5 Posts 102 Views

  Created by: etnasgrl on Sep 24, 2016 03:39PM

  Latest post: Sep 24, 2016 07:24PM by etnasgrl

• The Hermit Club

  13,597 Posts 200,098 Views

  Created by: Sissydi on Jun 28, 2012 09:15PM

  Latest post: Sep 24, 2016 09:59AM by Teka

• PTSD, then cancer, and now crippling social anxiety

  25 Posts 360 Views

  Created by: beeve on Aug 16, 2016 10:23PM

  Latest post: Sep 23, 2016 03:32PM by Snowflake67

• Pinktober Revolution

  2,941 Posts 79,136 Views

  Created by: sas-schatzi on Aug 2, 2012 01:03AM

  Latest post: Sep 23, 2016 01:28PM by floaton

• Comfort dogs

  2,138 Posts 30,034 Views

  Created by: sciencegal on Jun 25, 2013 08:15AM

  Latest post: Sep 23, 2016 12:15PM by magiclight

• Warm & fuzzy owls, goats, kitties, dogs, birds ETC. PICS &LINKS

  19,905 Posts 226,364 Views

  Created by: sas-schatzi on Feb 21, 2014 04:52PM

  Latest post: Sep 22, 2016 04:41PM by magiclight

• The anxiety that goes with "waiting and wondering"

  5 Posts 115 Views

  Created by: Raili on Jul 30, 2016 09:07PM

  Latest post: Sep 22, 2016 11:40AM by Theresanne

• How do you deal with being overwhelmed?

  5 Posts 63 Views

  Created by: Cubbie2015 on Sep 21, 2016 09:44PM

  Latest post: Sep 21, 2016 11:18PM by Cubbie2015

• How do you keep from feeling your life's been ruined?

  192 Posts 9,364 Views

  Created by: paloverde on Jan 23, 2014 01:30PM

  Latest post: Sep 21, 2016 06:01PM by Lovinggrouches

• OMG They Found the Cure for Stupid

  12,430 Posts 252,589 Views

  Created by: SandyAust on Mar 1, 2011 06:45AM

  Latest post: Sep 21, 2016 10:16AM by zjrosenthal

• Can't cry, emotionally flat, lacking full range of emotions.....

  12 Posts 177 Views

  Created by: karen1956 on Sep 1, 2016 12:51AM

  Latest post: Sep 20, 2016 12:25AM by mike3121

• STEAM ROOM FOR ANGER

  1,067 Posts 57,682 Views

  Created by: sas-schatzi on Jul 16, 2015 11:21AM

  Latest post: Sep 19, 2016 07:04PM by 7of9

• What do you do that makes you feel almost "normal" again?

  23 Posts 477 Views

  Created by: Lita57 on Aug 19, 2016 02:07PM

  Latest post: Sep 15, 2016 02:21PM by zjrosenthal

• Sexual Abuse Survivor Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

  10 Posts 269 Views

  Created by: Cheryl417 on Oct 1, 2012 03:31PM

  Latest post: Sep 13, 2016 11:41PM by efletcher

• Feels Like B-I-Polar Symptoms Since Starting Tamoxifen

  7 Posts 51 Views

  Created by: GinaSC on Sep 13, 2016 03:58AM

  Latest post: Sep 13, 2016 08:55AM by farmerlucy

• Anti-depressant???

  18 Posts 267 Views

  Created by: hannahstripe on Aug 21, 2016 12:49PM

  Latest post: Sep 11, 2016 10:07PM by DCODED

• Absolutely powerful message. I have rarely read truer words.

  7 Posts 259 Views

  Created by: seachain on Apr 29, 2016 01:49PM

  Latest post: Sep 7, 2016 10:25PM by chelle44

• How do I not obsess?

  13 Posts 240 Views

  Created by: etnasgrl on Aug 18, 2016 03:41PM

  Latest post: Sep 6, 2016 04:38PM by cookiegal

• Pressure to Hurry Up and Heal?

  9 Posts 225 Views

  Created by: Jnice on Jun 25, 2016 10:21PM

  Latest post: Sep 3, 2016 01:43PM by SanFranKitty

• Obsessed with Cancer, Treatment, Reconstruction

  3 Posts 120 Views

  Created by: Frill on Jul 18, 2016 08:31PM

  Latest post: Sep 1, 2016 11:53AM by fleur-de-lis

• My best friend has pancreatic cancer....

  6 Posts 92 Views

  Created by: SanFranKitty on Aug 31, 2016 02:17AM

  Latest post: Aug 31, 2016 11:24PM by SanFranKitty

• How to forgive family/friends who disappeared during cancer....

  621 Posts 20,632 Views

  Created by: Seashell49 on Jan 9, 2013 11:20AM

  Latest post: Aug 19, 2016 09:39PM by artistatheart