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For me it's been a bit random. I had the first session then the next available was 2 weeks later, the next is 4 weeks after that and a further 2 have been made, one a week later and one 2 weeks later. I'm meant to see a psychiatrist for a review but the next available is December at $750 for...

I've always had a certain level of concern for finances. I've had to.

I'm not American and have never been outside of Australia in my travels so far, but I do remember Pearl Harbour. In saying that, History is one of my stronger points and most of what I learnt came prior to the Twin Towers/Pentagon attack.

I don't know that I will be able to focus on study, but it doesn't start until March so who knows? I don't want to retire to some unpowered camp site and live in a tent because I have no money to live off.

It can with open communication and an understanding of one another.

Different things affect different people in different ways. That date has a meaning to me in a different way, relating to a South American country. August 6 brings up a lot of emotion for me because that's the date of the Hiroshima Bombing. I don't know what it's like in America, but we...

I can do a subject at a time, there's no rush, it's from home and not at the uni. I'm in Australia and it's more to do with the fact that I had a year off after having my daughter, then when my daughter started school she was diagnosed with Autism and I found part time work suited with her...

I've had 10 months off already, as a single parent there's only so much time I can afford to take off. At least with starting a uni degree it won't have a blank spot on the resume I guess.

The true gravity of this has set in. It's something that will not go away overnight. Apparently my story is one that has stayed with the police. The cop who was first at the scene had to take a month personal leave because of what she was confronted with. The therapist basically said that it...

I just keep thinking that if I go to bed, it will happen again :(

Days are long and hard, nights are even harder. I'm seeing the therapist tomorrow, second session, finding it difficult to settle. How do you cope?

This has been an interesting read. I've only seen mine once, next appointment is this week. When I told a friend about it, she nearly cried but then became angry which sat well with me. I would have felt terrible if she did start to cry. I don't know how I'd feel about a therapist showing...

For me it's covered by VOC for now, and we're moving to a place with a free sexual assault clinic but I know the Howard government tried to shut down this clinic and others like it so not sure what will happen this time. I'm well past 25, and since Head Space is for 12 to 25, my daughter is 2...

I believe that euthanasia should be a legal option for the terminally ill to allow them to die in their own way. I don't know that I would be able to do it myself, but I have seen people die from cancer, one while I was right there with her. She was in immense pain and the drugs weren't enough...

I'm hoping that there will be no change, or at least no negative change. I'm happy in a way because LNP didn't really pick up that much, ALP lost a lot to Independents and minor parties which means there should be a good balance of power in the Senate. I just worry about health care under a...

As above, what will the LNP mean for access to therapy services under Medicare? Will Medicare Local be scrapped? Will the rebates be removed? What do you think this will mean for the future of meantal health services?

It's still the same. My faith in humanity has taken a beating.

It was already decided where we would go, but by that time school had started so I decided it would be better to stay here. Things are getting worse and worse by the day. I'm living with constant criticism and negativity, being told all the things I can't do. It wasn't an abusive situation...

She has Autism. It's better for her to have stability at school. It's better for me to leave, this place is really bad for me but at the same time it's not bad for her.

I should never have moved here, I moved from here at 17 (now in my 30s) for a reason and now am back, totally unrelated but making it harder to deal with what needs to be dealt with. I'm on meds for anxiety, but living in a place with a lot of tension. It was wrong to return here but I had no...

Oh no no, I don't mean the permanent option, we are moving at the end of the school year, it was the wrong thing to do to come here first but I didn't know what I was doing, I was in a state of shock, then my daughter was established in school and thriving so I decided to stick around for the year.

We're not at physical risk here, it's the psychological torment. My daughter is well settled into school, she joined a netball team that had their last game of the season last night, she's doing dancing and training for the end of year concert, she's in the school choir and just sang at...

My 10 year old has 2 weeks left of school for this term, then 1 term left of Year 4 so I feel trapped because as a teacher myself, I know how it will affect her to move her now. But for my own personal safety I really need to go. What would you do? My anxiety is through the roof and will only...

Wanting equal pay and to be able to walk around the streets without an escort does not mean man-hating. The Jill Meagher case is a good example. People were demanding to know why her friends let her walk home alone that night. Nobody asked why the friends of the man who raped and murdered her...

The best sign I have seen said "I was raped because I encountered a rapist, not through my own actions". Sexual assault, while it does happen to men, is gendered violence most often committed against women. Men raping women is seen as being ok. There are sexual fantasies that are popular that...