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Recognising the signs
What my family member is dealing with
There are sections of this website where you can find a whole lot of information about different mental health concerns and symptoms. If you don’t know where to start, here’s a guide to the other sections of the website.
- Feeling flat
- Lacking energy
- Nothing feels fun
- Worrying all the time
- Panic attacks
- Hiding from the world
- Having nightmares
- Flashbacks
- Blocking out reminders of trauma
- Grieving
- Mourning
- Feeling sad and lonely
- Feeling frustrated
- Wound up
- Agro
- Difficulties with alcohol
- Bingeing
- Difficulties with drugs
- Doctor shopping
- Taking risks
- Acting without thinking
- Risky sex
- Losing too much money
- Gambling out of control
- Feeling desperate
- Hopeless
- Thinking about taking their life
- Getting into fights
- Hurting the ones they love
- Restless nights
- Nightmares
You might be struggling with some of the same big issues that affect military families. This section of the website presents information on some of the issues that family members of serving defence members, ex-serving members and veterans can face, such as, when a 'different person' comes home.