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Tinkerbell0667

Getting help in South Africa

Advice Needed

Hey everyone, I don't know if I can ask this on here so if not please tell me and I'll remove this. I live in South Africa, I'm not diagnosed with Anxiety however the anxiety I have definitely can NOT be normal. I've struggled with quite a few things over the past few years, the biggest being that I lost my Mum at 14, my dad passed away last year just before I turned 18 and now at 19 I live with family friends who are going to drop me off in my home town with my step mom (there's a small story as to why I didn't stay with her in the past year) and then practically cut contact. I don't have a medical aid, I don't know if the state hospitals here provide psychiatric services or any mental health services at all. I'm willing to share more of my story but I don't want to post it on here because it's rather long and I don't want to make people ready anything more than they already need to. Does anyone here know of any resources or maybe live in South Africa and have any tips for me? Thank you all!

Posted Nov 14, 2025, 1:51 PM UTC

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