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My family thought I was on drugs. I wasn't. I was manic — and nobody recognised it, including me.

A first manic episode lasting six weeks went unrecognised before the family sought help at ASPI. After three weeks of inpatient stabilisation and ongoing medication management, this patient is now working and managing their condition actively.

I was washing my hands until they bled. I thought I was being careful. I didn't know there was a name for what I was doing.

ERP therapy over fourteen months brought compulsions from hours per day down to minutes. "I still have OCD. But it doesn't have me anymore."

I was a functioning alcoholic for twelve years. I told myself I was just dealing with stress. My liver disagreed.

The underlying depression driving the addiction was treated alongside it. Five years sober, this patient now facilitates a peer support group for others in similar situations.

I stopped going to school. Not because I was lazy. Because every morning felt like being asked to walk into a fire.

What appeared to be academic pressure was revealed as a severe depressive episode with significant anxiety. With family therapy and individual CBT, this young patient returned to school within four months.

For fifteen years my family managed me. Now I help manage myself. That difference is everything.

After several unsuccessful treatment attempts elsewhere, consistent outpatient care at ASPI has brought stability described as "a life I recognise." The key difference: being communicated with, not just about.

I thought I had dealt with it. I hadn't. I had just buried it very efficiently.

Presenting with insomnia and relationship difficulties, eight months of EMDR therapy — processing childhood trauma never previously spoken about — transformed sleep, relationships, and sense of self.