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When you hit adulthood, you're suddenly expected to manage a whole new set of unknown challenges in life, often without any sense of direction. Worse still, sometimes you don't even feel like you have someone to turn to, and it can lead to thoughts that you don't recognise; thoughts about yourself, your life, and situation.

How do you deal with all this pressure? And what if you've tried to get help, but no one seems to understand? What do you do if you just feel like you haven't got the energy to keep trying to make things better?


You get help from someone who really understands what it's like to face the pressures of cultural, family, social and personal expectations. Ros has spent the last 20 years helping adults face various challenges in their lives, walking alongside and supporting them, developing individual treatment approaches to help them resolve problems and move forward to happier, more fulfilling lives.

Many adults struggle with a wide range of personal difficulties, from distorted thinking patterns and negative views of self and life to serious psychological challenges. Did you know that around one in every five Australians will experience a mental illness, each year? You are certainly not alone and there is a wealth of support at your fingertips. The most important thing to know is that the sooner you get help, the better you will feel. You may even find that what you are dealing with is easily managed with some simple and effective strategies put into place.

Recognising the signs is half the battle
Knowing if you just need a holiday or you need to chat with someone like Ros, is the first step forward. Here are some key signs that you might recognise that indicate it would be good to make that first appointment:
  • You find you're more confused than normal. You might be forgetting simple things like regular appointments with friends, or forgetting to eat regularly. You might find it hard to articulate what you're trying to say and get frustrated at how messed up your thinking seems to be inside your head.
  • You realise that you've been feeling particularly low, sad or irritable. It's been longer than a few weeks and you can't really pinpoint what the problem is, or you just can't see a way forward.
  • One day you're up and flying and the next day you're screaming toward the earth at a rate of knots! Being able to control this roller coaster is getting harder all the time and you just want to get off the ride. Now!
  • You're worried. About everything. And anything. In fact, you feel afraid, anxious, with knots in your stomach the size of golf balls and you can't seem to gain a sure footing while the storm seems to increase around you.
  • You can't seem to get control of how angry you feel. Or how scared, sad or disillusioned. It just hangs on you like a coat and drags you down.
  • You don't want to be around other people. Not today. Not tomorrow. You don't know why, but the thought of company makes your skin crawl and you just can't bear it.
  • You forget to eat or your sleep patterns change significantly. You may go days before you realise that you've not had a proper meal or slept more than a few hours each night (or conversely, you can't seem to stop eating and/or sleeping).
  • You have been thinking pretty dark stuff lately, considering how to hurt yourself and maybe even working on a plan to make it permanent.
  • You seem to be experiencing hallucinations or delusions, are plagued with a number of unexplainable physical illnesses, or becoming reliant on using substances to relieve your pain.

What to do now

It's unlikely you're experiencing all of these signs at once, but if you're experiencing any of them, the best thing you can do is pick up the phone and call Ros to make an appointment. Just talking about it can relieve so much pressure that even if you just go for that first session, it will be worth your while.

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To chat with Ros, call her on 0414 915 951

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Ros Sparrevohn
Clinical Psychologist
M. Clin. Psych MAPS FCCLP

Registration No. PSY0001281916
Medicare Provider No. 2743492L
ABN 185 711 511 56
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Suite 701,  Avanti Building 1, 
90 George Street, 
Hornsby, NSW 2077