Reducing the stigma around mental health
By AmysBoarderlineWorld Dear husband, This letter is for you. A letter of thanks but also apologies. Living with my mental health issues is at time unbearable, but trying to love someone who has them, well, I don’t know how you do it. I know you feel a huge pressure to Continue Reading
By Anonymous I spent 6 years diagnosed with depression. Dr’s and nurses would ask regularly, “any thoughts of self harm? Suicide? “. The focus was always on morbidity. I was eventually “upgraded ” to a diagnosis of bipolar 2. I remember my first visit to the GP afterwards. He asked Continue Reading
By Clara Rose Depression is without a doubt a debilitating illness which is poorly understood by so many people. If I had a pound for the amount of times I’ve been told ‘you’re being silly’, ‘just forget about it’ or ‘cheer up’, I would be able to pay off my Continue Reading
By AmysBoarderlineWorld Borderline Personality Disorder is a tough diagnosis. I am not saying that other mental health diagnosis aren’t but BPD in particular seems to have a huge stigma around it. Some of this is down to the media falsely representing it but also just plain ignorance. The name seems Continue Reading