Sitting upon my fold-out Ikea dining chair, hunched to keep his phone in range of the plug whilst using it – Adam’s large, Jamaican frame still managed to take up 10% of the volume of my Rathmines bedsit.
Days like this….
A dear friend of mine told me
to place my life in gods hand
to have a little faith that this is all
part of his master plan
The story of my children
I’m sitting here now thinking where do I start. Where do I start with my boys, let’s start with right now…
My son is sitting the other side of the room in a teddy bear onesie that now smells of sick and poo.
The First Psychiatry Meeting
Today marks my first ever meeting with a psychiatrist. A good ole crazy people doctor for good ole crazy me. The psychiatrist turns out to be a sweet, bubbly, round-faced young woman who looks more like a favorite elementary school teacher than a psychiatrist, but in a good way. I like her immediately. Finally, someone normal.
A Deafening Silence
I am currently sitting on my hospital bed, listening to the sounds of my neighbour have a dangerously heated argument. I could not tell you who she is arguing with. I have not seen them. To me, they are not real.
Learning to Love Myself Again
The stigma around mental health means there are not many words that people feel they can use when it comes to expressing how they feel. The English language is the hardest to learn, but ‘depressed’ doesn’t cut it for describing some feelings, in my opinion.
An Overview of My Experience of Depression
My blog is based on my life living with mental health issues. I have written individual blogs on my struggles with BPD, anorexia and anxiety but I have never really spoken much about my experience of depression.
A Fierce Beholder
By Nicola Anne I had an ex boyfriend, who once told me that we shouldn’t be friends if it made things ‘harder for me’. I found this statement in itself quite an entertaining one; there was such an assumption that I would be the one, out of the two of us, Continue Reading
My Puppeteer
By Clara Rose When people hear the term enabler, they probably think of someone who pushes their victim into drug abuse. However, after consulting a dictionary, I have discovered that an enabler is a person who facilitates any self destructive behaviour of another individual. It has taken a long time Continue Reading
10 things you learn and need to remember during recovery
By Tom Wavre Recently I have been fortunate enough to start a strong period of recovery from my depression and anxiety. It has been a long journey to get to where I am today, the fight has often been hard but I am starting to see the light at the Continue Reading
Living with Phobia
By Beth Downing I had a session with my therapist today, I haven’t seen her in nearly a month. I was very anxious before because I knew what she wanted me to talk about. I have a phobia called emetophobia. This basically is a phobia of sick. I know most Continue Reading
My Battle
By Kim Kitts This is my own personal depression & Anxiety story. I know not everyone’s is the same and I want you to know it does get better. I got diagnosed in October 2008, I was 23. Scared and alone, Going through a tough time in my old job Continue Reading