I can’t control how I suffer with BPD, including my black & white thinking. Even if I’m crying, broken on the floor, I still love you and want you to stay.
What a borderline!! Or, psycho! These words are thrown to demean and insult. To ‘normal’ people, they may sound ok. But I find these words stigmatizing.
Hallucinations and monsters – like a darkness that creeps over me and swallows my soul. I draw the images I see. It helps to see my hallucinations on paper.
My depression is hidden from everyone. From these poems I write I hope that I get the message out to people about what it’s like to have a mental illness.
If we all talk about mental health, it normalises it, which helps with acceptance for those suffering & too scared to seek help, which also mean less stigma
Throughout my high school experience I was bullied emotionally and sometimes physically. I hate that I have these mind problems, but it’s ok not to be ok.
This is my message for Mental Health Awareness. Not the one I planned, but one that is authentic and important, slightly nerve wracking to make public, but essential.
Is there anything you do regularly to help with your symptoms? I’d love to have more ideas to add to my list, so please feel free to share! Or if you’ve tried some of these on the list, let me know which ones worked for you.
I’ve been clinging to things that no longer serve me – if they ever did at all! Things that have damaged me and prevented me from healing. Time to let go